# Global Internal Audit Standards: Implementation Workshop

> Understand what the IIA's Global Internal Audit Standards require and close the gaps in your audit function's practice.

- **Provider:** Afriskora Training Solutions
- **Category:** Finance, Accounting & Audit
- **Duration:** 3 days
- **Formats:** classroom (cities across Africa), live virtual (Zoom/Teams), in-house for teams
- **Certificate:** Afriskora Certificate of Completion, verifiable online
- **Booking:** request dates and a quote; invoice and EFT payment
- **Web page:** https://afriskora.co.za/courses/finance-accounting-audit/global-internal-audit-standards-implementation-workshop
- **Request dates:** https://afriskora.co.za/request-training?course=global-internal-audit-standards-implementation-workshop

## Overview

The Institute of Internal Auditors' Global Internal Audit Standards replaced the previous framework in 2025 and raised expectations on audit strategy, governance support, quality and the auditor's professional conduct. This workshop takes heads of internal audit and their teams through each domain, the essential conditions boards and management must meet, and the changes needed to methodology, charters and quality programmes. Participants leave with a gap assessment and action plan for their own function.

## Who should attend

- Chief audit executives and audit managers
- Internal auditors at all levels
- Audit committee members
- Risk and compliance professionals working with internal audit

## Learning outcomes

- Explain the structure and five domains of the Global Internal Audit Standards
- Apply the essential conditions for board and senior management
- Update the audit charter, strategy and methodology
- Strengthen the quality assurance and improvement programme
- Prepare for an external quality assessment

## Course outline

### Module 1: The new standards

- Why the standards changed
- Purpose, ethics and professionalism
- Governing the internal audit function
- Essential conditions for boards

### Module 2: Managing and performing audits

- Internal audit strategy and resourcing
- Risk-based planning
- Engagement planning, evidence and reporting
- Using technology and data analytics

### Module 3: Quality and implementation

- Quality assurance and improvement programme
- External quality assessment readiness
- Public-sector applications
- Gap assessment and action plan