The Synergy of BPK And BPKP For Accelerating the Audit Follow-Ups
Jakarta, Friday (10 September 2021) – The Synergy of the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia (BPK) and National Government Internal Auditor (BPKP) is to improve the internal supervisory carried out by BPKP to accelerate the completion of BPK audit follow-ups. This is one of collaboration agreed upon in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between BPK and BPK signed by Chairman of BPK Agung Firman Sampurna and Chairman of BPKP Muhammad Yusuf Ateh on today (10/9).
“The synergy and coordination between BPK and BPKP are needed to improve the quality of state financial governance. As an audit institution, it is necessary for BPK to realize the synergy with BPKP that plays its role as the Government Internal Supervisory Apparatus (APIP) in overseeing the management of state finances. Both BPK and BPKP are keen to sharpen the synergy and coordination through collaborations that will be described in more detail in the MoU,” Chairman of BPK explained.
In addition to enhancing BPKP’s internal supervisory that aims to accelerate the completion of audit follow-ups, the agreed collaborations are including data and/or information exchange. It will be realized in the utilization of data or information from the information technology system developed by BPK and BPKP, the utilization of BPKP audit reports and/or review results for BPK, and the utilization of BPK Audit Reports and Viewpoints related to state financial management and accountability audit.
Other collaborations include the use of auditor resources, the implementation of joint audit on certain issues, coordination in terms of fulfilling requests for calculating state/regional losses from law enforcement agencies, education and training, research and development, as well as other agreed activities. The scope extension of collaboration between BPK and BPKP through a synergy of the implementation of audit/supervisory and institutional capacity building is actually an effort to encounter current challenges.
“In the implementation of Good Governance, the concept of The Three Lines of Defence is developed to explain the relationship of various parties divided into three lines of organization defence. APIP as an independent and objective unit plays its role at the third line of defence. According to this concept, APIP has an important role in obtaining accountable national development goals. It is also in line with the role of BPK as described in the BPK’s vision of 2020-2024,” explained Chairman of BPK.
Meanwhile, Chairman of BPKP Muhammad Yusuf Ateh said that one of crucial aspects for both parties in establishing the synergy and collaboration is the ease of data and information exchange. Also, the government has designed and implemented various interventions to deal with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, both on health, social, and economic aspects. According to Ateh, the emergency conditions inherent in the pandemic period oblige extra-fast handling that requires policy discretion.
“We believe that the MoU signing will improve the synergy and collaboration between these two institutions which in turn will enhance the effectiveness and expand the area of overseeing the state financial accountability,” said Ateh.
It is necessary that the role implementation of BPK and BPKP is supported by competent resources so that their roles can optimally benefit all stakeholders. This aims to realize the MoU objective in improving efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of state financial management and accountability.