The Internal Audit Agency in partnership with GIZ, organized a Training of Trainers (ToT) from 16th-18th March, 2023. The purpose of the training was to finalize training slides and ensure that trainers are equipped with the requisite knowledge to facilitate and train members of Audit Committees. The Training of Trainers was also to ensure efficient capacity building of Audit Committee members to perform their roles under the Public Financial Management Act 2016 (Act 921).
The training commenced with opening statements from the Chairman of the meeting, Mr. Thomas Thompson-Aryee, Deputy Director-General and Mr. Dauda Hambali, the GIZ representative. The Director-General, Dr. E. O. Osae also gave a brief statement on the need to participate, contribute and critique the presentations being made as it was a learning session for facilitators. He also emphasized the need for a pre-training evaluation to establish baseline knowledge of Audit Committee members and a post-training evaluation to measure knowledge addition. He added that, it would also aid the trainers in identifying specific needs of Audit Committee members and address them effectively.
Mr. Alhassan Fuseini moderated the modules starting with ‘Understanding the Local Governance System’. The objective of this module was to introduce participants to the structure and operations of Ghana’s Local Government systems, financial decentralization and its effect on Audit Committees. Other modules presented were the ‘Role of Audit Committees’, ‘Rules and Regulations for the Conduct of Audit Committee Meetings’, ‘Contemporary Issues in the Public Sector Internal Audit Practice and Strengthening Internal Controls along the PFM Cycle’. A question and answer and session followed the presentations.
