ASOSAI 14: Indonesia to share environmental auditing experience

ASOSAI 14: Indonesia to share environmental auditing experience with VN

The Audit Board of Indonesia (ABI), which boasts expertise in environmental auditing, will exchange knowledge, experience and joint studies on environmental auditing with the State Audit of Vietnam (SAV), said ABI Chairman Moermahadi Soerja Djanegara.
ASOSAI 14: Indonesia to share environmental auditing experience with VN ảnh 1The 52nd ASOSAI Governing Board meeting (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi, (VNA) – The Audit Board of Indonesia (ABI), which boasts expertisein environmental auditing, will exchange knowledge, experience and jointstudies on environmental auditing with the State Audit of Vietnam (SAV), said ABIChairman Moermahadi Soerja Djanegara.

In an interview granted to Vietnam News Agency on the sidelines of the 52ndGoverning Board Meeting as part of the 14th Assembly of the AsianAssociations of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI) in Hanoi on September 18,he said the ABI and other ASOSAI members will wholeheartedly support the SAV inits role as ASOSAI Chair for the 2018-2021 tenure.

After 21-year membership of ASOSAI with many positive contributions, the SAV’sassumption of the role as ASOSAI Chair for 2018-2021 reflects the acknowledgementof the member Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) as well as the internationalcommunity for the Vietnamese agency’s efforts and contributions, he said.

As ASOSAI Chair, the SAV will play an important role in developing the capacityof the member SAIs, ASEANSAI and even ASOSAI.

ASOSAI has drawn out a strategic action plan and it is hoped that once Vietnam undertakesASOSAI Chair, this plan will be implemented effectively and reap successes,according to MoermahadiSoerja Djanegara.

Regardingthe theme “Environmental Auditing for Sustainable Development” of ASOSAI 14,the Indonesian official said environmental protection for sustainable developmentis of great significance as it is part of the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development.

As both the ABI andthe SAV are members of ASOSAI’s working group on environmental auditing, he expressed hishope that with the SAV becoming ASOSAI Chair for 2018-2021 will activelysupport the two agencies’ activities in the working group.-VNA
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