Chairperson of BPK Has Bilateral Meeting With Comptroller And Auditor General of United Kingdom National Audit Office (UK NAO)
LONDON, BPK Public Relations – In her visit to London, United Kingdom to attend International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council Meeting, Chairperson of the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia (BPK), Isma Yatun, had a bilateral meeting with Comptroller and Auditor General of United Kingdom National Audit Office (UK NAO), Gareth Davis. The meeting took place in the Office of UK NAO in London, United Kingdom, on Wednesday (13/7). At the meeting, Chairperson of BPK discussed about roles of Supreme Audit Institution (SAI), BPK and UK NAO, as external auditor in organizational bodies of United Nations (UN) and about possible bilateral cooperation between the two SAIs.
BPK appreciated UK NAO for its roles and broad experiences as external auditor in some organizational bodies of UN, such as International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), International Maritime Organization (IMO), and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). BPK hoped to learn from the valuable experience of UK NAO in auditing WIPO as it will be very useful for BPK that is currently joining competition with other SAIs in bidding for external auditor of WIPO.
At the meeting, Chairperson of BPK also conveyed a possible further cooperation between BPK and UK NAO in public sector auditing related topics. The possible further cooperation between the two SAIs is positively responded by Comptroller and Auditor General of UK NAO. He further sees some possible forms of bilateral cooperation between BPK and UK NAO including a prospect for secondment in UK NAO, organization of knowledge sharing about common interest topics that are relevant to the roles of the two SAIs as external auditor.
Along with Chairperson of BPK attending the meeting were Secretary General of BPK, Bahtiar Arif, and Deputy Director of International Cooperation of BPK, Kusuma Ayu Rusnasanti.