Following the bilateral cooperation between the National Audit Office of the United Kingdom (NAO UK) and the Supreme Audit Institution of Albania (ALSAI), with the support of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), on 13-15 January 2026, a 3-day working meeting was held at the ALSAI on the topic “Developing a Strategic Communication Framework and Improving Key Communication Functions”.

At the meeting with the staff of the Directorate of Communications and External Relations, Mr. Benjamin Peters, Director of External Communications at NAO UK and Ms. Clare Harkey, Head of the Press Office, brought the experience of how the National Audit Office of the United Kingdom communicates with stakeholders to clearly convey audit messages, and increase the trust and value of the NAO’s work. They emphasized that supreme audit institutions are “guardians” of public funds that should be guided by three main principles: Trust, Value and Impact. Mr. Peters and Ms. Harkey also presented the new NAO Communication Strategy until 2030.

During the training with the ALSAI staff, NAO experts highlighted the importance of effective communication that a Supreme Audit Institution should have with Parliament, public employees, civil society, the media and citizens, to strengthen the impact of messages and the institutional role in overseeing the expenditure of public funds and improving services for citizens.