The Head of the Accounting Chamber met with the leadership of the Directorate General of the European Commission and the International Board of Auditors for NATO
The role of supreme audit institutions in ensuring proper monitoring of the use of international financial assistance funds, as well as the current state of state audit reforms in Ukraine, were discussed on May 16 during bilateral working meetings between the Head of the Accounting Chamber, Olga Pishchanska, with the Head of the International Board of Auditors for NATO (IBAN)*, Radek Wissinger, and with the Director General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Enlargement and Eastern Neighborhood, Jan Koopman.
During the meeting with the Chairman of IBAN Radek Wissinger we discussed issues of mutual professional interest, in particular, regarding opportunities for cooperation and the procedure for interaction regarding its organization.
The Chairman of IBAN expressed his support for the steps taken by the Accounting Chamber in the context of reforming the institution to strengthen its independent status and for further efforts aimed at strengthening institutional capacity and building professional potential.
Also on May 16, Olga Pischanska met with the Director General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Enlargement and Eastern Neighborhood Affairs Gert Jan Koopman. The parties discussed, in particular, reformative changes to the legislation on the Accounting Chamber, as well as the role of supreme audit institutions in helping to ensure the proper targeted use of international donor aid funds.
In particular, during the meeting, Olga Pishchanska informed about the audits conducted by the Accounting Chamber of international aid funds provided in the form of direct budget support, as well as the current and planned work on conducting audits in areas that are identified as priorities in the context of implementing reforms in accordance with the Ukraine Facility Plan. It was also emphasized the initiation of a dialogue with the Audit Council for the Ukraine Facility.
In turn, Gert Jan Koopman welcomed the work of the Ukrainian side on the implementation of the progressive reform of the SAI of Ukraine, and also stressed the important the role of professional activities of auditors in the context of control over the use of funds. According to him, it is extremely important to demonstrate that the external audit system in Ukraine is working effectively — especially against the background of the rapid pace of implementation of reforms.
Let us recall that on May 15, within the framework of the annual meeting between the International Board of Auditors for NATO (IBAN) and the Competent National Audit Bodies (CNABs) of NATO member states, the Head of the Accounting Chamber Olga Pishchanska delivered a report on the features of planning and carrying out audit activities by the Accounting Chamber and the specifics of the work of external state auditors in wartime conditions.
*IBAN – an independent external audit body for NATO, whose main mandate is to provide the North Atlantic Council (NATO's main political decision-making body) and the governments of NATO member states with assurance that common funds have been properly used to cover expenditure.
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