Events

EUROSAI TFMA Kick-off Meeting

 

EUROSAI TFMA KICK–OFF MEETING

Comfort Hotel LT, Conference Room „Satisfaction“

11-12 April, 2017
Vilnius, Lithuania

PROGRAMME

 

11 April, 2017

 

 

 

 

Introduction to the Kick-off Meeting

 

§   09:00 – 09:10

Welcome Speech by the Auditor General of the National Audit Office of Lithuania

Dr Arūnas Dulkys

 

 

 

§   09:10 – 09:30

Opening of the Kick-off Meeting

Ms Aurelija Brukštutė, National Audit Office of Lithuania

TFMA video

 

Introduction to the Work of EUROSAI TFMA

 

§   09:30 – 09:45

EUROSAI GB Given Task for EUROSAI TFMA

Ms Toma Bartašė, National Audit Office of Lithuania

§  Presentation of the document, prepared as a response to the first assignment of the EUROSAI Governing Board

 

 

 

§   09:45 – 10:00

Introduction of the EUROSAI TFMA Website

Ms Toma Bartašė, National Audit Office of Lithuania

 

 

 

§   10:00 – 10:30

Group Photo

Coffee Break

 

Strategic Goal I : “Exchanging the best practice and experience to reach audit results that have a substantial impact on improving public financial management”

 

§   10:30 – 11:00

Overview of Strategic Goal I

§  Presentations and discussions on implementation of activities
and sharing of responsibilities

Activity 1.7.1

Activity 1.9.1

Activity 1.9.2

 

 

 

§   11:00 – 11:10

Introduction of the Next Seminar

Mr Oskars Erdmanis, State Audit Office of the Republic of Latvia

 

Strategic Goal II : “Making the external municipal auditing system more efficient”

 

§   11:10 – 11:30

Overview of Strategic Goal II

§  Presentations and discussions on implementation of activities
and sharing of responsibilities

Activities 2.4-2.5

 

 

 

§   11:30 – 11:45

External Audit Systems of Municipalities in Europe

Ms Olga Vitkauskienė, National Audit Office of Lithuania

 

 

 

§   11:45 – 12:00

An Overview of Problems in Auditing Local Governments in Estonia by Private Auditors

Ms Ines Vali, National Audit Office of Estonia

 

 

§   12:00 – 13:30

Lunch at the Restaurant “Time” of the Hotel

 

 

§   13:30 – 16:30

C O -building
Cooperation for Operation!

Mr Andrius Žebrauskas, external expert

§  Interactive session which will be focused on building effective working relationships, encouraging group members’ communication and cooperation, identifying the operating principles of EUROSAI TFMA

Identified operating principles of EUROSAI TFMA 

 

 

§   15:00 – 15:30

Coffee Break

 

 

§   16:30 – 18:00

Free Time

 

 

§   18:00 – 18:10

Meeting at the Hotel Lobby

 

 

§   18:10 – 18:40

Walk to the Dinner Venue

 

 

§   19:00 – 21:00

Dinner Hosted by the National Audit Office of Lithuania at the Restaurant “GREY” (Address: Pilies St 2)

TFMA Kick-off meeting tree

 

 

 

12 April 2017

 

 

 

 

 

§   09:00 – 09:30

External Audit Systems of Municipalities in Europe (continuation)

Ms Olga Vitkauskienė, National Audit Office of Lithuania

Information for the Overview of External audit systems of municipalities

 

Strategic Goal III : “Encouraging cooperative audits”

 

§   09:30 – 09:35

Overview of Strategic Goal III

 

 

§   09:35 – 09:50

Joint Efforts – Better Results: Can We Benefit from Each Other’s Work?

Ms Olga Vitkauskienė, National Audit Office of Lithuania

 

 

§   09:50 – 12:00

Discussions on the Possible Topics of Cooperative Audits

Mr Julius Lukošius, National Audit Office of Lithuania

§  Interactive discussions in groups

All topics, suggested for cooperative audits

Discussions' results

 

 

§   10:30 – 10:50

Coffee Break

 

 

§   12:00 – 12:30

Closing of the Kick-off Meeting

Ms Aurelija Brukštutė, National Audit Office of Lithuania

§  Summary and approval of strategic documents

Approved Working Programme

 

 

§   12:30 – 13:30

Lunch at the Restaurant “Time” of the Hotel