Opening of the Conference

09.00 - 09.05

Welcome Speech - Mrs Irena Degutienė, First Deputy Chairman of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

09.05 - 09.10

Welcome Speech - Mrs Rasa Budbergytė, Auditor General of the Republic of Lithuania

Presentations:

09.15 - 09.35

Forms and Methods of Parliamentary Control (presentation): New Challenges for Committee on Audit - Mrs Loreta Graužinienė, Chairman of the Seimas Audit Committee

09.35 - 09.55

Public Audit: in the Way of Progress (presentation) - Mrs Rasa Budbergytė, Auditor General of the Republic of Lithuania

09.55 - 10.15

The role of the National Audit Office in the State Institutional Framework: Constitutional Aspect (presentation) Prof. Dr. Egidijus Kūris, Head of Department of Theory and History of Law, Faculty of Law of Vilnius University, former President of Lithuanian Constitutional Court

10.15 - 10.35

Performance Evaluation of an SAI (presentation) - Mrs Saskia J. Stuiveling, President of the Netherlands Court of Audit

10.35 - 10.50

10.50 -11.10

11.10 - 11.30

Perspectives of the EU Budget (presentation) - Dr. Dalia Grybauskaitė, Member of the European Commission

11.30 - 11.50

EU Accountability Process (presentation) - Mr Herbert Bösch, MEP, Chairman of the Budget Control Committee of the European Parliament

11.50 - 12.10

The role of the European Court of Auditors in the Audit of EU funds (presentation) - Mr Vitor Manuel da Silva Caldeira, President of the European Court of Auditors

12.10 - 12.25

Discussions

12.25 - 12.30

Concluding remarks - Auditor General Mrs Rasa Budbergytė