Lahore, October 07, 2022 (PPI-OT):Performance Audit Wing (PAW), Lahore conducted three courses, two days online course on “Audit of disaster management” for audit staff of Directorate General Audit (Climate Change and Environment), Islamabad, three days course on “Data analysis in performance auditing” and two days course on “Report writing process in performance auditing”, which attended by 56 officers across the country. These courses were designed and conducted to improve and strengthen the skills of the participants under the supervision of the qualified trainers.

The goals of these courses were to comprehensively cover all the important areas of audit of disaster management, to develop analytical and practical skills and reporting skills of the officers engaged in audit activities.

These training programs were well planned and covered almost all the topics related to the disaster risk assessment, risk reduction, prevention, mitigation and governance framework for managing disaster, concepts and techniques about social benefits and costs, financial and economic analysis, time value of money, concepts of compounding and discounting, sensitivity testing, net present value and internal rate of return, sensitivity analysis, output budgeting, ratio analysis, analysis of cost/time over run, correlation coefficient, trend analysis and regression and simple statistical measures, stages of performance audit report (PAR) and its reporting process, creating high impact PARs, form and content of a PAR and preparation and approval of the final PAR, template and segments of PAR and tools and techniques used during preparation of performance audit report. Case studies, short scenarios and practical exercises were also discussed to engage the participants and make the learning experience more interactive and meaningful.

Course contents were designed to ensure a logical order keeping in view the conduct of performance audit. The participants were also provided with lecture material in soft form enabling them to get maximum benefit from the course. The officers shared their feedback regarding the training sessions and gave their views that these sessions increased their knowledge and skill capacity of performance auditing. They admired the efforts of this wing and assured to implement entire knowledge in practical field work.

Muhammad Sami Ullah Tipu, Director General (PAW) addressed the officers and hoped that these training activities will enhance the understanding and quality of your work. He appreciated the efforts of his team members for conducting the course successfully. He awarded certificates to the participants and wished them best of luck in their future.

For more information, contact:
Directorate General Public Relations,
Government of the Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-9201390-86
Website: www.punjab.gov.pk