Officials from Audit Office at iCISA India

35 Officials from National Audit Office of Sri Lanka attend Capacity-building Program at iCISA India

A capacity-building program for 35 officials from Sri Lanka’s National Audit Office (NAO) was held at the International Centre for Information Systems and Audit (iCISA) in Noida.

iCISA, established in March 2002, is a premier institution in India dedicated to promoting high-quality audit training and aligning IT audit practices with global best practices.

iCISA is a designated Global Training Facility of the INTOSAI Working Group on IT Audit and has trained over 5,000 participants from 154 countries to date.

Based on request from the NAO, the first week of the tailor-made programme for Sri Lankan Audit officials focused on IT Audit, covering Information Systems governance frameworks such as COBIT and relevant ISO standards, INTOSAI guidance, risk-based audit planning and execution, cybersecurity, data privacy, etc., supported by case studies and practical exercises, along with a site visit to a high-performance computing facility as well as exposure visits in New Delhi and Agra.

The second week focused on the Audit of Public Procurement, covering themes such as digitization of procurement processes; audits of the Government e-Marketplace (GeM); sector-specific procurement audits for Railways and Defence; the use of data analytics and emerging technologies; and more.

The programme was organised within the framework of ongoing bilateral cooperation between India and Sri Lanka in the area of capacity development, which was further enhanced through the addition of 700 customized training slots annually for Sri Lankan professionals based on an announcement made by the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, during his visit to Sri Lanka in April 2025.