TCU Chairs OLACEFS Governing Board Extraordinary Meeting

On May 19, the Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) chaired the Extraordinary Meeting of the Governing Board of the Latin American and Caribbean Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS). Representatives from the supreme audit institutions of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama took part in the meeting.

During the meeting, the board unanimously approved the appointment of the Office of the Comptroller General of Chile as OLACEFS's interim Executive Secretariat for the 2026 2028 term. The decision follows the resignation of Mexico's Supreme Audit Institution from the position on May 1. The board also agreed to temporarily transfer leadership of the Commission on Information Technologies and Communication (CTIC) to SAI Argentina, until the end of the term originally assigned to the Mexican institution.

The meeting was chaired by Hugo Chudyson, head of the Department of International Relations at the TCU, representing the OLACEFS chair, currently held by the Brazilian SAI.

In a video message, the President of the TCU and chair of OLACEFS, Minister Vital do Rêgo, thanked Mexico for its leadership of the Executive Secretariat from 2023 to 2026, highlighting the work carried out by former Auditor General David Rogelio Colmenares Páramo. He also emphasized the experience of the Chilean institution, led by Comptroller General Dorothy Pérez Gutiérrez, as a key factor in ensuring continuity of the organization's work during the transition period.

The decision will be submitted for approval at the 35th OLACEFS General Assembly, to be held in Cali, Colombia.