African Professionalisation Initiative 2021-2025 African Professionalisation Initiative 2021-2025 African Organisation of English-speaking Supreme Audit Institutions, AFROSAI-E, har ansökt om 15,3 MSEK för implementering av  "African Professionalisation Initiative (API) Strategic plan 2021-2023".

API är ett gemensamt initiativ mellan organisationer som representerar revisions- respektive redovisningsprofessionen, riksrevisioner samt  akademiker inom redovisning och revision Afrika. Initiativet syftar till att ekonomiskt värdeskapande (value creation), skattedisciplin (fiscal discipline) , effektivt resursanvändande och effektivt tillhandahållande av  samhällsservice till medborgare. 

Organisationerna i nätverket som står bakom API är: 

AFROSAI-E - Samarbetsorganisation för riksrevisionsorgan i engelsk- och portugisisktalande länder i Afrika 
CREFIAF - Le Conseil Régional de Formation des Institutions Supérieures de Contrôle des Finances Publiques de l’Afrique Francophone sub-Saharienne - motsvarigheten till AFROSAI-E i franskspråkiga länder
ESAAG - Association of Accountants General in the East and Southern region - med femton medlemsländer
PAFA - PanAfrican Federation of Accountants -  med 55 medlemsorganisationer
AAFA - African Accounting and Finance Association - plattform för akademiker och utövare med medlemmar i ett tjugotal länder

API syftar till att bidra till ökad professionalisering inom afrikansk revision och redovisning genom att utveckla läromedel som stödjer offentlig redovisning och revisionskompetens; samt tillhandahålla professionellt stöd för kapacitetsuppbyggnad till länder.

Avtal skrivs med AFROSAI-E som fungerar som värd för initiativet inklusive all hantering och redovisning av medel. Sida har drygt femton års erfarenhet av att arbeta med AFROSAI-E, som bidrar till sina medlemmars kapacitet och kompetens genom utbildning, resursmaterial och andra stödformer, samt att fungera som länk till andra fora, däribland den internationella samarbetsorganisationen INTOSAI. Sekretariatet är inrymt hos det sydafrikanska riksrevisionsorganet, som också ger väsentliga bidrag till verksamheten.

Stödet är en del av förstärkning av arbetet för stärkt demokrati och ansvarsutkrävande,  som följd av tilläggsanslaget till strategin för Sverige regionala utvecklingssamarbete med Afrika söder om Sahara 2016-2021, beslutat av regeringen i februari 2021 . African Organisation Supreme Audit Institutions in English and Lusophone-speaking countries, AFROSAI-E, has applied for 15,3 MSEK for the for the implementation of the "African Professionalisation Initiative Strategic Plan 2021-2023". 

API is a partnership between accountants general, the accountancy profession, supreme audit institutions and accountancy academics in Africa, which aims at contributing to the strengthening of Public Value Management systems in order to achieve value creation, fiscal discipline, effective resource allocation and effective service delivery to citizens. 

The organisations who engage in API are:
AFROSAI-E - The African Organisation of English-speaking Supreme Audit Institutions ; 
CREFIAF - Le Conseil Régional de Formation des Institutions Supérieures de Contrôle des Finances Publiques de l’Afrique Francophone sub-Saharienne - the corresponding body to AFROSAI-E in French-speaking countries
ESAAG - The East and Southern African Association of Accountants General; with fifteen member countries 
PAFA - The Pan African Federation of Accountants - with 55 member organisations (PAOs) 
AAFA - The African Accounting and Finance Association - a platform for academics, graduate students and practitioners from Africa and the Diaspora 

The API has been established to support the growth in capacity of accountancy professionals who have the competencies needed in an evolving public sector role, through providing learning materials that support public sector accounting and auditing competence, and providing professional capacity building to countries. 

The agreement is signed with AFROSAI-E who hosts the initiative, including all administrative and financial management, and reporting. Sida has more than 15 years of experience with working with AFROSAI-E, who contributes to its members' capacity and competence through education, resource materials and other support, in addition to acting as a link to other fora, including the international collaboration platform INTOSAI. The Secretariat is hosted by the South African SAI - Auditor-General of South Africa, who provides substantive support to the work. 

The contribution is part of the additional allocation of funding to democracy and human rights within the Strategy for Sweden's regional development cooperation in Sub-Saharan Africa 2016-2021. The African Professionalisation Initiative (API) is a partnership between accountants general, the accountancy profession, supreme audit institutions and accountancy academics in Africa and aims to contribute to the strengthening of Public Value Management systems in order to achieve value creation, fiscal discipline, effective resource allocation and effective service delivery to citizens.
The API vision is "An African public sector capacitated with competent, ethical and influential professionals who support accountability, transparency and good financial governance.", where API works with the mission to grow the capacity of accountancy professionals in the African public sector for enhanced service delivery. For the period 2021-2023, the strategic objectives are:
1. Provide and make available quality, innovative learning and other resources
2. Support local adoption and implementation
3. Promote awareness and shared ownership through advocacy and publicity
4. Build a sustainable API
Results will be achieved through support of country-led initiatives that: Strengthen the capacity of incumbents working in accounting and auditing in the public sector; Equip accountancy professionals who seek career opportunities in the public sector with the necessary appreciation of the public sector context; Work with local Professional Accountancy Organisations (PAOs) to include a public sector component in the accounting and auditing education, and training curricula.