BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 13. Azerbaijan's
Chamber of Accounts has announced plans to conduct 45 audits in
2026, covering key sectors including education and healthcare
institutions, investment projects in Karabakh and the water
management sector, public procurement, targeted budget funds, and
off-budget state funds such as the State Social Protection Fund
(SSPF) and the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), along with
selected international events, said the Chairman Vugar Gulmammadov,
Trend
reports.
Speaking during a session of the Parliamentary Committee on
Economic Policy, Industry and Entrepreneurship, Gulmammadov noted
that the institution also presented its annual report on activities
for 2025 and outlined its ongoing reform agenda.
"Modern public auditing is rapidly evolving through
digitalization, adding that recent national strategies on digital
development and artificial intelligence have further increased the
importance of this transformation. The Accounts Chamber has already
taken initial steps toward building a digital audit system aligned
with international practices," he said.
The Chairman explained that the information system will enhance
the efficiency of financial oversight by enabling the exchange and
processing of legally defined reports and data, as well as
scenario-based analysis to support budget oversight. He outlined
several completed components, including the creation of a core
technological platform, deployment within the government cloud,
development of reporting and data access tools, implementation of a
standardized approach, and integration of a unified login system
with electronic signature authentication.
Gulmammadov further detailed upcoming developments for the
current year, including the introduction of a risk and analytical
module that evaluates over 120 criteria and provides results to
institutions, the implementation of a data-driven decision-making
model, integration of multiple state information systems into a
unified analytical environment, and the use of analytical outputs
in audit planning and risk assessment.
He added that the next stage of development of the Digital Audit
Information System (DAIS) will focus on enhancing audit processes
in a fully digital environment and transitioning toward artificial
intelligence-based audit management. The goal, he said, is to
reduce reliance on physical processes, ensure predominantly
electronic data exchange between audit teams and audited entities,
and enable structured management and traceability of audit evidence
within a fully digital framework.
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