Participatory Auditing (KG0016)

Implement an auditing system with public participation
Commitment Start and End Date
September 1, 2018 – August 31, 2020
Lead implementing agency/actor Accounts Chamber
Commitment description
What is the public problem that the commitment will address? Inefficient and inappropriate use of the budgetary funds by state institutions and companies and low efficiency of the state bodies
What is the commitment? The Accounts Chamber in cooperation with civil society will introduce an audit system allowing for public participation to regulate the procedures for civil society involvement in audit activities of the Accounts Chamber as well as define roles, rights and obligations of public in the audit process.
How will the commitment contribute to solve the public problem? Conducting a joint audit with involvement of the civil society will increase public confidence in budget funds spending and will help strengthening the capacity of the Accounts Chamber in conducting audit of the state bodies and making recommendations to improve their performance.
Why is this commitment relevant to OGP values? Citizen participation: This commitment will ensure involvement of the civil society in the Accounts Chamber audit activities.
Additional information
Milestone Activity with a verifiable deliverable Budget Start Date End Date
Activity 1: Building interaction system between civil society and the Accounts Chamber of the Kyrgyz Republic.
1.1. Develop and endorse regulations of audit with public participation, considering provisions of the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On the Accounts Chamber of the Kyrgyz Republic”. Within the national budget October 2018 March 2019
Activity 2: Piloting a publicly-implemented auditing mechanism.
2.1. Select civil society representatives and prepare them for audits with public participation. Development partners’ funds

Within the national budget March 2019 December 2019
2.2. Conduct a pilot joint audit, involving the Accounts Chamber of the Kyrgyz Republic and representatives of civil society. Development partners’ funds

Within the national budget December 2019 August 2020
Expected result 1 1.1. The regulations on interaction of the Accounts Chamber of the Kyrgyz Republic with civil society in audit have been endorsed. Manual on audit with the public participation has been developed and approved. A dialogue platform for interaction between the Accounts Chamber of the Kyrgyz Republic and civil society has been created. Public participation in the development of state bodies audit program was provided.
Expected result 2 1.1. Increased capacity of representatives of civil society to conduct audits.
1.2. A pilot audit with public participation has been organised. The audit results have been presented by the Accounts Chamber of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic and other state bodies for further decisions. The audit results have been published on the official website of the Accounts Chamber of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Contact information
Name of responsible person from implementing agency Mr. Ulukbek Asamidinovich Maripov
Title, Department Chairman of Accounts Chamber
Email and Phone +996 312 323430, esep@esep.kg
Other Actors Involved – State actors involved
CSOs, private sector, multilaterals, working groups Association of Auditors, Public Association “Official Development Assistance Forum”