The Heads of the Supreme Audit Institutions of Kazakhstan and Russia held a meeting in Moscow

The delegation of the Supreme Audit Chamber of Kazakhstan, headed by Chairman Alikhan Smailov, is taking part in events on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Accounts Chamber of Russia held in Moscow.

The official trip is being conducted at the invitation of the Russian side in order to strengthen professional ties between the supreme state audit bodies.

The central event was an expanded meeting of the Board of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, which was attended by representatives of the supreme audit institutions of Azerbaijan, Algeria, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan.

As part of the trip, Chairman of the Supreme Audit Chamber of the Republic of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov also held a bilateral meeting with the Head of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation Boris Kovalchuk.

The parties discussed the recent results of the multifaceted cooperation between the two institutions and considered the prospects for further cooperation in the coming years.
Alikhan Smailov noted that many joint events have been carried out over the past period, including mutual visits of specialists to share experiences, joint control activities within the EAEU and various training sessions.

The Chairman of the SAC outlined the introduction of electronic auditing, the use of artificial intelligence technologies and big data analysis, as well as advanced training of state auditors as promising areas for further cooperation.

"I would like to emphasize the friendly relations between the Supreme Audit Chamber of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, which are successfully developing both on a bilateral basis and within the framework of international organizations. We are interested in strengthening our cooperation. We will be glad to continue working on the exchange of experience and mutual support," said Alikhan Smailov.

For his part, Boris Kovalchuk also expressed his willingness to continue productive cooperation in all priority areas of audit development. In particular, this concerns increasing transparency and efficiency of public procurement, improving regional audit, etc.

"Now we are transforming a number of processes in our institution, including quite seriously changing the audit methodology. Therefore, we are also interested in what know-how you apply," said the Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation.