Swedish National Audit Office
Independent auditing contributes to effective central government activities.
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Foreign students perform well, but the system has shortcomings
Non-EU citizens who come to Sweden to study generally perform well and form an important pool for recruitment to research and employment in Sweden. However, a long application process implies a risk that students apply to universities in other countries, according to the Swedish National Audit Office’s audit.
Supervision of medical devices is ineffective
Central government supervision of medical devices is too limited. In addition, government agencies’ conditions need to be strengthened if supervision is to be more effective, according to the Swedish National Audit Office’s audit.
Inefficiencies in the Swedish Security Service’s activities
The Swedish National Audit Office has audited the Swedish Security Service’s activities. The overall conclusion is that there are inefficiencies that are possible to address – both regarding the agency’s activities and the Government’s management.
We examine the effectiveness and efficiency of central government
Performance audits help the Riksdag to make informed political decisions. In this respect, auditing is about bringing about improvement. However, it is important to note that, at the Swedish National Audit Office, we do not engage in developing society or accountability. Our task is to produce factual material. Robin Travis, Deputy Head of The Performance Audit Department, tells us more about performance audit.
What is performance auditing?Our auditing helps establish trust in government agencies
Every year, we audit government agencies’ annual reports, since they are important for ensuring that the agencies are making correct and effective use of their resources in accordance with decisions by the Swedish Government and Riksdag.
What is financial auditing?
Multifaceted international engagement
The Swedish National Audit Office is involved in extensive international activities, in which we collaborate on the development of standards and help other audit institutions build their operations.
International engagementAccess to facts has never been more important
Our central government agencies deal with important functions in society, on which we all depend, and which must stand up to scrutiny. It is a matter of democratic transparency. And access to facts.
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