Upon the invitation of Comptroller General of the Republic of Ecuador, the President of the OLACEFS, a two-people delegation from the CNAO attended the 22nd Ordinary General Assembly of OLACEFS held in Gramado, Brazil from November 5 to 10, 2012.
A total of 177 participants and observers were present at the Assembly, including the representatives from 24 member SAIs of OLACEFS, and special guests or observers from IDI, World Bank, American Development Bank, SAIs of China, etc. Dr. Michel Temer, Vice President of the Federative Republic of Brazil delivered a speech at the opening ceremony.
Besides the session of the OLACEFS Steering Committee and its administrative session, the Assembly asked the technical committees to arrange 4 technical sessions. The participants were actively involved in the plenary debate and discussions on 4 technical topics: ‘Coordinated Audits as a Capacity Building Strategy (Example of Evaluation of National and Regional Actions to Fight FMD)’, ‘Applying International Audit Standards in OLACEFS’, ‘Oversight of Social Subsidies as a Mechanism to Reduce Poverty’ and ‘Ensuring quality in SAI internal processes’.
At the administrative session of the Assembly, the OLACEFS has also conducted the transference of the Presidency and Executive Secretariat. The SAI of Brazil and Chile were elected to take office as new President and Executive Secretariat of OLACEFS for the three-year period of 2013-2015. The next General Assembly of OLACEFS will be held in December 2013 in Chile.