ECA President Caldeira : "In democratic societies SAIs must report publicly to citizens about the use of public funds"

"In democracies, public auditors help ensure that there is ultimately accountability to citizens for the way government spends public funds. As a community of EU SAIs, we recognise that this brings with it considerable responsibilities over and above those found under other systems of government. As SAIs, we must report publicly to citizens about the use of public funds. We must make a difference to their lives. And we must be accountable and transparent to citizens in everything we do. So, we can celebrate today the fact that EU SAIs have come to play a central role in all European democracies in holding their governments to account to their citizens." Full speech below...

On 6 June 2014 the Romanian Court of Accounts celebrated its 150th anniversary. The President of the European Court of Auditors, Mr Vítor Caldeira, attended the celebrations and delivered a speech. President Caldeira was accompanied by Mr George Pufan, the Romanian Member of the European Court of Auditors, and Mr Geoffrey Simpson, Director of the Presidency and Liaison Officer."

Speech by Vítor Caldeira, President of the European Court of Auditors,150 year anniversary of the Romanian Court of Accounts, Bucharest, 6 June 2014