The ASEANSAI Secretariat was invited to attend ASEAN, AIPA and ASEANSAI Workshop which was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 2 to 3 November 2016. The workshop aims to discuss areas of cooperation between ASEANSAI and the ASEAN Secretariat as well as the modalities for the ASEAN-AIPA Retreat 2017.

Led by Deputy Secretary General of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs Department, H.E. AKP Mochtan, trilateral workshop between the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC), the Secretariat of AIPA and ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions (ASEANSAI) Secretariat was attended by about 22 participants from the ASEAN Secretariat, the AIPA Secretariat, ASEANSAI Secretariat and GIZ.

The meeting participants agreed on the need to strengthen cooperation between the three secretariats and other relevant ASEAN agencies with regard to the role of ASEAN, involve ASEAN community and capacity development of each institution.

Furthermore, in this occasion were also discussed the 50th anniversary of ASEAN, which represents an opportunity to carry out joint commemoration. This workshop also emphasized the 2012 retreat results and plans to conduct next retreat in 2017, more involving ASEAN entities in early 2017.