The event gathered about 80 representatives of the government administration, diplomatic missions and other significant organisations operating in Bangladesh.
The chief guest of the conference was Comptroller and Auditor General in Bangladesh Md Nurul Islam and the special guests were: Ambassador of the European Union to Bangladesh Michael Miller, Ambassador of Poland to India Piotr Antoni Świtalski, Vice-President of NIK Jacek Kozłowski and Secretary of the Ministry of Finance of Bangladesh Dr. Md Khairuzzaman Mozumder.
The project aims at improving supervision exercised by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General in Bangladesh (OCAG) over public revenue and spending in Bangladesh. This will translated into better management of public finance and more effective control of corruption and fraud, and also improved efficiency of collection, allocation and use of public resources. The budget of the said project is EUR 2 million and its implementation time is 39 months.
The project will cover three content components related to improving the OCAG capacity in implementing: [1] financial audit – institutionalisation of the financial audit of the central government’s financial reports, institutionalisation of the financial audit of the public authorities’ financial reports, integration of the financial audit with Audit Management & Monitoring System 2.0; [2] performance audit – continued institutionalisation of the performance audit, integration of the performance audit with AMMS 2.0.; [3] IT audit – development of IT audit strategy, conduct of IT audits (model audits).
Participation in the project is an important step in strengthening the position of the Supreme Audit Office of Poland as an experienced and reliable partner in international development initiatives.
