External Audit as a Tool for Improving Public Governance
The President of Russia has defined national development priorities. These are key areas of public policy that require the mobilization of efforts across the entire system of public authorities. What role does external audit play in this system?
Supreme Audit Institutions are centres of independent expertise. Audits contribute to the efficient use of budgetary funds, and in addition, audit bodies formulate well-founded recommendations for improving various areas of public administration. According to the development strategy of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation until 2024, its mission is to promote fair and responsible public administration as a necessary condition for the sustainable development of Russian society and a decent quality of life for individuals.
What impact do audits have on the well-being of citizens and the development of the state? How should the system of external audit and financial control evolve? The Accounts Chamber invites representatives of various branches of government to formulate their answers to these questions during a discussion at the Forum.
Moderator
Margarita Simonyan,
Editor-in-Chief, RT TV Channel; Editor-in-Chief, Media Group "Rossiya Segodnya"
Panellists
Hussam bin Abdulmohsen Alangari,
President of the General Court of Audit in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Vasily Gerasimov,
Chairman of the State Control Committee
Republic of Belarus
Valery Goreglyad,
Chief Auditor, Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia)
Galina Izotova,
Deputy Chairman, Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation
Alexey Lavrov,
Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation
Oleg Morozov,
Chairman of the State Duma Control Committee
Alexey Khersontsev,
State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Front row participants
Abdoul Madjib Gueye,
Chairman, Audit Committee for State-Owned Companies, Court of Audit of the Republic of Senegal
Tlegen Kaskin,
Member of the Supreme Audit Chamber of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Doan Anh Tho,
Deputy Auditor General of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam