Institutional Strengthening of the National Audit Office

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COMPLETION REPORT Division : SEGF TA No., Country and Name Amount Approved: $700,000 TA3771-LAO: Institutional Strengthening of the National Audit Revised Amount: $700,000 Office Executing Agency Source of Funding Amount Undisbursed: Amount Utilized: State Audit Organization of the Lao $113,884.55 $586,115.45 People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) ADB TASF TA Approval TA Signing Date: Fielding of First TA Completion Date Date: Consultants: Original: 31 Dec 2005 Actual: 31 Dec 2006 Account Closing Date Original: 31 Dec 2005 Actual: 30 August 200714 November 18 February 2002 May 2003 2001 Description Technical Assistance (TA) 3771 is the second TA grant from ADB to support the National Audit Office (NAO), the supreme audit authority of the Lao PDR. This assistance followed through ADB’s prior assistance in TA2987-LAO: Establishing the National Audit Office. TA2987 assisted in the establishment of the NAO under Prime Minister’s Decree no. 174 in 1998 which made the NAO an agency of the Prime Minister’s office. The NAO was later renamed the State Audit Organization (SAO). The TA is included in ADB’s program of assistance for the country. Expected Impact, Outcome and Outputs The goal of the TA is better public outcomes through improved efficiency of public expenditure. The TA specifically aims to assist in upgrading SAO’s capacity i.e., (i) to improve SAO’s regulatory and institutional framework; and (ii) to effectively ...