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BPK attended the 10th Meeting of INTOSAI Working Group on Key National Indicators (WGKNI) on 25-27 April 2017 in Brasilia, Brazil

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The Audit Board of Republic Indonesia (BPK) attended the 10th Meeting of INTOSAI Working Group on Key National Indicators (WGKNI) in Brasilia, Brazil on April 25-27th, 2017. Board Member, Prof. Eddy Mulyadi Soepardi accompanied by Head of Bureau of Public Relations and International Cooperation, Mr. Yudi Ramdan Budiman gave the presentation about the recent development of SDGs and its relation to KNI in Indonesia and the roles of the Audit Board with regard to the topic.

The meeting which was attended by 19 participants from 9 SAIs was opened by Mr. Raimundo Carreiro, the President of the Federal Court of Accounts of Brazil.  On his speech, Mr. Carreiro emphasized the awareness to fight against fraud and corruption, improving transparency in the Government and improving social well-being of the citizens. In line with Mr. Carreiro, and as the Chair of WGKNI, Mr. Dmitry Zyatsev, Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation pointed out the importance of the meeting to collect national experience with regard to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Key National Indicators his welcome remark. He also conveyed his expectation that this meeting could benefits the group in the long run in terms of developing a methodological approach with regard to SDGs.

The meeting aimed to discuss the current progress of the INTOSAI WGKNI Work Plan, share national experience with regard to KNI and SDGs, and discuss the latest sub projects developed by the group which were auditing macroeconomic forecast and auditing the use and development of KNI. There are several important results of the meeting, namely: 1) the endorsement of the WGKNI Work Plan for 2017; 2) the approval of the new sub projects about auditing macroeconomic forecast and auditing the use and development of KNI; and 3) the appointment of SAI of Italy as the next host for the 11th Meeting in 2018.