Democracy’s checks and balances at work: The Swiss parliament‘s permanent control committee does not tolerate ministerial interference in #SAI mandate execution and takes up further investigations (announced today) on the case I covered in a recent thread 🧵 (see below):

It was a great experience and pleasure to immerse into INTOSAI Development Initiative‘s SPMR program and to provide an analytical account of its heretofore achieved results. Exciting to see where this important program is going and how it helps Supreme Audit Institutions #SAI

How does the EU Commission draft policies with expert groups, and what delays projects like #EPSAS? My new JCMS article sheds light on Commission expert groups’ policy design activities. The key challenge: establishing integrity and superiority. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…