International Activities
(1)Research on Other Supreme Audit Institution (SAI)s
The Board conducts research on institutions, activities and audit cases of Supreme Audit Institution (SAI)s of other countries.
The Board also hosts the Tokyo International Meeting on Audit, inviting high-level officials and senior auditors from SAIs of leading countries including the U.S.A., the U.K., Germany and France, to seek possible solutions to the common issues and challenges that participating SAIs face.
Furthermore, the Board participates in the annual Global Working Group Meeting of the heads of major SAIs to introduce the Board’s current situation and to exchange opinions on common audit-related themes in order to promote knowledge sharing.
The 15th Tokyo International Meeting on Audit(December,2010)
(2)Participation in International Organization of SAIs
The Board joins the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI: 189 participating SAIs) and the Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI: 45 SAIs), one of the INTOSAI regional organizations, to promote international cooperation in the field of government auditing and to build up closer relations with SAIs of various countries.
And the Board participates in conferences and workshops held by these international organizations to discuss important audit-related issues and to share the latest knowledge and experiences.
Meanwhile, the Board plays an important role in ASOSAI as the Training Administrator. The Training Administrator is a member of the Governing Board and is in charge of planning and implementing training programs to provide audit techniques and promote knowledge sharing on government auditing among ASOSAI member SAIs.
The 43th ASOSAI Governing Board meeting in Istanbul, Turkey (September 2011)
(3)International Cooperation
The Board cooperates with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to conduct training seminars as part of JICA’s technical cooperation.
Currently the Board organizes seminars on 1) Government Audit on Public Construction Works, 2) Government Audit System for Central Asian and Caucasus countries, and 3) Government Audit for Senior Officials (JICA-sponsored ASOSAI seminar).
JICA-sponsored ASOSAI Seminer(June,2011)
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