Managerial accountability in the public sector - an international conference was opened in Tbilisi at Sheraton Metekhi Palace Hotel, organized by the Public Internal Control Department of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia and the Swedish National Financial Management Authority (ESV). The conference was opened with the topic: Managerial accountability in the public service - a change in thinking. The conference was opened by the Deputy Minister of Finance, Mikheil Dundua. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden to Georgia, Ulrik Tideström addressed the attendees with a welcome speech.
The presentation was made by the head of the Public Internal Control Department of the Ministry of Finance, Giuli Chkuaseli, the first deputy minister of environment protection and agriculture, Giorgi Khanishvili, the deputy director of the Swedish National Financial Management Authority, Peter Kvist, and the OECD/SIGMA representative, Alistair Svorbrick, and invited guests.

The meeting was attended by coordinators of the financial management and control system of 6 pilot ministries involved in the project - deputy ministers and specialists of a new direction for the public service - risk officers, who play a key role in the direction of perfecting the financial management and control system, the mayors of municipalities also attended the meeting.

The event was dedicated to the financial management and control reform, which is one of most important public sector issues for Georgia and is one of the components of public finance management. 

The development of the internal control system in the public sector is one of the priorities of the Government of Georgia, and therefore of the Ministry of Finance.

The structure of the public internal financial control system of Georgia fully complies with the model developed by the European Commission for EU member and candidate countries and consists of three elements:

* Management and Governance systems - financial management and control system; 

* Independent and objective assurance activities for systems evaluation - Internal Audit; 

* Harmonization and coordination unit of financial management and control system and internal audit - Central Harmonization Unit.

It should be noted that since 2020, with the support of the Swedish Embassy and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), the Public Internal Control Department and Swedish colleagues have started cooperation in the direction of the development of the financial management and control system. Also, intensive work is going on with the involvement of the Swedish National Financial Management Authority (ESV) and Georgian colleagues.

See video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Leq4noOD14Q