International Journal of Government Auditing – January 2012
Netherlands
New Board Member of the Court of Audit
Kees Vendrik
C.C.M. (Kees) Vendrik was appointed to the Board of the Netherlands Court of Audit, effective April 15, 2011, by a March 31 royal decree. He succeeds Gijs de Vries, who became a member of the European Court of Auditors in Luxemburg in January 2011. Mr. Vendrik was a member of the House of Representatives for GroenLinks (Green Left Alliance) from 1998 to 2010. From 2002 to 2008, he was the financial spokesperson for his party. He was also a member of the Public Expenditure Committee. As a Member of Parliament, his interests included energy, the environment, economic affairs, agriculture, traffic, health care, and education.
Court of Audit Hosts First Into-SAINT Moderator Training
The Netherlands Court of Audit (NCA) hosted a moderator training for Into-SAINT, an integrity self-assessment instrument, September 19–23, 2011.
With Into-SAINT, SAIs can analyse their integrity risks and assess the maturity level of their integrity management systems.
The 46 participants in the training represented the SAIs of Aruba, Austria, Botswana, Chile, Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Korea, Kuwait, Macedonia, Mexico, Mozambique, Norway, Russia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tunisia, Turkey, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe; the European Court of Auditors; AFROSAI-E; and the INTOSAI Development Initiative.
The participants not only completed the training successfully but also offered valuable suggestions for designing a rollout strategy to promote the use of Into-SAINT in their countries and regions. The NCA will report on the Into-SAINT initiative at the XXI INCOSAI in Beijing.
For additional information, contact the NCA:
E-mail: internationalaffairs@rekenkamer.nl
Web site: www.courtofaudit.nl/intosaint