Magazine No. 26 - 2021 9 XI EUROSAI Congress After years of preparation and several changes in dates due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Supreme Audit Office of the Czech Republic (“SAI Czech Republic”) was finally honoured to host the XI European Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (“EUROSAI”) Congress on 14-15 April 2021. In spring 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, SAI Czech Republic suggested postponing the in-person meeting in Prague to a new term of 30 May 2021 – 3 June 2021. Unfortunately, the unprecedented time of pandemic forced SAI Czech Republic to rearrange its plans once again, and at the 52nd EUROSAI Governing Board (“GB”) meeting on 12 November 2020, it proposed to change the term and the form of the meeting. Having in mind all the anti-pandemic restrictions in the world, SAI Czech Republic decided to face the challenge and to organize this important event in the form of a videoconference in a new term. It had to comply with many rules and standards connected with an organization of a EUROSAI Congress. To ensure the best quality of the interpretation into 5 official EUROSAI languages, the smooth running of the Congress as regards the technical part of the transmission, and to keep all the rules concerning the secret (encrypted) voting process, SAI Czech Republic hired a professional company that helped it deal with all the tasks. To enable participants to register online, to choose a stream in the preferred language, to engage in the online chat or the discussion, to have all GB and Congress documents available, and to ask the helpdesk for help, a customised online platform was used. Cryptographic techniques were used to enable the secrecy of the ballot in online voting. The access to e-voting was authorised to Heads of Member SAIs of EUROSAI only, or to their duly authorised representatives. The identity of an eligible voter was anonymised. Only the confirmation that a voter cast a vote was available but it was impossible to determine how this person voted. Supreme Audit Office of the Czech Republic SAI CZECH REPUBLIC HOSTED XI EUROSAI CONGRESS
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