The Twining Project represents the main issues planned in the Strategic Development Plan for the period 2005-2008, adopted in collaboration with UK NAO experts. In addition, this Twining Project responses to The objectives of the State Supreme Audit of Albania to Implement the INTOSAI External audit standards and EU good practices.

This partnership between UK NAO, Netherlands Court of Audit and State Supreme Audit of Albania aims at assisting our SAI to accelerate the transformation process and develop its management capacities in order to run effectively the performance and regularity audits towards its integration in the European Union.

The Twining, as a key instrument for assisting the candidate countries institutions in order to meet the EU standards consist in the allocation of one or more civil servant employees of one member state to the candidate country administration for 20 months, assisting in the implementation of “acquis communutaire” (EU structure of laws and rules).

This project, besides the direct contribution to the participant auditors in enriching their professional knowledge, will be able to ensure a general institutional

progress, its reformation in compliance with the set objectives, as well as with those defined in the bilateral agreements on corporation between the parties concerned.

In addition, this Twining Project responses to the objectives of the State Supreme Audit of Albania to implement the INTOSAI external audit standards and EU good practices, having as its main priority the support of its procedures, operations, legislative and communicative institutional aspects for the efficient and effective use of public funds.