Workshop of the Public Accounts Committees of the Caribbean Outline of Presentation  Introduction  Statutory Accountability  How can the relationship be strengthened?  What are the opportunities?  What gets in the way? 1

Workshop of the Public Accounts Committees of the Caribbean Introduction SAI-Auditor General Public Accounts Committees Mandates 2

Workshop of the Public Accounts Committees of the Caribbean Statutory Accountability Render an account Calling to account Holding to account 3

Workshop of the Public Accounts Committees of the Caribbean How can the relationship be strengthened? Witness Testimonies Briefs Sharing Work Programmes Follow-up On Work Of Auditor General 4

Workshop of the Public Accounts Committees of the Caribbean What are the Opportunities? Institutional Strengthening Support To Parliament Management Letter Use RBA Approach To Audits 5

Workshop of the Public Accounts Committees of the Caribbean What gets in the way? Staffing Late Submission of Financial Statements Client Unpreparedness 6

Workshop of the Public Accounts Committees of the Caribbean CONCLUSION  Statutory Accountability  How can the relationship be strengthened?  What are the Opportunities?  What gets in the way? 7

Workshop of the Public Accounts Committees of the Caribbean THANK YOU 8