Regional project for capacity development in strategic planning for seven SAIs in sub-Saharan French-speaking Africa, Phase 3 (2015-2016)

The proposal is a continuation of an IDI program for building capacity in strategic and operational planning in French-speaking Africa (CREFIAF member SAIs). In the first two phases of the program, 14 SAIs produced strategic plans.
The proposal seeks financial support for the execution of the third and final phase of the program, where a further seven SAIs in sub-Saharan Africa are proposed for participation: The Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Rwanda and Togo.
The program, originally designed by IDI, consists of three main areas of activities:
1) Assessment of capacity building needs of participating SAIs – participants will attend a workshop prior to their execution of a needs assessments for their SAI
 2) Development of the strategic plan – participants will attend workshops where findings from needs assessments will be discussed and where there will be given training in the use of strategic planning framework. After the workshops the participants are expected to develop a strategic plan for their SAI, based on findings from the needs assessment.
3) Development of an operational plan – participants will attend workshops where the strategic plans will be discussed and where they will be given training in methods and mechanisms for converting a strategic plan into an operational plan. After attending the program, each participating SAI is expected to finalize and formally adopt its strategic plan in order to pursue its implementation.
A copy of the application is available to those interested in providing support. Please contactINTOSAI.Donor.Secretariat@idi.no