New Trends in the Works of Supreme Audit Institutions : Inspired by the ECA’s Audit

In his article, the author presents several elements of the practices of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs): a multiannual audit strategy, selection of non-routine audit topics, informing the public about planned audits or audits in progress, or giving citizens an opportunity to contribute to audits. These illustrate new trends in the works of some SAIs. The inspiration for the article came from the audit conducted by the European Court of Auditors on the performance of public consultations by the European Commission.