The newly appointedAmbassador of the European Union to Georgia H.E. Carl Hartzell held an introductory meeting in the State Audit Office. Auditor General Irakli Mekvabishvili and Deputy Auditor General Eka Ghazadze provided the Head of the EU Delegation with the detailed information on the mandate of the State Audit Office, conducted reforms, ongoing activities and projects.
Carl Hartzell expressed his interest in the implementation of the EU-funded two-year project - "Institutional Strengthening of the State Audit Office of Georgia", that supports the State Audit Office to establish international standards of supreme audit institutions. The SAO management discussed the ongoing activities in this direction, including introduction and use of the audit program,, update of the audit methodology, improvement of the monitoring system of recommendations.
Carl Hartzell was appointed as EU Ambassador in Tbilisi in September, 2018.
