On September 2, 2026, the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation hosted a multilateral online knowledge-sharing seminar on “Audit Quality Management” with the participation of Supreme Audit Institutions of African countries. Heads and leading experts from 16 African SAIs demonstrated special interest in the topic and presented key achievements of their national audit quality management systems.

Ms. Lyudmila Strii, Head of the Financial Audit Development Inspectorate of the Financial Audit Department of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, provided a detailed overview of the methodological foundations of SAI Russia’s quality management system. She focused particularly on quality criteria and risk assessment at the preparatory stage. The speaker highlighted the benefits of the three-tier audit quality control model which includes internal ongoing, external ongoing, and subsequent controls. She also noted the role of continuous monitoring of control and expert-analytical engagement quality.

Mr. Saffih Djeloul, Magistrate, Head of Section of the Court of Accounts of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, spoke about the ongoing implementation of the new quality management system based on SAI Algeria’s needs analysis. Mrs. Noha Ahmed Abdallah, Comptroller of the Accountability State Authority of the Arab Republic of Egypt, covered the long-standing activities of SAI Egypt’s General Department of Technical Inspection, which is responsible for the technical control of audit quality across all SAI’s departments. The speech by Mr. Sulayman Barry, Quality Manager of the National Audit Office of the Republic of The Gambia, focused on leadership responsibilities in ensuring audit quality and on SAI Gambia’s institutional independence as a prerequisite for fostering a corporate culture of quality and ensuring audit credibility. Mr. Idi Illiass Mahamadou, Counsellor of the Court of Auditors of the Republic of Niger, noted the efficiency of comprehensive database cross-referencing to detect violations, shared experience in quarterly monitoring of the implementation of recommendations strictly based on documentary evidence, and highlighted the current status of implementing the peer review mechanism.

During the discussion, Mr. Ali Raza Khan Yearoo, Principal Auditor of the National Audit Office of the Republic of Mauritius, and Ms. Amna Ahmed Warsame, representative of the Quality Management Department of the Office of the Auditor General of the Federal Republic of Somalia, also briefly outlined the key achievements in implementing the audit quality management systems in their SAIs.

The issue of audit quality management prompted a lively discussion. Representatives of SAIs Ghana, Lesotho, and Eritrea raised a number of questions regarding key aspects of quality control: use of AI to strengthen compliance with ISSAI 140, reporting on the implementation of quality management systems, incentives to promote the adoption of ISSAI 140, and functions and responsibilities of SAIs’ quality management units.

Concluding the event, moderator of the meeting, Mr. Timur Makhmutov, Director of the Department for International and Regional Cooperation of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, noted that quality control serves as one of the pillars of SAIs’ capacity to guarantee effective public governance, rational use of resources, and, ultimately, the quality of life of citizens.