The first conference of the newly established ASEAN Supreme Audit
Institutions (SAI) was held in Bali , Indonesia , on Nov. 16.
Indonesia ’s Supreme Audit Agency and Brunei ’s Audit Agency take
the positions as chairman and vice chairman of the ASEAN SAI for the
2011-2013 term. The State Audit of Vietnam was elected as head of the
strategic planning committee of ASEAN SAI.
Earlier the same day, a
signing ceremony to establish the ASEAN SAI took place in Bali with
the participation of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and
leaders of ASEAN member countries’ audit agencies.
Addressing the
event, President Yudhoyono spoke highly of the initiative and
cooperative efforts by ASEAN audit agencies to establish the ASEAN SAI,
describing it as an important contribution to the efforts of building an
ASEAN Community by 2015./.