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Saatja: [email protected] Saaja: "RAM Info" Teema: RE: Invitation | OECD Central Harmonisation Function Meeting, 25 March 2025 (Estonia) Kuupäev: 2025-03-11 11:12 Tähelepanu! Tegemist on välisvõrgust saabunud kirjaga. Tundmatu saatja korral palume linke ja faile mitte avada. Dear Colleagues, We are following up with a gentle reminder regarding the invitation below. We sincerely hope Estonia will be able to join us this year, particularly since it did not participate in the previous CHF meetings. For your reference, the agenda is enclosed. We are pleased to share that the OECD CHF meeting has already secured strong participation, with 29 countries and nearly 50 representatives confirmed. The participants include: Finland - Head of Government Financial Controller’s Function, Ministry of Finance (attending for the third consecutive time); Norway - Director of Agency Governance, Ministry of Finance (attending for the third consecutive time); France - Vice President of the Interministerial Committee for State Control and Internal Audit (attending for the third consecutive time), among others. We would greatly appreciate your response and confirmation of Estonia’s representatives at your earliest convenience. Kind regards, Darius Darius Matusevicius Risk Management, Internal Control and Audit Policies Anti-Corruption and Integrity in Government Public Governance Directorate 2, rue André Pascal - 75775 Paris Cedex 16 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] || <http://www.oecd.org/> www.oecd.org || <https://www.oecd.org/gov/ethics/> Anti-Corruption and Integrity in Government Tel.: +33 1 45 24 11 09 Follow us on: <http://www.facebook.com/theOECD> <http://www.youtube.com/oecd> <http://twitter.com/OECD> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/oecd> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/organisation-eco-cooperation-development -organisation-cooperation-developpement-eco> <https://www.oecd.org/publication/anti-corruption-and-integrity-outlook/20 24/> Read our latest report: <https://www.oecd.org/publication/anti-corruption-and-integrity-outlook/20 24/> Restricted Use - À usage restreint From: MATUSEVICIUS Darius, GOV/ACIG Sent: 24 February, 2025 5:45 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Keit Pillak <[email protected]>; [email protected]; GOLANI Lalit, GOV/ACIG <[email protected]>; HAN Sangyeon, GOV/ACIG <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Invitation | OECD Central Harmonisation Function Meeting, 25 March 2025 (Estonia) Dear Colleagues, I hope this email finds you well. I am following up with a gentle reminder regarding the invitation below. We would greatly appreciate your feedback on Estonia’s participation in the meeting. If possible, kindly confirm the names of Estonia’s representatives by 26 February. Looking forward to your response, and please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. Kind regards, Darius From: MATUSEVICIUS Darius, GOV/ACIG Sent: 13 February, 2025 9:06 PM To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]; <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Cc: GOLANI Lalit, GOV/ACIG < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]>; HAN Sangyeon, GOV/ACIG < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> Subject: Invitation | OECD Central Harmonisation Function Meeting, 25 March 2025 (Estonia) Dear Gert, It is my pleasure to invite you to participate in the OECD Central Harmonisation Function (CHF) meeting on 25 March 2025, at the OECD headquarters in Paris, France (in-person). The CHF meeting is the first step to building an interactive community of experts on the topic that breaks down silos of units responsible for such functions within countries. The meeting will provide a common ground to stimulate the policy dialogue, setting clear standards on the subject matter across countries. Please see the draft agenda attached. The Global Anti-Corruption <https://www.oecd-events.org/gacif/en> & Integrity Forum (26-27 March) may also be of interest to you. The Forum is the leading annual multi-stakeholder platform shaping anti-corruption and integrity dialogue between governments, businesses, and civil society. The 2025 theme of the Forum is “Harnessing innovations to break new ground” and will explore the role of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, and digital forensics, in disrupting corrupt practices, strengthening integrity, and enhancing enforcement. The Forum will emphasise the private sector’s role as a critical partner in anti-corruption efforts, looking at how public-private partnerships and tech solutions can enhance supply chain due diligence and prevent fraud. The single online registration for the 2025 forum will provide you access to all the events, including the Central Harmonisation Function meeting: https://www.oecd-events.org/gacif/en/registration/registration I would be grateful for your soonest confirmation, to participate in the CHF meeting for what promises to be a fruitful and stimulating dialogue. If you are not the appropriate representative of the function, please kindly forward the invitation to the correct contact. Please do not hesitate to contact us for any questions. Kind regards, Darius Darius Matusevicius Risk Management, Internal Control and Audit Policies Anti-Corruption and Integrity in Government Public Governance Directorate 2, rue André Pascal - 75775 Paris Cedex 16 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] || <http://www.oecd.org/> www.oecd.org || <https://www.oecd.org/gov/ethics/> Anti-Corruption and Integrity in Government Tel.: +33 1 45 24 11 09 Follow us on: <http://www.facebook.com/theOECD> <http://www.youtube.com/oecd> <http://twitter.com/OECD> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/oecd> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/organisation-eco-cooperation-development -organisation-cooperation-developpement-eco> <https://www.oecd.org/publication/anti-corruption-and-integrity-outlook/20 24/> Read our latest report: <https://www.oecd.org/publication/anti-corruption-and-integrity-outlook/20 24/> This communication is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorised by the sender to receive it. Any unauthorised disclosure, use, or publication of this information is not allowed. