Visit by Mr Shigematsu, President of the Board of Audit of Japan (BoA)

On Friday 4 May 2012 the European Court of Auditors received a visit from Mr Hiroyuki Shigematsu, the BoA President, and his delegation. The delegation, including H. E. Mr Takashi Suetsuna, the Japanese Ambassador to Luxembourg, was welcomed by ECA President Vítor Caldeira and ECA Member Gijs de Vries. The two delegations discussed among other the mandates of the ECA and the EU SAIs regarding audits of EU subsidies; fiscal discipline in the EU Member countries, including audit activities related to the European debt crisis; and the INTOSAI Working Group on Accountability and on the Audit of Disaster-related aid.

Photo: From left to right: ECA Member Gijs de Vries, the President of the Board of Audit of Japan Hiroyuki Shigematsu, ECA President Vítor Caldeira and the Japanese Ambassador to Luxembourg H. E. Mr Takashi Suetsuna