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Participation of the General Court of Auditors in XXIV INCOSAI Brazil

ORANJESTAD - The Presi- lands Antilles. Aruban delegation main-
dent of the General Audit tained many contacts and
Office, also in her capacity Ms. Croes-Williams, also in made new ones with mem-
as President of CAROSAI, her capacity as CAROSAI bers of sister institutions and
Ms. Croes-Williams, and the president, also participat- regional organizations.
Secretary of the General ed in the Capacity Build- These include SAI Brazil,
Audit Office, Ms. de Jong- ing Committee meeting Egypt, South Africa, Latvia,
Curet, participated in the (CBC meeting). The chair- Philippines, Turkey, Peru,
XXIV INCOSAI Congress man gave a presentation Chile, and Mexico, also with Rio di Janeiro Declaration.
from November 7 to 12, at this meeting and shared IDI, US GAO, and UNDESA. In this declaration, the In-
2022. The joint conduct of coordi- Aruba's General Audit Of- They also held meetings or ternational Organization of
nated investigations; fice experiences on the "Su- discussions with colleagues Supreme Audit Institutions
In the 24th International The role of General Audit preme Audit Institute Per- from CAROSAI, OLACEFS, (INTOSAI) pledged to con-
Congress of General Audit Offices in the fight against formance Management the General Audit Institu- tinue its work by respond-
Institutions, 147 delegations drugs and crime; Framework (SAI PMF) of tions of the Netherlands ing to change and emerg-
(700 representatives) from The presentation of SAI re- Aruba - Small Island State in and Curacao on improv- ing risks and to foster better
different countries and (re- ports on the Development the Caribbean", Leave No ing financial management collaboration with stake-
gional) organizations par- Goals, 2030 SDG Agenda, SAI Behind, with all attend- and with the Court of Audit holders to advance the
ticipated. Minister Bruno concerning, among other ees. SAI PMF is the first step of Belgium and the Gener- General Audit Institutions
Dantas, Auditor General of things, the fight against toward upgrading a Gen- al Audit Office of Suriname and INTOSAI work.
the Federal Audit Office of poverty. eral Audit Office. SAIs, that respectively on possible
Brazil (Tribunal de Contas conduct and complete this support and cooperation During the official closing of
da União - TCU), chaired Furthermore, they dis- self-assessment are front- between the Dutch-speak- the XXIV INCOSAI Congress,
the meetings during this IN- cussed administrative issues runners, as only 77 General ing Audit Institutions. They the President of the Gen-
COSAI Congress. for subsequent approval. Audit Offices in the world also consider a joint study. eral Audit Office presented
They include the activity have done so. In addition A possible topic could be to the Auditor General of
They presented several and financial report for the to completing this assess- Brazil's initiative with INTO- SAI Brazil, also the President
topics and held several dis- three years 2019-2021, the ment, Aruba's General Au- SAI Development Initiative of INTOSAI and host, a book
cussion panels. The main presentation and the IN- dit Office made its results (IDI), to conduct a global on the cultural heritage of
themes of the congress TOSAI Strategic Plan 2023- public. Only 15 countries study on climate change Aruba. The General Court
concern: 2028 approval, and the have done so to date. and its consequences. of Auditors wishes to thank
The fight against the cli- regional reports of EURO- the National Archaeologi-
mate crisis; SAI, ARABSAI, ASOSAI, AF- Participation in the XXIV IN- The XXIV International Con- cal Museum Aruba and
The role of General Audit ROSAI, CAROSAI, OLACEFS, COSAI Congress was very gress of General Accounts Foundation 1403 for this
Offices in emergencies; and PASAI. It is important to intensive. In addition to all (INCOSAI 2022) concluded beautiful gift, which Mr.
The independence of Gen- note that they expelled the the meetings, discussion with the adoption by the Bruno Dantas very grate-
eral Audit Offices; membership of the Nether- panels, and gatherings, the INTOSAI community of the fully received.q