The Court of Accounts Hosts Capacity-building ARISE Workshop on December 11–13, 2026

The Court of Accounts is hosting a capacity-building workshop as part of the ARISE Program (African Regional Initiative for Supreme Audit Institutions Effectiveness), from December 11 to 13 in Casablanca, bringing together Program coordinators, peers and IDI project managers, in the presence of representatives from NORAD, partner of the Initiative. This workshop aims to build participants’ capacities in facilitation, change management and project management, with an approach blending methodological inputs, practical exercises and knowledge sharing.

In her opening address, Mrs. Zineb El Adaoui, First President of the Court of Accounts, commended IDI and NORAD for the quality of conception and implementation of ARISE Program, underscoring that its adaptability, predictability and sustainability are key factors in anchoring the expected changes within beneficiary SAIs. She also shared several lessons gleaned from the experience of the Court of Accounts of the Kingdom of Morocco, highlighting the role of facilitation, change management and project management, not merely as complementary tools to auditors’ technical skills but as genuine catalysts to drive institutional transformation.

With respect to facilitation, the First President referred to the integration of core competencies in this area, as well as collaborative working skills, into the recruitment criteria for auditors and their development further honed with fundamental training and continuous training. She also stressed the need to anchor external facilitation on trust in the institution and to embed it within an approach guided by a commitment to the citizen, by taking into consideration their expectations.

As for project management, she recalled the role of this approach in supporting the audit strategy and achieving the institutional objectives of the Court of Accounts, under optimal conditions of quality, timelines and resource mobilization.
As to change management, she underscored that the success of reforms does not hinge only on the relevance of the choices made and solutions adopted, but also depends on leadership’s ability to prepare the relevant people and structures, support them, and foster their engagement in the envisioned changes.

The workshop coincides with the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the IDI, which has been endeavoring for four decades to build the capacities of SAIs worldwide, a momentum to which the Court of Accounts of the Kingdom of Morocco actively contributes by engaging in the initiatives and programs led by this organization.