Public administrations have to set and achieve their goals in the most effective, efficient and economical way. This new obligation also alters the responsibilities of auditors in the public sector. Auditors can no longer focus on their traditional task of financial audits. Instead, they are under pressure to take on the challenging task of evaluating their institutions’ performance. Performance audits provide practitioners with a practical tool of analysing how efficiently their institutions are run in practice. The European Academy for Taxes, Economics & Law offers this seminar to provide auditors with the unique opportunity to improve their ability to conduct performance audits in their institutions. Participants will not only benefit from high quality presentations defining and clarifying important aspects of performance auditing but also from practical workshops which allow them to apply their newly learned skills.Receive first-hand knowledge in the following crucial topics (among others):How to define scope and design of a performance auditWhat are the practical aspects and challenges in the work of performance auditorsHow to develop a question and evidence matrixWhat is the methodology for undertaking performance auditsHow can performance auditing be used in the state administrationWhat is the best way to make use of audit findings Participants will profit from the first-hand knowledge of leading experts from:European Court of AuditorsCouncil of EuropeMinistry of Economy and Finance, FranceAudit Scotland, United KingdomAgency for Internal Audit, Flemish Government, Belgium