The Royal Audit Authority (RAA) is hosting the INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) Governing Board Meeting from April 2–3, 2025. IDI is a not-for-profit, autonomous implementing body mandated to support Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) in developing countries to sustainably enhance their performance and capacity.
IDI Board is comprised of 10 members including the Chair from SAI Norway and Vice Chair from SAI South Africa and meets at least twice a year. The IDI Board Members are appointed on their professional merit and mainly include Heads of SAIs. The meeting is attended by heads of Supreme Audit Institutions from Bhutan, Kenya, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, and the UK. The IDI Management Team is also participating in the meeting.
During their visit to the RAA Headquarters, the Auditor General of Bhutan made a brief presentation on evolution of auditing system, RAA’s mandates and key achievements in promoting good governance in the public sector in Bhutan. He also shared about Bhutan’s unique system of enforcing accountability through actions of treatment on irregularities, sanctions on those responsible and corrections/remediations by relevant authorities based on the audit reports and also shared on the system of regulating Audit Clearances of public officials and parties.
Auditor General of Bhutan was appointed as Board Member through a selection process in 2021 till October 2025.
