– The Audit Bureau is scheduled to partake in the 24th International Congress of Supreme Audit Institutions due in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on November 7-11.
The audit chairperson, Faisal Al-Shayea, said in a statement on Sunday that the conferees would discuss states’ audit bureaus tasks in the shadow of global calamities.
The inaugural session will witness election of a deputy chairperson, examine a report by the UN chief and look into other issues.
Delegation of the Kuwaiti bureau will participate in committees’ meetings.
The conference, INCOSAI, will be guided by two main themes: “The work of Supreme Audit Institutions in the face of public calamities” and “Global voice, global outcome, and far-reaching impact.” It will be an opportunity to share experiences, discuss problems, and pass resolutions and recommendations in order to improve the accountability of governments worldwide.
INCOSAI is the supreme body of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI). It brings together around 800 full, associate, and affiliated members of the organization with the purpose of making strategic decisions. At INCOSAI, participants from more than 120 countries discuss key issues faced by the public audit community and their potential solutions.
The meeting takes place every three years and is headed by the president of the Supreme Audit Institution of the country hosting the event. The first INCOSAI, during which the INTOSAI was founded, took place in Havana (Cuba). The last one was in Moscow (Russia), in 2019.
This is the second time Brazil hosts the congress. The first one was in 1959, also in Rio de Janeiro
Source: Kuwait News Agency