The declaration of the mutual cooperation was signed among the Supreme Audit Institutions of Georgia, Poland, Ukraine and Moldova.
The declaration is aimed at the strengthening of the cooperation among the sides as well as enhancing the relationship in terms of adaptation to the EU standards.
At the special meeting in the Polish Parliament, dedicated to the Polish SAI\'s 96-year anniversary celebration, chaired by the Speaker of the “Sejm” Radosław Sikorski, quadrilateral declaration of the mutual cooperation was signed.
The declaration was signed by the Auditor General of the State Audit Office of Georgia Lasha Tordia, the President of the Supreme Audit Institution of Poland Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, Chair of the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine Roman Maguta and the President of the Court of Accounts of the Republic of Moldova Serafim Urechean.
Polish auditors will share their experience with Georgian, Ukrainian and Moldovan colleagues in regard with the audit of EU funds.
An international seminar is planned to be held in Warsaw later in 2015. It will address the issues of settling and auditing EU funds as well as the standards of independence of the Supreme Audit Institutions. The seminar will be attended by auditors from Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia.
The Polish auditors from NIK together with representatives of the European Court of Auditors, inspectors from Baltics countries: Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia and auditors from the Visegrád Group - an alliance of four Central European States: Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary will share their experience in the settlement and audit of EU funds. The standards of the independence of Supreme Audit Institutions will also be discussed at the seminar.
“The independence of Supreme Audit Institutions is one of the pillars of democracy,” is underscored in the UN recent special resolution (69/2014).
