Capacities of the supreme audit institution (SAI) and public trust

The legal framework provides the SAI with the right to access premises, documents, and information

Results are taken from the assessment in the PFM area, Principle 31, sub-indicator "Constitutional, legal, organisational and managerial independence of the SAI".

The SAI has not been denied access to premises, documents, and information in the last three years

Results are taken from the assessment in the PFM area, Principle 31, sub-indicator 31.1.1., criterion 16.

Perceived ability of SAI to effectively hold the government accountable by public servants (%)

Analysis of survey responses from a sample of the public servants to the following question: “ Do you agree that the Supreme Audit Institution can effectively scrutinize the government and make it accountable to citizens?”. Answer options are: Strongly disagree; Tend to disagree; Neither agree nor disagree, Tend to agree; Strongly agree; Don’t know; Prefer not to answer. Points are allocated based on the percentage of respondents who replied (Tend to trust or completely trust OR Tend to agree or Strongly agree to the survey question(x): • x < 10% = 0 points. • 10% ≤ x < 90% = linear function. • x ≥ 90% = 3 points.

Trust in the SAI (%)

Analysis of survey responses from a representative sample of the population to the following question: "How much trust do you have in the following institutions? [Supreme Audit Institution]". Answer options are: Do not trust at all, Tend not to trust, Neither distrust nor trust, Tend to trust, Trust completely, Do not know, Prefer not to answer. Points are allocated based on the percentage of respondents who replied "Tend to trust" or "Trust completely" to the survey question (x): • x < 10% = 0 points. • 10% ≤ x < 90% = linear function. • x ≥ 90% = 3 points.