Bridging the Gap

The Kimi Makwetu Award was presented to AFROSAI-E by the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) at the XXV INCOSAI in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. The INTOSAI Kimi Makuetu Award spotlights the best of capacity building in the INTOSAI community, and honors institutions that demonstrate outstanding commitment to strengthening the skills, systems, and sustainability of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) worldwide.

In times of growing demand for public accountability and transparency, supreme audit institutions (SAIs) serve as guardians of good governance. At the State Audit Office (SAO) of the Republic of North Macedonia, we remain persistent in our mission to ensure sound stewardship of public resources through financial, compliance and performance audits grounded in international standards and national priorities.

Germany’s Supreme Audit Institution (SAI), also known as the Bundesrechnungshof, implemented a major restructuring project from 2015-2016 that fundamentally reformed its organizational structure and strengthened practices and procedures leading to…