Staff Correspondent

The government has taken steps to strengthen the capacity of the Comptroller and Auditor General's office by improving the information technology network and providing the necessary training to the officials.

The Canadian government, through a memorandum of understanding signed on Wednesday, will provide funds for a project titled 'Strengthening Comptrollership and Oversight of Public Expenditure in Bangladesh'.

The signing ceremony was held at the Economic Relations Division where Md Aminul Islam Bhuiyan, secretary of the ERD, and Barbara C Richardson, high commissioner of Canada, signed the MoU on behalf of their respective governments. Under the MoU, the Canadian International Development Agency will provide a grant of 11 million Canadian dollars (approximately Tk 78 crore) as technical assistance.

The government of Bangladesh will contribute about Tk 4.7 crore, including contributions in kind, to the project, said Fahmida Khanam, assistant secretary of the ERD. The 5-year project will be implemented by the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh, she said.

The goal of the SCOPE project is to contribute to poverty reduction and sustainable development by improving governance, especially in the area of comptrollership and oversight of public finances.

The project will improve the organisational and functional capacity of the supreme audit institution of Bangladesh to help it to effectively fulfil its constitutional obligations and mandate, she explained.

The project will contribute significantly to strengthen and enhance the C&AG's capacity to play an increasingly important role in promoting and improving accountability, transparency and oversight of government operations, she added.

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