INTOSAI CBC Regional Forum for Capacity Development Pooling
INTOSAI CBC / Regional Forum for Capacity Development Pooling of Resources within INTOSAI Martin Aldcroft, Senior Manager Strategic Support Unit 3 July 2019
1. Why Pool Resources or Work Together? Pool Resources • Access skills, experience, knowledge • Create efficiencies, synergies, economies of scale • Scale-up delivery, expand reach Working Together • • Strengthen and expand relationships Influence behaviour Build ownership and legitimacy Enable mutual learning and feedback loops 2
2. Approaches to Pooling Resources and Working Together Brokerage / Matching Secondments & Placements Shared Services Strategic Partnerships In-kind Support to Initiatives Lead & Support Partnerships Models Outsourcing & Subcontracting Licensing Joint Ventures Resource Pools (Funds, Expertise) • Shared vision, cuts across delivery areas • One lead organisation, others provide defined support Joint Delivery Partnerships • Shared governance mechanism for delivery Delegated Delivery Partnerships • E. g. joint design & pilot, delegated roll-out Accountable Grants • As grant recipient or provider Organisational Development Partnerships • Mutual organisational strengthening Cross-Cutting Issues Purpose / Roles & Responsibilities / Governance Arrangements / Delivery Model / Branding & Visibility / Managing Risk / Funding & Cost Sharing 3
3. Selecting Partners – Planning a Journey Destination? Behaviour? Shared Vision Culture & Principles Mode of Travel? Way of Working Alignment of objectives, values and culture Repeat Journey? Mutual Learning Route? Destination or Journey? Programme Design Importance of Process 4
4. Effective Delivery and Managing Risk • Agreements • Formal partnership – Mo. U, grant agreement, contract, commitment statement, or • Informal partnership – established / emerging practices • Consider joint governance arrangements for partnerships • Agree approach to quality, monitoring, reporting, evaluating • Risk management (identify, measure, mitigate, monitor) • Delivery risk • Reputational risk • Relationship risk • Risks depend on the nature and depth of partnerships 5
5. Partnerships Within & Outside INTOSAI • Strategic Partnerships INTOSAI-Donor Cooperation (INTOSAI & 23 Development Partners) • Strategic Partnership between IDI & the International Budget Partnership Outsourcing • • • (Most global & regional initiatives, e. g. ) • Auditing the SDGs (IDI, KSC, INTOSAI Regions, UNDESA, IBP, CAAF…) • SAI Strategy, Performance Measurement and Reporting in PASAI (IDI, PASAI, SECO) Secondments • OAGN to IDI • IDI, GIZ to CREFIAF • Accelerated Peer-Support Partnership (PAP-APP) between IDI, AFROSAI-E & CREFIAF Global Call for Proposals Delegated Delivery Partnerships SAI PMF (CBC Strategic Governance Role, IDI Implementation Role) • Most evaluations Digitisation of education material for PESA Lead & Support Partnerships Joint Delivery Partnerships Brokerage • • Resource Pools SAI Capacity Development Fund (SECO, World Bank) Expert pools (LMS administrators, SAI PMF trainers, i. CAT assessors) Shared Services AFROSAI-E shared audit manual & annual technical updates • IDI Global support centres on SAI PMF, SAI Independence • (Potential) shared QA function for small SAIs • Organisational Development Partnerships Accountable Grants Donor & SAI financial support for SAI capacity development • Bilateral support to SAIs • (Potential) support to INTOSAI regional bodies In-Kind Support to Initiatives Most global & regional initiatives receiving staff & logistical support from SAIs, INTOSAI bodies, donors etc. • Licensing Training for Donors on Working with SAIs 6
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