Stacking “Brics” for Inaugural Leadership Meeting

Impact, Quality and Communication: New Development Direction Leading to Increased Public Sector Efficiency and Value

The first Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) Leaders Meeting took place June 24, 2016, in Beijing, China.

Mr. Liu Jiayi, Auditor General of China; Mr. Shashi Kant Sharma, Comptroller and Auditor General of India; Mr. Aroldo Cedraz de Oliveira, President of Brazil’s Court of Accounts; Mr. Thembekile Kimi Makwetu, Auditor General of South Africa; Mrs. Tatyana Manuylova, Auditor of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation; and their delegates were all in attendance.

Participants shared experiences in keeping with the event’s theme, “The Role of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) in Promoting National Economic and Social Development,” where they learned how national audit can help contribute to combatting corruption, eradicating poverty, protecting the environment, improving governance and livelihood and coping with challenges associated with sustainable development.

At the conclusion of the meeting, the SAIs of the BRICS countries realized the need for strengthened cooperation and adopted the “Outcome Document,” establishing a mechanism for regular exchange and cooperation to further enhance knowledge sharing and transfer.

In the photo (l to r): Tatyana Manuylova, Auditor of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation; Shashi Kant Sharma, Comptroller and Auditor General of India; Liu Jiayi, Auditor General of China; Kimi Makwetu, Auditor General of South Africa; Aroldo Cedraz de Oliveira, President of Brazil’s Court of Accounts.