Kazakhstan signed memorandums of cooperation with Egypt and Uzbekistan in the field of state audit

An official delegation from the Supreme Audit Chamber of Kazakhstan held a number of meetings with foreign colleagues on the sidelines of the XXV INСOSAI, which is currently taking place in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Negotiations were held between SAC Chairman Alikhan Smailov and authorized representatives of the supreme audit institutions of Egypt, Iran, China, Pakistan, Portugal, Russia, Türkiye, Uzbekistan, South Korea, and Japan.

The parties discussed a number of actual professional cooperation issues. Among them conducting parallel audits in mutual interest areas, organizing training sessions, and implementation of modern methods and digital technologies into auditing activities.

Alikhan Smailov has told his colleagues about the state audit system reform in Kazakhstan and outlined the key interests of the SAC within international cooperation: exchange of best practices, joint work to improve the human capacity of financial control bodies, and coordination of steps in the field of artificial intelligence application.

Foreign colleagues expressed their willingness to cooperate in all priority areas and emphasized Kazakhstan's active role in the development of the audit system at the international level.

Following the results of the meetings, the Supreme Audit Chamber signed memorandums of cooperation with the supreme audit institutions of Egypt and Uzbekistan. These documents open up new opportunities for sharing knowledge and implementing joint initiatives, and will help the parties develop expert cooperation in the field of state audit.

Meetings were also held between representatives of the Supreme Audit Chamber of Kazakhstan and their colleagues from IDI, at the working level, the European Court of Auditors, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, and Finland.