PRESS RELEASE

Jakarta, Thursday, January 18, 2024 – The Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia (BPK) held an Entry Meeting for Audit on Financial Statements for fiscal year 2023 at 10 Ministries/Institutions, at BPK head office on- today (18/1). The 10 ministries/institutions are Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Indonesian Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla), Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), National Narcotics Board (BNN), National Counter Terrorism Agency (BNPT), National Border Management Agency (BNPP), National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN), National Resilience Institute (Lemhannas), Indonesian National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM), and National Defence Board (Wantannas).

The Entry Meeting serves as the initial communication between BPK, as the auditor, and the ministries/institutions as the audited entities. The meeting aims to establish a common understanding of the audit process and its implementation.

"In the period 2023 and 2024, given the significant democratic events in Indonesia, ministries/institutions responsible for politics, law, security, and defence will play a crucial role. This will lead to an increase in the expenditure budget and grant funds, as well as increased responsibility for relevant ministries/institutions to implement good governance and clean government," stated Board Member I of BPK, Nyoman Adhi Suryadnyana, at his speech at the entry meeting.

BPK audits financial statements using Risk Based Audit (RBA) approach. This approach allows the auditors to focus on the risky aspects related to the working units. The audit for the 2023 financial statements will focus on the implementation of the Agency Level Financial Application System (SAKTI), cash, fixed assets, other assets, Non-Tax State Revenue (PNBP), as well as goods and capital expenditures.

Nyoman added that there are several crucial aspects to conducting BPK audits, including effective communication between auditors and all involved parties, a commitment to collaborative work in their respective tasks, providing wide-ranging access to data and documents related to financial statements, and the role of the Government Internal Audit Apparatus (APIP) in making the audits run smoothly.

During the meeting, Nyoman expressed high appreciation to all audit entities within AKN I for achieving revenue of Rp182.34 billion for the 10 ministries/institutions, which would contribute to the State Revenue for the fiscal year 2023. Simultaneously, the realized expenditures for the 10 ministries/institutions amounted to Rp8.9 trillion, demonstrating their ability to deliver good performance and provide added value in the form of state revenues.

Public Relations and International Cooperation Bureau