Speech by Sergey V. Stepashin at the 1 st ASOSAI-EUROSAI Conference onBasic Approaches and Challenges for Ensuring Transparency and Accountability, (Istanbul, 22 September 2011)

Dual Nature of SAIs Government Authority Civil Society Institution Scope of information Reliability of information Accessibility of information for population Slide 2 Efficiency

Sources of information IS of the Ministry of Finance IS of the Federal Treasury IS of the Federal Service for State Statistics IS of the Parliament etc. 14 forms of reporting for 111 managers of budgetary funds 200 requests to budget process players Audit results External information systems (19) Public management authorities Slide 3

Forms of informing Reports on results of control activities Conclusions of the Accounts Chamber on amendments and performance of the budget Current press releases Speeches of the Chairman in the Parliament Communications in the Internet Press conferences (440 items on TV, 465 – on the radio) Interviews and articles in press (27 thousand items) Joint public events with public members Slide 4

Problems in ensuring transparency and accountability Lack of efficient system of public procurement Non-readiness of regional and municipal audit institutions for high-quality auditing Inadequate development of the internal control system Slide 5

Thank you for attention!