Our fourth Accountability and Transparency Report focuses on the effectiveness of the work of Pacific SAIs. It also draws together how SAIs contribute to the public financial management (PFM) system in which SAIs are operating and, in turn, the impact of that system on the SAIs themselves.

We highlight the achievements of Pacific SAIs over recent years in improving the lives of people in the region and in helping to improve the performance of the public sector that serves them. These achievements are more significant because of the difficulties caused by COVID-19 and a range of challenging environmental and political events.

In the face of these challenges, SAIs are becoming increasingly strategic in their approach to influencing positive change to improve governance, accountability, transparency and integrity in the PFM system of their countries.

We hope the report’s examples will encourage our member SAIs to try things that have worked well for their peers. In publishing this report we also seek the continued support of those who can help strengthen the PFM system for the benefit of all people in the Pacific.