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Posted by admin On June 28, 2013

Knowledge sharing is very close to the heart of the Auditor General of Malaysia, Tan Sri Dato’ Setia Ambrin bin Buang. He has always been emphasizing the importance of knowledge sharing not only at the international level but also within the National Audit Department (NAD) of Malaysia. According to him, knowledge is an important resource and the knowledge sharing activity is a fundamental means where SAIs can contribute to knowledge application and help to advance the public sector auditing fraternity through exchanging of ideas, experiences and best practices as well as expertise.

With his vast knowledge and experience, he was appointed as the Chair for the ASEANSAI Knowledge Sharing Activities for the period 2012 and 2013. Within the two-year period, several knowledge sharing activities had been successfully implemented which include the Parallel Auditing Seminar on Financial Management Accountability Index and Non-Revenue Water hosted by NAD of Malaysia and Symposium on Good Governance hosted by Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of Brunei. Apart from it, dissemination of auditing guidelines, handbook, slides presentation and related news on seminars and symposium through ASEANSAI website was also done.

On June 26th and 27th, 2013, ASEANSAI Knowledge Sharing Committee (KSC) Meeting was held in Malacca, the historical and cultural heritage state in Malaysia and chaired by the Auditor General of Malaysia. The meeting was participated by 7 SAIs i.e. Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam which aimed to discuss and draft KSC Work Plan 2014 – 2017. The meeting was successfully concluded with excellent participation from all members. It was then closed by the Deputy Auditor General of Malaysia, Datuk Hj. Anwari bin Suri and the delegates was entertained with cultural performances from Malacca City Council. Also present at the ceremony was delegates from SAI of Afghanistan headed by their Deputy Auditor General, Abdullah Akhandzada who was in Malaysia for seven-day study tour. The dinner was also attended by delegates from SAI of Indonesia who were on the attachment programme for audit of Hajj and Paddy Management. All the delegates were given brief tour of the Malacca city.