Technical Assistance Hellenic Court of Audit

At the request of the Hellenic Court of Audit, The Netherlands Court of Audit and the SAIs of Belgium, Germany, France and the European Court of Auditors, the IMF and the European Commission were providing technical assistance to the Hellenic Court of Audit with a view to strengthening its role and effectiveness and enhancing accountability for public funds and sound financial management in Greece. The Court of Audit was the project leader and was coordinating the partners’ input in three areas: -strengthening the relationship between the HCA and parliament and other stakeholders; -preparing and implementing an annual activity programme; -further developing the HCA’s financial audit capacity. The technical assistance was provided as part of the European Commission’s Task Force for Greece programme, which was launched in 2012 and ran until 2014.