17 July 2017 The members of the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending in meeting with the delegations of the State Audit Institution and the European Parliament Committee on Budgets

17 July 2017 The members of the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending in meeting with the delegations of the State Audit Institution and the European Parliament Committee on Budgets

Monday, 17 July 2017

Presentation of Twinning Project “Strengthening the Capacities of the State Audit Institution”

The members of the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending met at the National Assembly with delegations of the State Audit Institution and the European Parliament Committee on Budgets to discuss the results of twinning project “Strengthening the Capacities of the State Audit Institution (DRI)”.


Radoslav Sretenovic, President of the State Audit Institution, presented the 29-month project conducted from October 2012 to March 2015. It was realized using EU funds in co-operation with the Netherlands Court of Audit as senior partner in the project and the UK National Audit Office as junior partner, with the support of experts of the Slovenian Court of Audit and the Swedish National Audit Office.

The project covered four components: legislative framework, organizational development, audit enhancement and stakeholder engagement.

Within component communication with stakeholders the DRI drafted guidelines for relations with the parliament, auditees and the media. As a result the DRI deepened its relationship with the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending, as well as the Subcommittee for the Consideration of Reports on Audits Conducted by the State Audit Institution.

Dr Aleksandra Tomic, Chairperson of the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending, presented the excellent cooperation between the Committee and DRI, emphasizing the importance of the Subcommittee for the Consideration of Reports on Audits Conducted by the State Audit Institution and its topical meetings with the DRI President and top state auditors to discuss specific audit reports concerning auditees where problems had been noticed and then propose solutions which the Subcommittee sends to the Committee in the form of recommendations and measures, for consideration and adoption. She also pointed out the excellent cooperation between DRI and the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending on other projects.

In June 2015, the Committee and DRI signed a Memorandum of Cooperation defining the basic directions of future cooperation: continued improvement of the relationship in the field of government financial control, exchange of information, assistance to Committee members to understand the nature and importance of audit findings, organizing trainings for Committee members, strengthening the capacities of the Committee support service, periodic meetings between Committee/Subcommittee members and DRI representatives to discuss matters of importance for DRI work.

Cooperation within the Public Financial Management Reform Program 2016-2020 and its pillar External Scrutiny of Public Finances is especially important, where the Committee was designated to carry out measure 19 - Strengthening Parliamentary Supervision over Public Finances which should result in establishing clear written procedures for deliberation of audit reports with deadlines for deliberation and taking action by the Committee.

Within the same pillar DRI was designated to carry out measure 18 - Strengthening the Coverage and Quality of External Audits, which is to result in the establishment of a monitoring system for the implementation of DRI measures and a database of audit recommendations for systemic issues. For the measure DRI is partnered with the Committee.

The participants said how important it was that the delegation of the European Parliament Committee on Budgets had taken the time to talk to the representatives of DRI and the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending and hear out the results of the project and their cooperation experiences.

This project proves the top audit institutions’ willingness to share experiences and learn from one another, tendency to help and support one another, as well as the EU’s wish to help realize projects such as this one.



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