An official delegation of the supreme audit institution of the Republic of North Macedonia - the State Audit Office, led by auditor general Maksim Acevski, paid an official visit to Romania, at the invitation of the Court of Accounts, between July 2 and 4, on which occasion a new Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the two institutions.
According to a press release of the Court of Accounts of Romania, the document promotes the exchange of information and good practices with the aim of improving the activity of the public sector in the two states, also considering the status of candidate state for accession to the European Union held by North Macedonia.
The programme of the visit included a meeting with a delegation of the Romanian Parliament led by Gabriela Horga, head of the committee on budget, finance, banking and capital market of the Romanian Senate, which included parliamentarians from the budget and finance committees of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. The discussions focused on the importance of cooperation between supreme audit institutions and national parliaments in order to ensure good governance and a correct assessment of public policies.
During the bilateral meeting at the headquarters of the Court of Accounts, president Mihai Busuioc and his counterpart analyzed opportunities for institutional cooperation, with an emphasis on promoting the latest trends in external public audit, according to the standards of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI).
The auditor general of North Macedonia gave a presentation to the members of the plenary of the Court of Accounts in which he highlighted the artificial intelligence tools used to capitalise on audit reports, together with the methodologies applied to prevent fraud in the management of public funds, including those related to the pre-accession programmes to the European Union.
At the same time, the delegation led by auditor general Maksim Acevski also met with the staff of the Brasov Chamber of Accounts, who presented the particularities of the audit missions of the administrative-territorial units. The discussions also focused on how the audit methodologies approved in 2023 have streamlined communication with the audited entities and boosted voluntary compliance with the implementation of the Court of Accounts recommendations.
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