ASEANSAI secretariat office inaugurated in Indonesia
The Office of the Secretariat of the ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions (ASEANSAI) was inaugurated in Indonesia’s Jakarta capital city on April 2, in the presence of leaders from audit agencies of ASEAN member countries, the ASEAN Secretariat and the host country.
Jakarta (VNA) - The Office of theSecretariat of the ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions (ASEANSAI) was inauguratedin Indonesia’s Jakarta capital city on April 2, in the presence of leadersfrom audit agencies of ASEAN member countries, the ASEAN Secretariat and thehost country.
Speaking at the ceremony, Chairman of theIndonesian Supreme Audit Agency Moermahadi Soerja Djanegara said the ASEANSAISecretariat Office will facilitate ASEANSAI’s activities and become the bridgein coordination between ASEANSAI and stakeholders or donor institutions.
The office will also assist ASEAN membernations in strengthening the role of their audit agencies in the fight againstcorruption and sustainable governance, he said.
Deputy Auditor General of the State AuditOffice of Vietnam Doan Xuan Tien, who attended the ceremony, said Vietnam wasone of the four nations that initiated the establishment of ASEANSAI.
Since 2011, Vietnam has held the chairmanshipof ASEANSAI’s Committee for Strategic Plan, he said, adding that with the role,Vietnam presided over the building of strategic plan to develop and enhance ASEANSAI’scapacity in the past years.
This was an important contribution of Vietnamto improving the transparency and accountability of member countries of the Associationof Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), thereby helping the bloc develop in atransparent and sustainable manner, Tien added.
The Office of the ASEANSAI Secretariat is locatedat the headquarters of the Indonesian Supreme Audit Agency, which was assignedas the ASEANSAI Secretariat for the 2018-2023 period.
It is the place to discuss and share variousstrategic issues, including ASEANSAI strategic plans in 2018-2021, 2018-2019and many other plans of the organisation.-VNA
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Delegates at the inaugural ceremony (Source: VNA)
