The French Court of accounts hosted the first General Assembly of JURISAI on 8 October 2024 at its headquarters in Paris. Took part in this important event 106 delegates including 21 heads of SAIs as well as INTOSAI Secretary General and IDI representatives.

After the opening speeches of Mr. Pierre Moscovici, First President of the French Cour des comptes, Minister Bruno Dantas the president of INTOSAI and INTOSAI Secretary General Dr. Margit Kraker, a signing ceremony of JURISAI statutes by 13 new JURISAI members was organized.

The general Assembly represented an opportunity for the members of the new organization, replacing the Forum of Jurisdictional SAIs, to constitute its governance and operational bodies.

 As a result of the votes, the following SAIs have been elected in JURISAI’s key positions:

• Presidence : Cour des comptes of France.
• First Vice-presidence : Tribunal de Contas of Portugal.
• Seconde Vice-presidence, Chairman of the Finance, Administration and Communications Committee : Tribunal de Contas da Uniāo of Brazil.
• Secretary general : Cour des comptes of the Kingdom of Morocco.
• Presidence of the of Public Prosecutors Committee: Corte dei Conti of Italy.
• Presidence of the Capacity Building Committee : Cour des comptes of Senegal.
• Members of the Governing Board : Tribunal de Contas of Angola, Tribunal de Cuentas of Spain, Court of audit of Djibouti and Court of audit of Mauritania.

Afterword, JURISAI’s Strategic Plan for the period 2025-2028 was presented, discussed and adopted by the General Assembly.

The participants continued the general assembly’s proceeding by discussing JURISAI future actions namely membership fees and budget issues and the process of integration of JURISAI within the INTOSAI as a related entity.

In addition, the permanent committees held separate workshops, directed by the SAIs elected chairs, where the process of implementation of the Strategic Plan and the development of committees’ work plans were discussed. It is worth mentioning that prior to the General Assembly, participants attended the international seminar on the subject: “Auditor and judge: Supreme Audit Institutions which render decisions” which took place at the French Court of Audit on October 7, 2024.