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NEW AUDITING DIRECTOR MEETS KEY CONTACTS IN FIJI
19 April, 2016. The Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions’ (PASAI) new Director of Advocacy, Engagement and Financing is in Suva this week to meet with key stakeholders. Ms Aolele Su’a Aloese joined PASAI last month and will meet with regional development partners to outline PASAI’s strategic priorities, planned programs and funding. PASAI is the official association of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) in the Pacific region.
Ms Su’a Aloese will be hosted in Fiji by PASAI’s Advocate Mr Eroni Vatuloka. Mr Vatuloka is based in Fiji and has set up meetings with the University of the South Pacific, the UNDP, the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, as well as meetings with funding partners such as the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Asian Development Bank, and the World Bank.
Ms Su’a Aloese said, “I am looking forward to establishing a base to work with development partners to raise awareness of the important role of SAIs and the difference they can make to citizens lives and systems of government”. Ms Su’a Aloese’s professional interests are in strengthening good governance and financial management practices to promote better accountability and transparency in the Pacific.
During the week, Ms Su’a Aloese will be based in the Fiji Audit Office with Fiji’s Deputy Auditor General, Mr Atunaisa Nadakuitavuki, and his staff. Mr Vatuloka said, “Ms Su’a Aloese will have a busy week. But we look forward to extending Fijian hospitality and welcoming her into the broader PASAI family”.
PASAI structures its work program around five strategic priorities. Ms Su’a Aloese is responsible for projects that relate to Strategic Priority 1 — strengthening SAI independence and Strategic Priority 2 — advocacy to strengthen governance, transparency and accountability. She will use these strategic priorities as the basis of her discussions with regional development partners.
PASAI promotes transparent, accountable, effective, and efficient use of public sector resources in the Pacific. It contributes to that goal by helping its member SAIs improve the quality of public sector auditing in the Pacific to uniformly high standards. PASAI is supported by the Asian Development Bank, the Governments of Australia and New Zealand, the International Association of Supreme Audit Institutions Development Initiative, and the World Bank.