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your system. Cette communication est uniquement destinée à la personne ou à l’entité à laquelle elle est adressée et à d’autres autorisées par l’émetteur à la recevoir. Aucune divulgation, utilisation ou publication de ces informations n’est autorisée. Si vous avez reçu cette communication par erreur, veuillez en notifier l’émetteur immédiatement et la détruire de votre système. OECD Central Harmonisation Function Meeting - Agenda Internal Control and Internal Audit 25 MARCH 2025 OECD Conference Centre, Room CC2 Background A Central Harmonisation Function (CHF) plays a key role in the development and enhancement of internal control, audit and risk management systems. Generally established within the national Ministry of Finance, the CHF provides unified standards, policies, and guidance for all relevant stakeholders throughout the public sector and raises awareness about the value of internal control and risk management for decision-making and achieving organisation goals. The OECD CHF Meeting serves as an interactive community of experts aiming to break down silos between units responsible for such functions within countries as well as provide a common ground to stimulate policy dialogue and set clear standards across countries. * This in-person event is by invitation only. All session times, placements and speakers are subject to change. All sessions will take place in English only. 8:15 Badge pick-up and networking 9:00 – 9:10 OPENING REMARKS (OECD) 9:10 – 10:15 SESSION 1 OECD P10 Indicators – Bridging the Gap: Strengthening Internal Controls from Regulation to Practice In 2023, the OECD released its Public Integrity Indicators P10 on ‘Effectiveness of Internal Control and Risk Management’. The Indicators establish a new benchmark for government resilience to corruption risks and for strengthening public integrity. Based on primary data sources and validated by countries, the Indicators help bolster global efforts against corruption by providing actionable data. This session will revisit the role of the CHF within the context of the Indicators. It will also provide the latest analysis on the effectiveness of internal control and risk management mechanisms for safeguarding public integrity and discuss steps that have been – or will be – taken by countries to improve the effectiveness of their respective functions. 10:15 – 11:15 SESSION 2 Assessing Internal Control Effectiveness Effective internal control systems are crucial to ensure the delivery of public services to citizens. Both internal control and risk management policies reduce the vulnerability of public organisations to fraud by supporting officials to adequately assess risks in their respective responsibilities and develop strategies to manage them. By implementing these relevant controls, public organisations can effectively mitigate risks, protect public resources, and maintain the integrity necessary to uphold public trust and confidence. This session will explore how countries develop and continuously improve their internal control frameworks. This will include sharing tools, key frameworks and methodologies to evaluate and strengthen internal control systems. Restricted Use - À usage restreint  OECD Central Harmonisation Function Meeting - Agenda Internal Control and Internal Audit 25 MARCH 2025 OECD Conference Centre, Room CC2 11:15-11:30 Networking and coffee 11:30 – 12:45 SESSION 3 Role of Internal Control and Audit in Preventing and Detecting Fraud Fraud has a profound impact on the public’s level of trust in its government and political leaders. It is therefore important that governments preserve trust by taking actions to minimise the risk of fraud occurrences. This is completed through implementing robust internal controls, ensuring that policies and procedures are enforced, and raising awareness among employees. This session will explore the role internal audit can play in tackling fraud by highlighting good practices in relation to internal control and risk management in the fraud context (including national anti-fraud strategies, as applicable). 12:45-14:15 Lunch break and networking 14:15 – 15:15 SESSION 4 Measuring Internal Audit Impact In today’s evolving government, measuring and communicating the impact of audit activities is integral to promote accountability and transparency and demonstrate the value of audit functions. Furthermore, it supports strategic risk-based decisions and enables continuous improvement in audit performance and practices. However, there are challenges when measuring the impact of public sector audits, including difficult calculation of outcomes, legislative changes with driving factors other than audit results, and the absence of benchmarks for performance comparison. This session will discuss practices and steps that countries are taking to measure the impact of their respective functions and how to address existing challenges. 15:15-15:45 Networking and coffee 15:45 – 16:45 SESSION 5 Leveraging Data Analytics for Smarter Internal Control and Internal Audit While internal audit and its established methodologies have been used for many years, government organisations have become more intricate. Complexities are now requiring control and audit functions to introduce data analytics tools and techniques to provide greater awareness into audit institutions. Internal audit functions can use data analytics tools as a way of better identifying risks, so they can be appropriately mitigated. This is necessary as the quantity of data (both financial and unstructured) has grown exponentially in recent years. This session will provide a platform for countries to discuss how the use of data analytics tools supports their function. 16:45 – 17:00 CLOSING REMARKS (OECD) Restricted Use - À usage restreint