The Standing Audit Group for Reviewing Reports of the State Audit Office, established under the Budget and Finance Committee, reviewed three reports submitted by the State Audit Office (SAO).

Giorgi Kekelishvili, Head of the SAO Audit Department for General Public Services, presented the Performance Audit Report on the Effectiveness of State-Owned Enterprise Management.

According to him, the audit period covers 2023–2025, and the audited entities are the Ministry of Finance; the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development; the Ministry of IDPs, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia; the Georgian Medical Holding, a non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entity; and the LEPL National Agency of State Property.

As Giorgi Kekelishvili noted, the audit findings concern the reform of state-owned enterprises, the management of state-owned enterprises operating in the healthcare sector, and enterprises managed by the National Agency of State Property and the relevant ministry. According to the report, the State Audit Office issued 12 recommendations in response to the findings identified during the audit.

Giorgi Kekelishvili also presented the Compliance Audit Report on Remuneration and Fuel Expenditure of Enterprises Established with State Equity Participation.

According to him, the audited entities are JSC Georgian Railway, LLC Georgian Post, LLC United Airports of Georgia, LLC Sakaeronavigatsia, and LLC Tbilisi Transport Company. The audit period covers 2023–2024.

As the presenter noted, the audit findings concern fuel and remuneration expenditure, and the State Audit Office issued five recommendations based on these findings.

Ana Burdiashvili, Lead Auditor at the SAO, presented the Compliance Audit Report on LLC Asset Management and Development Company.

According to her, the audited entities are the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia and LLC Asset Management and Development Company, while the audit period covers 2023–2024.

As the presenter noted, the audit findings concern weak financial performance, shortcomings in the management of subsidiaries, deficiencies in the practice of employing advisers to the Director, and public procurement. She stated that the State Audit Office had issued nine recommendations in response to the findings identified during the audit. At the meeting, representatives of the audited entities presented their views on the recommendations issued and outlined the steps taken to implement them.