gThe Professional Standards Committee of the Arab Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (PSC-ARABOSAI) has approved a proposed mechanism submitted by the National Audit Office (NAO) of Bahrain to standardise the terminology used in translating INTOSAI professional standards into Arabic.
The mechanism is based on the experiences of international accounting and auditing organizations in translating their standards into other languages.
It aims to reach a common understanding of these standards by employees from Arab Supreme Audit Institutions and avoid ambiguities that may lead to a different understanding of the requirements of professional standards.
The proposed mechanism will be presented to the ARABOSAI Executive Council for approval at its December meeting in Riyadh.
The National Audit Office (NAO) participated in the twenty-second meeting of the committee, which was recently hosted in Cairo.
Bahrain, represented by Ahmed Mohammed Buti, Director of Regularity Audit at the NAO, has been the committee’s Vice-Chairman since October 2022. The committee is chaired by Egypt and includes Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan, Palestine, Iraq and Morocco.
The committee approved the operational plan for 2024 and agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Professional Standards Committee of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) on the translation of professional publications into Arabic.
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