The cooperation between BPK and NAA was started with the signing of MoU in Johannesburg on November 23th 2010 by the Chairman of BPK RI and the AG of NAA during INCOSAI Meeting XX. The aim is to strengthen and develop cooperation in public sector audit. Some activities have been implemented during 2010-2012: i.e cooperation in audit on funded project, training on performance audit, and training center management.
To continue cooperation in 2013, NAA visited BPK on May 20th–24th 2013 to conduct a Scoping Mission on the areas of cooperation in 2013-2014. The NAA delegates were Mr. LONG Atichbora (Deputy of Secretary General), Mr. HAUV Dara (Director of Department 3,) and Mr. CHEA Sophat (Deputy Director of Technical Department).
The activity was held on May 21st-22nd, 2013. This activity was begun with the presentation of proposed areas from Directorate of R&D, Audit Department IV and Bureau of Public and International Relations. Directorate of R&D proposed the methodology development of performance audit. Audit Department IV proposed an environmental audit on Mitigation of Climate Change in the Forestry Sector, Program Ratings to Assess Corporate Performance in Environmental Management, and Citarum River Water Resources Management. Bureau of Public and International Relations presented the experiences in the ASEANSAI Secretariat as NAA will make preparations for the transition of the Secretariat in 2015.
On May 22th, 2013, there was a signing of Minutes of Meeting represented by Mr. LONG Atichbora and Mr. Bahtiar Arif (Head of BPK RI’s Public and International Relations Bureau). Both have agreed some cooperation areas in the performance and environmental audit for 2013-2014. The forms of activities are a reciprocal visit, seminar, workshop and technical assistance. NAA will also share experiences in audit on agricultural sector.