Due to the COVID-19 pandemic around the globe, the ASEANSAI Video Conference concerning ASEANSAI Calendar 2020 was organized by the ASEANSAI Secretariat and attended by 28 representatives from six ASEANSAI member countries at 8:30 am on 12th June, 2020. At the conference, Mr. Tuan Haji Khalid Khan bin Abdullah Khan, Deputy Auditor General of Performance Audit Department from SAI Malaysia, delivered the opening speech and the conference was held with six activities of the agenda.
During the conference, the representatives of ASEANSAI discussed to revise ASEANSAI Calendar 2020, which was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They discussed activities to be executed starting by August 2020 and to be conducted through webinar if global health situation is still ongoing, some of the activities to be endorsed by Swedish National Audit Office, SAI Norway and INTOSAI Development Initiative, the development partners of ASEANSAI, by supporting Training Committee and Knowledge Sharing Committee, holding Executive Committee Meeting and Knowledge Sharing Committee Biennial Meeting in combination in September 2020, and organizing virtual knowledge sharing on how ASEANSAI Members respond to COVID-19 pandemic.
Moreover, the representative from the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV), Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee, also discussed the draft Action Plan for developing ASEANSAI Strategic Plan 2022-2025 and the Terms of Reference for the Strategic Plan, and the development of Action Plan with regard to promoting and conducting cooperative audit on environmental issues within ASEANSAI in 2020-2021 which SAV is responsible to develop.
The Auditor General of the Union, Vice Chair of ASEANSAI, Permanent secretary, Director General (Audit Department), Deputy Permanent Secretary, Deputy Director Generals and responsible persons were present at the Video Conference.