The 43rd meeting of the INTOSAI Governing Board was held at Uruguay from November 10-11, 1997. Delegates from 17 member SAIs attended the meeting and discussed a wide range of issues related to XVI INCOSAI scheduled to be held in Montevideo, Uruguay from November 7-14, 1998. The host of the XVI INCOSAI Mr. Guillermo Ramirez Presidente Tribunal de Cuentas de la Republica -Uruguay presented a detailed report on the preparation for the XVIth INCOSAI.
The Secretary General of INTOSAI presented his report to the Governing Board. It included the budget for 1998 and financial statements pertaining to 1996 which were audited by SAIs of Finland and South Africa. The Secretary General also intimated that as per the resolution passed by the Board, the SAI of Korea will be hosting INCOSAI XVII in the year 2001.
Before the start of the 43rd Governing Board Meeting there were 1 75 members of INTOSAI. The application of SAI Azerbaijan was considered and they were enrolled as the 1 76th member of INTOSAI.
Delegates of the 43rd INTOSAI Governing Board Meeting
An award named after the former President of the Austrian Court of Audit and Secretary General of INTOSAI Dr. Jorg Kandutsch has been instituted, to be awarded once in six years to a member SAI. The award is for achievements or contributions in the three calendar years preceding the year of the INTOSAI Triennial Congress. The nominees are selected by a panel of three judges within the Governing Board, including the members from the various geographic regions of INTOSAI. The Governing Board appointed a panel of jurors consisting of the Supreme Audit Institutions of Australia and Mexico and the General Secretariat of INTOSAI for selection of winners.
The various Regional Groups and the Chairman IDI also presented their reports.
While the SAI of Uruguay is all set to host the XVI INCOSAI in their beautiful city of Montevideo, at the same time technical aspects of the meeting are also being processed by the various SAIs. The congress will consider the foilowing two themes:-
Theme-I - The role of SAI's in preventing and detecting fraud and corruption.
Theme-ll. Improving the Government Financial Administration through the INTOSAI's standing Committees and Working Groups
Theme I consists of two sub-themes and the following table depicts these together with the theme officers:
| Chairman Theme 1: Mexico | |||
| First Vice Chairman Theme I-A Saudi Arabia Rapporteur I-A Austria |
First Vice Chairman Theme I-B Korea Rapporteur I-A United States |
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| Group Rapporteur | Group Rapporteur | ||
| English Language China |
All Languages Switzerland |
English Language South Africa |
All Languages Chile |
| Moderator | Moderator | ||
| English Language Zimbabwe |
All Languages Poland |
English Language Guyana |
All Languages Tonga |
| Liaison Officer-Uruguay | Liaison Officer-Uruguay | ||
Theme-ll
Theme II consists of several sub-themes and the following table depicts themes together with the Theme Officer. The Standing Committees and Working Groups will have 6 Sub-Themes focussing on the work of 5 Standing Committees and 3 Working Groups. These are:-
| Chairman Theme II: Netherlands Vice-Chair Theme II: Cameroon |
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| II A: Audit Standards Committee
Chair: Sweden Moderator: Rapporteur: |
II B:
Accounting Standards Committee Chair: United States Moderator: Rapporteur: |
| II C:
Internal Control Standards Committee Chair: Hungary Moderator: Rapporteur: |
II D: Public Debt Committee Chair: Mexico Moderator: Rapporteur: |
| II E: EDP- Audit Committee Chair: India Moderator: Rapporteur: |
II F: Working Group on Environmental
Auditing Chair: Netherlands Moderator: Rapporteur: |
| II G: Working Group on Privatisation
Chair: United Kingdom Moderator: Rapporteur: |
II H:
Working Group on Programme Evaluation Moderator: Rapporteur: |
Provisional Programme
INCOSAI XVI
Montevideo, Uruguay
November 1998
| Sat, 7 Nov. | Sun, 8, Nov. | Mon, 9, Nov | Tue, 10, Nov | |
| Technical Programme | 9:00-12:30 *) Meetings of committees and working groups |
9:00-12:30*) 44th Meeting of the Governing Board of INTOSAI |
9:00-12:30 *) First General Plenary Session |
9:00-12:30 *) Theme II First Session II A: Auditing Standards II B: Accounting Standards Committee |
| 11:00-12:30 Theme II Repeat Session II A: Auditing Standards II B: Accounting Standards Committee |
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| 12:30-13:00 Theme I Introduction |
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| 14:30-16:30*) INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) Meeting of Advisory Committee |
14:30-17:30*) Meeting of theme officers |
14:30-16:30*) Theme I Debate Subtheme I A |
14:30-16:00 *) Theme II First Meeting II C: Internal Control Standards Committee II D: Public Debt Committee |
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| 17:00-19:00 Theme I Debate Subtheme I B |
16:30-18:00 Theme II Repeat Session II C: Internal Control Standards Committee II D: Public Debt Committee |
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| 19:15-20:30 Meeting of Theme Officers Theme I |
18:30-19:30 *) Meeting of Regional Working Groups |
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| Accompanying persons programme | 14:30-17:30 Visit to the Museum of Fine Arts |
10:00-16:00
Shopping |
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| Special events | 15:00-18:00 Guided city tour 20:30-22:30 Reception for delegations |
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| Wed, 11, Nov. | Thur, 12, Nov. | Fri, 13, Nov. | Sat, 14, Nov. | |
| Technical Programme | 9:00-10:30 Theme II First Session II E: EDP Audit Committee II F: Working Group on Environmental Auditing |
9:00-12:30 Theme I Plenary |
:OO-12:3O Second General Plenary |
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| 11:00-12:30 Theme II Repeat session II E: EDP Audit Committee II F: Working Group on Environmental Auditing |
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| 14:30-16:00 Theme II First session II G: Working group on Privatisation II H: Working group on Programme Evaluation |
14:00-17:30 Theme II Plenary |
14:30-17:30 *) 45th Meeting of the Governing Board of INTOSAI |
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| 16:30-18:00 Theme II Repeat session II G: Working group on Privatisation II H: Working group on Programme Evaluation |
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| 18:30-20:00
Meeting of Theme Officers Theme II |
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| Special events | 20:30 Concert at the Teatro Solis |
9:00-18:00 Excursion to Punta del Este | Parliament | 21:00 Closing dinner |