On November 6, Mr. JIANG Haiying, Deputy Director General of the CNAO, as the special representative of Mr. LIU Jiayi, Chairman of the Governing Board of INTOSAI and Auditor General of China, attuned the ASEANSAI General Assembly Meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.
The Assembly was attended by more than 64 delegates, including the heads of SAIs from ASEAN member states as well as observers from the ASEAN Secretariat, INTOSAI, GIZ and World Bank.
The meeting was officially opened by Mr. Hadi Poernomo, Chairman of ASEANSAI 2011-2013. Pengiran Haji Abd Rahman bin Pengiran Haji Mat Salleh, Auditor General of Brunei Darussalam warmly welcomed the delegates and observers. After that, Mr. Jiang read the congratulation letter signed by Mr. LIU Jiayi as the special representative of Chairman of the Governing Board of INTOSAI respective at the opening ceremony.
The delegates and observers also witnessed the handover of the ASEANSAI chairmanship 2013-2015 to SAI Brunei Darussalam. At the same time, SAI Cambodia, was appointed as the Vice Chairman of ASEANSAI. Also included in the agenda was the signing of Memorandum of Understanding between ASEANSAI and GIZ for the grants to finance capacity building programmes of ASEANSAI.
One of the observers that attended the meeting, Mr. AKP Mochtan, Deputy Secretary-General for Community and Corporate Affairs of the ASEAN Secretariat acclaimed that the establishment of ASEANSAI will help to improve the efficiency of the ASEAN Secretariat operation and internal control mechanism. Furthermore, he added that the ASEAN Secretariat looks forward to further collaborations with ASEANSAI to fast-track the goals and ideas of the ASEAN Community.