
Since 1951, the Auditors General of the Commonwealth have met every three years to discuss matters of mutual professional interest and concern and to share experience. The 21st Conference of Commonwealth Auditors-General was held in Windhoek, Namibia, April 10–13, 2011. The conference, entitled “Pioneering Excellence in Public Sector Auditing,” brought together 38 representatives of the 54 Commonwealth Auditors-General.
Representatives of more than 20 SAIs delivered principal and country papers on the following conference themes: strengthening financial management in the public sector (chaired by the SAI of the Cayman Islands); aligning institutional capacity and performance of SAIs (chaired by the SAI of Gambia); and, international developments in building SAI capacity-—the commonwealth’s role (chaired by the SAI of the United Kingdom). The final theme was discussed in a workshop in which the future role of the Commonwealth Auditors-General conferences was also deliberated.