EUROSAI. Magazine N21 - 2015

EUROPEAN ORGANISATION OF SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONS REPORTS AND STUDIES 81 www.eurosai.org · N.º 21 - 2015 professional cooperation and mutual support, and fostering the sharing of information and experiences among European SAIs. The results are many and varied, as can be seen when analyzing the activity of its different bodies and working groups. In this respect, I would like to highlight that the outcomes of the first EUROSAI Strategic Plan will be presented to the Congress in 2017, together with the Strategic Plan 2017-2023 which will shape the future activities of our Organization. The drafting of the new Strategic Plan implies new challenges, such as the incorporation of our members’ expectations from the results of the self-assessment, the growing global recognition of the central roles of SAIs in promoting good governance and accountability, the SAI’s role regarding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or the new Strategic Plan’s likely alignment with INTOSAI upcoming Strategic Plan 2016, just to mention the main ones. In fact, the latter could imply significant changes in the way EUROSAI cooperates with INTOSAI and its RWG. I would also like to draw attention to the cooperation we undertake with other INTOSAI RWG and how it can be enhanced; an issue on which the Secretariat has put forward various proposals in the past years. In this regard, the new EUROSAI Strategic Plan will also constitute a suitable framework for reinforcing the international cooperation with INTOSAI RWG through new initiatives, which could be put into practice in the areas of training, capacity building, networks of experts, communication tools, and by means of exchanges of information and experience. The general idea is to reshape cooperation into a more practical and technical perspective to make a greater impact in the daily audit work of our members and to ensure that we obtain the maximum added value possible from these activities. As you can see, we have come a long way since 1990, although there is still a lot of work, as well as stimulating challenges, ahead of us. One of such challenges is to ensure that through a continuous process of feedback from our members we, as an Organisation, adapt to their demands and respond in a timely manner to their expectations and needs. Only this way can we provide them with the mutual enrichment and added value they seek in this community, one of the biggest and most diverse INTOSAI RWG. The fact that this constant aim of self- improvement has always been at the forefront of our mind gives me confidence that this joint project that we launched 25 years ago will continue producing valuable results for all of us, making the whole process highly worthwhile. EUROSAI Secretariat’s Team