The National Audit Office of Lithuania organized a mini-conference on the topic of "The Role of the National Audit Office of Lithuania in Auditing the EU Funds" on the 20th March 2008 at the Government Guest House, Latviø str., Vilnius.

This conference was aimed to introduce the challenges National Audit Office of Lithuania meets in auditing the EU funds. It also reviewed the progress Valstybës kontrolë has made in becoming the Supreme Audit Institution for Lithuania and in particular the contribution that the NAOL is making to public sector accountability and financial management.

Foreign Ambassadors, Vice Speaker of the Parliament, Chairman and Members of the Parliamentary Committee on Audit, Minister of Finance, Member of the European Court of Auditors, representatives of the President and Government Offices, Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as management and staff of the National Audit Office of Lithuania attended the event.

Photos of the conference

The National Audit Office of Lithuania evaluated organization of implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Programme. Summarizing results of the audit the Auditor General Ms Rasa Budbergytë emphasized that the programme did not bear the expected results. According to Ms Budbergytë, implementation of the programme's envisaged goals lacks the tangible measures; control of implementation of the programme is insufficient; potential of institutions and non-governmental organizations financed from the State budget are not fully used. Institutions responsible for the fight against corruption do not have data on how much is spent for implementation of the programme. read more

The National Audit Office of Lithuania evaluated management of information systems in the Ministry of Health and development of the National Electronic Health Information System. This system will integrate all the national medical institutions. It would allow to improve the quality of health care services and medical services, as well as would facilitate the work of doctors. It was detected during the audit that over LTL 17 million was used for development of the system and acquisition of the equipment and consulting services. In the opinion of public auditors the Ministry has not exhausted all the possibilities to properly and efficiently use funds for the development of information system. The Auditor General Ms Rasa Budbergytë pointed out that material violations of legal acts were detected during the audit, therefore heads of institutions will be committed to bring to service or disciplinary responsibility the responsible persons. read more

 
The National Audit Office of Lithuania performed an audit of the Report on the State-owned Property for 2006. Auditors evaluated whether this report which is drawn up by the Department of Statistics reflects accurately and fairly the financial condition of the State property, as well as whether the State-owned property is accounted for, managed, used, and disposed following the requirements of legal acts. read more

On 3-5 March the Auditor General Ms Rasa Budbergytë will conduct a visit to the Netherlands Court of Audit and the Dutch Committee on Public Expenditure of the House of Representatives. The Auditor General will be accompanied by the Deputy Auditor General Ms Nijolë Mickuvienë, Director of 5 Audit Department Ms Daiva Bakutienë and Advisor to the National Audit Office Ms Orijana Jakimauskienë. The visit is organised together with the Committee on Audit of the Seimas (Parliament) of the Republic of Lithuania. The delegations will also meet the Chairman and representatives of the Dutch Committee on Public Expenditure. The aim of the visit – to share good practices in relations between Parliament, Ministry of Finance and Supreme Audit Institution.