The SAO audited funds earmarked for improving the environment and landscape under the Rural Development Programme
The audit was conducted as a pilot project for audits coordinated by the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) and the European Court of Auditors (ECA), which was carried out on the basis of the Memorandum concluded between the two institutions on July 14, 2010. The auditing procedures followed the International Standards of Supreme Audit Institutions (ISSAI).