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The delegation from the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation chaired by auditor Dmitry Zaytsev took part in the 12th meeting of the INTOSAI* Working Group on Key National Indicators (WGKNI), which was held in Bratislava, the capital of the Slovak Republic, on April 2-3.

On March 21-23, the Accounts Chamber delegation took part in the anti-corruption forum of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as well as in the Auditors Alliance conference that brought together more than 600 auditors from 67 countries. Common challenges for the Supreme Audit Institutions were discussed: changes in the field of public administration of external audit, digitalization, auditors competence, etc. In addition, on the margins of the events, Aleksey Kudrin, Chair of the Accounts Chamber, held a number of bilateral meetings with auditors from France, Argentina, Finland, and Chile, where topical issues of cooperation and the upcoming INTOSAI Congress in September were discussed.

The Chair and Vice Chair of the INTOSAI Policy, Finance and Administration Committee, in consultation and cooperation with the INTOSAI General Secretariat, prepared the first INTOSAI Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) in accordance with the INTOSAI Strategic Plan 2017—2022. The active cooperation of the INTOSAI Chairman, the Chairs of Goals 1–3, the INTOSAI Journal, the Supervisory Committee on Emerging Issues, the INTOSAI Development Initiative, and all seven INTOSAI Regions contributed to the success of the INTOSAI PAR.

The Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) of Russia and Bulgaria signed an updated version of the Cooperation Agreement.

Nowadays, the working conditions of the supreme audit institutions (SAIs) are changing more and more. Approaches to government auditing are also evolving accordingly. In his speech at the third joint conference of EUROSAI and ASOSAI, Dmitry Zaitsev, the auditor of the Accounts Chamber, outlined new approaches in the SAI activities. “First of all, proactive and state-wide approaches, accountability for the result and “correction of errors,” strategic planning, effective allocation of the SAI resources as well as a new quality of interaction with stakeholders are needed,” the auditor said.

INTOSAI Secretary General, Margit Kraker, and the Steering Committee INTOSAI-Donor Cooperation Chair and Vice-Chair, Hussam Alangari und Gene Dodaro, met on 13 February 2019 the Interim President of the World Bank, Kristalina Georgieva, in Washington to raise awareness of the World Bank and the Donor Community in general for the important role SAIs play in promoting the efficiency, accountability, effectiveness and transparency of public administration – factors which are also conducive to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).