The 9th meeting of the Working Group on the development of standards of state financial control (audit) of SAIs of CIS member states was held on October 31, 2016 via videoconference.
The event was attended by representatives of SAIs of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia and Tajikistan.
In the focus of discussion was draft of the standard "Ethical requirements, principles and rules of conduct for employees of SAIs of CIS member states", elaborated by State Control Committee of Belarus.
This document establishes common ethical standards, principles and rules of conduct of employees of SAIs of CIS member States in the implementation of public financial control (audit), joint and parallel control, expert and analytical activities (audits) as well as in the implementation of international cooperation.
Also the participants discussed the draft of the updated Glossary of terms used in the standards of the state financial control (audit) for the SAIs of CIS member states.
The preparation of these drafts will be completed in May 2017, followed by their submission for consideration and approval of the XVII session of the CIS Council of Heads of SAIs, which is scheduled for the autumn of 2017 in Baku.
Within the framework of the held meeting the issues of mutual interest for SAIs on the future activities of the Working Group were also discussed.