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OSCE Mission to Skopje helps strengthen capacity of municipal internal auditors
SKOPJE 8 December 2006
SKOPJE, 8 December 2006 - More than 120 mayors, municipal internal auditors, and heads of municipal financial and legal departments took part in a series of workshops that ended in Dojran today.
The workshops were organized by the Association of Finance Officers (AFO) and supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje.
"Through this project, the OSCE has helped establish a system of internal control, internal audit and fraud prevention, a crucial part of the integrated management system at local level," said Philipp Stiel, the Head of OSCE Mission's Public Administration Reform Unit.
"We hope a positive outcome of our efforts will become visible in the near future."
Evgenija Gramatikova, AFO President, said the workshops helped develop the capacity and knowledge of municipal internal auditors and would also increase the transparency of financial management.
"The project also directly supports the process of fiscal decentralization, an important part of the decentralization process," added Gramatikova.
An AFO-produced "Manual on Internal Control, Internal Audit and Fraud Prevention in the Units of Local Self-Government" was distributed to participants at the training courses.
The workshops were organized by the Association of Finance Officers (AFO) and supported by the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje.
"Through this project, the OSCE has helped establish a system of internal control, internal audit and fraud prevention, a crucial part of the integrated management system at local level," said Philipp Stiel, the Head of OSCE Mission's Public Administration Reform Unit.
"We hope a positive outcome of our efforts will become visible in the near future."
Evgenija Gramatikova, AFO President, said the workshops helped develop the capacity and knowledge of municipal internal auditors and would also increase the transparency of financial management.
"The project also directly supports the process of fiscal decentralization, an important part of the decentralization process," added Gramatikova.
An AFO-produced "Manual on Internal Control, Internal Audit and Fraud Prevention in the Units of Local Self-Government" was distributed to participants at the training courses.