"Strict financial audits enhance trust in administrative bodies"

Politics ♦ Published: March 7, 2013; 14:52 ♦ (Vindobona)

Symposium of international courts of auditors discusses citizens' participation in Vienna.

"Strict financial audits enhance trust in administrative bodies" / Picture: © Vindobona.org

"Courts of auditors work in the interest of the citizens. They ensure that public funds are used efficiently and that their use is transparent. Strict financial management and auditing by the independent courts of auditors prepare the ground for people's trust in governments and national institutions", Austrian State Secretary Reinhold Lopatka said in his speech at the 22nd