Together: Empowering SAIs Through Effective, Inclusive, and Ethical HR Governance
The TOGETHER initiative helps SAIs build this foundation. By strengthening human resource management, ethics, and inclusiveness under one integrated framework, TOGETHER supports SAIs in becoming model organisations that embody the values they audit for: fairness, transparency, and accountability.
What is Together?
TOGETHER is IDI’s global initiative supporting SAIs in building effective, ethical, and inclusive human resource (HR) systems. It brings together three critical and interconnected areas of SAI governance Human Resource Management (HRM), Ethics, and Inclusion under one holistic framework for people-centred institutional development.
Since its launch, TOGETHER has equipped SAIs with practical tools, tailored assessments, and targeted interventions that improve HR systems, strengthen ethics controls, and foster inclusive work environments.
By investing in people and culture, SAIs enhance their overall performance and, ultimately, their contribution to better governance and accountability for all.
The TOGETHER Initiative is comprised of three components:
1. HR Management Fundamentals
This “state-of-the-art” e-learning course helps SAIs strengthen how they manage their most valuable resource: their people. Aligned with the INTOSAI’s Human Resource Management Handbook (linked below) and expanding beyond existing IDI materials, this course covers the full HR value cycle, from recruitment and development to retention and performance.
Participants complete an Human Resource Management assessment and work with IDI to develop a tailored strategy and action plan for their SAI. The course is available in English, Arabic, and French, with Spanish coming soon.
2. Ethics for Supreme Audit Institutions
Ethics is at the heart of credible, independent, and trusted Supreme Audit Institutions. This component introduces SAIs to the principles of ethical leadership and integrity, highlighting the crucial role of leadership in modelling ethical behaviour.
It explores why ethics is a core pillar of institutional independence, and why not managing it effectively poses significant risks. Building on existing assessment tools and further tailored IDI support, SAIs strengthen their ethics frameworks and work to create cultures grounded in integrity and accountability.
3. Inclusive People Management
An inclusive SAI is an effective SAI. This component helps SAIs build HR functions that champion professional development, equitable opportunities, and gender responsiveness. It supports HR teams at any readiness level to take on a stronger role in shaping organisational culture.
By embedding diversity and inclusion across systems and practices, SAIs create workplaces where all staff can contribute, learn, and lead.
Why it Matters
TOGETHER helps close these gaps by equipping SAIs to lead by example. Through hands-on learning and practical tools, the initiative builds capacity for fairness, integrity, and inclusiveness to take root across all areas of SAI operations.
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TOGETHER IN ACTION
Why Join TOGETHER?
Gain the knowledge and tools to manage your SAI’s most valuable asset: its people. TOGETHER helps SAIs design and implement comprehensive HR systems that align with institutional goals, attract and retain talent, and support professional growth across all levels.
Develop robust ethics frameworks that uphold trust from within. Through TOGETHER, SAIs learn how to assess and improve ethics systems, fostering integrity, transparency, and accountability in both leadership and daily practice.
Create a workplace where everyone can thrive. TOGETHER supports SAIs to embed gender responsiveness and inclusion into HR and organisational practices by building diverse teams and inclusive cultures that reflect the values of fairness and equality.
Contact Us
We’re always looking to connect with partners, practitioners, and experts who share our vision for ethical, inclusive, and people-centred SAIs. Reach out to learn more, collaborate, or join the conversation on strengthening HR, ethics, and inclusion in SAIs at together@idi.no