EUROSAI History
Although EUROSAI is the junior of INTOSAI’s seven Regional Groups, the idea of a European Organisation of SAIs dates back to the foundation of INTOSAI in 1953. The first active steps towards the establishment of EUROSAI took place in 1974 during the VIII INTOSAI Congress in Madrid (1974). Between 1975 and 1989 the SAIs of Italy and Spain, counting on the Contact Committee of Heads of SAIs of the European Economic Community countries, paved the way for EUROSAI by preparing the initial drafts of EUROSAI Statutes. In June 1989 the XIII INTOSAI Congress, held in Berlin, adopted the “Berlin Declaration”, which contained the agreement of creating the European Organisation of SAIs.
In November 1990 the Constitutive Conference and I Congress of EUROSAI were held in Madrid (Spain). At this Assembly the first EUROSAI President and Governing Board were elected, the Statutes were debated and approved, and the headquarters and permanent General Secretariat were established in the offices of the Spanish Court of Audit.
EUROSAI has come a long way since the moment when the idea of a European Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions materialized, as highlighted during the commemoration activities of its 25th and 30th anniversaries.
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