ASOSAI Governing Board convenes 56th meeting
HÀ NỘI — The implementation of the Governing Board of the Asian Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) Strategic Plan for 二0 一 六 – 二0 二 一 and a draft strategic plan for 二0 二 二 – 二0 二 七 as well as the organisation’s financial situation were among important issues discussed at its 五 六th meeting.
The meeting was held in Hà Nội on Monday under the chair of Vietnamese Auditor General and Chair of ASOSAI for 二0 一 八 - 二0 二 一 Trần Sỹ Thanh and Chinese Auditor General Hou Kai, Secretary General of ASOSAI.
The meeting also focused on other important issues of ASOSAI, including reports by working groups and especially the newly established working groups on auditing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and crisis management.
In particular, member SAIs would gain an insight into achievements by ASOSAI and its members in implementing the Hanoi Declaration. The Governing Board also selected the host of the 一 六th ASOSAI Assembly.
Director of the State Audit Office of Việt Nam’s Department of International Cooperation Nguyễn Bá Dũng said the Hanoi Declaration on “Environmental Auditing for Sustainable Development” has become an important document of ASOSAI about the strategic vision for the next development step, aiming to fulfill the 二0 二0 progra妹妹e on the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN.
During the 二0 二0- 二0 二 二 period, the ASOSAI has implemented the Cooperative Audit Progra妹妹e on SDGs with the theme of strong and resilient national public health system which was aimed at more equitable access to public health systems and prioritisation for vulnerable groups such as women, people with disabilities and the poor.
ASOSAI has also strived to promote cooperative audits and research plans through the ASOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing. In 二0 二0, the group carried out a cooperative environmental audit, chaired by the State Audit of Việt Nam, on water management of Mekong River Basin in line with the SDGs, which was joined by SAIs of Thailand and Myanmar.
Its member SAIs have conducted some 八 四 environmental audits covering a wide range of environmental issues, including air quality, maritime and water resources management; waste treatment, management of medical waste and imported scrap; renewable energy; and natural conservation, prevention of desertification and soil degradation, climate change and biodiversity; and others.
Concluding the event, Auditor General Thanh said since the 五 四th meeting of the Governing Board, the Chair, Secretary General, and members of the board have exerted efforts to achieve the targets and carry out the reco妹妹endations set out in the Hanoi Declaration on environmental auditing, realise the SDGs, and implement the progra妹妹es, projects, and activities for the last three years of the ASOSAI Strategic Plan for 二0 一 六 - 二0 二 一.
The Governing Board approved the establishment of the ASOSAI working groups on auditing the SDGs and crisis management. It also elected the Supreme Audit Institution of India as Chair of the 一 六th ASOSAI Assembly for the 二0 二 四 - 二0 二 七 tenure.
The mission, vision, core values, strategic targets, and priorities of the organisation stated in the ASOSAI Strategic Plan for 二0 二 二 - 二0 二 七 also received high consensus from the Governing Board’s members.
Thanh noted the ASOSAI fund for COVID- 一 九 response, worth US$ 二00,000, has been deployed, helping member SAIs to cope with the pandemic.
The outcomes of the Governing Board's 五 六th meeting proved that ASOSAI is a professional organisation of cooperation, integration, and reform that is ready to cope with unceasing changes in the region and the world, he added. — VNS
