Thursday 31 / July / 2025
Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman, represented by the State Audit Institution (SAI) took part in the 26th meeting of GCC Undersecretaries of the Financial and Accounting Bureaus.
Oman’s delegation was headed by Ahmed bin Salim Al Rujaibi, SAI Deputy Chairman for Audit of Government Units.
The meeting, held via video-conferencing from the State of Kuwait, covered a number of topics, notably discussions regarding the report on the recommendations and outcomes of the training strategic plan for the period (2023-2025).
The meeting also included discussion of the draft training strategic plan (2026-2028), in addition to reviewing the results of the 6th GCC competition for research and studies in the field of audit and accounting.
The meeting also included a review of the MoU between the King Fahd National Library and the General Secretariat of the GCC, in addition to a highlighting the draft regulations for the Professional Excellence Award in the GCC Financial and Accounting Audit Bureaus.
Furthermore, the meeting touched on the draft joint training plan for employees of the GCC Financial and Accounting Audit Bureaus for the years (2026-2027), in addition to studying the proposal of the Audit Rules Working Group regarding the impact measurement form for applying the manuals issued by the Secretariat General of the GCC.
It also discussed the form for simplifying the use of manuals in auditing, as well as the proposal for (governance of the audit mechanism of the General Secretariat of the GCC), and the proposal of the Audit Rules Working Group regarding allocating a Gulf week for financial and accounting audit.
Moreover, the meeting covered the topic of preparing the draft agenda for the 22nd meeting of heads of the GCC Financial and Accounting Audit Bureaus, scheduled to be held next September.
