THE LOCAL ENTITIES ACCOUNTABILITY PLATFORM Rafael Pou Bell Auditor (Spanish Court of Audit) Rafael Pou Bell Auditor (Spanish Court of Audit) The Hague, 17th June 2014 SPANISH COURT OF AUDIT

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REGIONAL AUDIT INSTITUTIONS

SPANISH LOCAL PUBLIC SECTOR Nº LOCAL ENTITIES 13,740 MUNICIPALITIES: 8,115 POPULATION 4,873< 1,000 inhab 63> 100,000 inhab Great amount of local entities Municipalities with small population

ELIMINATION OF THE PAPER-BASED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM

PLATFORM USERS LOCAL ENTITIES COURT OF AUDIT & REGIONAL AUDIT INSTITUTIONS CITIZENS

AN EASIER ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM Generate files Check documentation and coherence Digital signature LOCAL ENTITY Upload the files XML

UPDATED CENSUS OTHERS: MINISTRY OF FINANCE PLATFORM CENSUSLOCAL ENTITIES CENSUS

IMPROVEMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF STAFF

EFFECTIVE EXPLOITATION OF INFORMATION FUTURE DATA EXPLOITATION INTERNET CONEXION CURRENT DATA EXPLOITATION AUDITORS DATABASE EXPERT

QUALITY AND CONSISTENCY OF THE LOCAL ACCOUNTS System checks documentation and coherence Send. digital signature Upload the files Documents requiered Consistency More than rules XML

THE LOCAL ENTITIES ACCOUNTABILITY PLATFORM

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