Representatives of several ministries and agencies, university management, professors and instructors, and students participated in the seminar.

The main goal of the event was to discuss reforms in the state financial control system in Uzbekistan, assess their effectiveness, and identify promising areas.

The seminar reviewed the results of audit activities conducted by the COA, the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and internal audit services.

Deputy Chairman of the COA A. Allaberganov emphasized the contents of Decree (No. DP-252) "On Additional Measures to Further Improve the Activities of State Audit and Financial Control," adopted by the Head of State on December 18, 2025. This Decree calls for the adoption of all necessary measures to improve the efficiency of budgetary funds and the effectiveness of reforms, further strengthen control over budget expenditures, and implement advanced international practices in public auditing and financial control.

In particular, in recent years, the COA has undergone radical reforms. The COA is being transformed from a body that previously considered its task to "identify shortcomings" into a modern, professional supreme audit institution that meets international standards and examines "what is going wrong in the organization and what can be improved."

In other words, today, attention is being paid not only to the legal expenditure of budget funds but also to their socioeconomic effectiveness.

Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance A. Khaidarov emphasized the role of audit services in organizing and monitoring the economical, accurate, and efficient use of public funds.

In this regard, special attention was paid to the ongoing professional development of audit service employees, the study of modern approaches to audit and financial control, and digital technologies.

The seminar also featured presentations on the implementation of target indicators related to the use of budgetary funds and remote fund management.

Specifically, reports were presented on compliance with legal norms in procurement by budgetary customers and on measures taken to implement a competitive public procurement system.

Participants also received a detailed explanation of Decree No. PF-259 of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Further Measures to Ensure a Competitive Environment and Transparency in the Public Procurement System" and the role of internal audit services in procurement by budgetary customers through "requests for proposals."

The event also focused on the implementation of digital and artificial intelligence technologies in the activities of the COA. In particular, it was noted that the automated "Remote Audit" information system has quickly become one of the most important infrastructures in the state financial control system.

By the end of 2025, the scale of this system will be doubled and integrated with 259 information databases from 75 ministries, agencies, and banks.

The COA conducts risk analysis through the remote system not for post-monitoring, but for pre-monitoring (prevention). As a result, comprehensive analyses were conducted using budget expenditures and other real-time data, and by 2025, violations totaling 6.2 trillion soums were eliminated.

S. Mekhmonov, Vice-Rector of the Tashkent State University of Economics, noted that the Higher School of Public Audit will be established at this institution starting in the 2026/2027 academic year. The Higher School will provide training for public audit specialists based on the experience of prestigious international educational institutions. The COA, the university, and the ministry jointly developed measures to ensure its high-quality operation.

The seminar served as a platform that brought together not only specialists in this field but also leading academics, practitioners, and representatives of the real economy.

At the seminar, representatives of the audit services of the ministries of Economy and Finance, Justice, and Agriculture, as well as university professors, actively exchanged opinions and experiences on reforms being implemented in this area, and the participants drew relevant conclusions.

A number of current topics aimed at modernizing state financial control were discussed in an interactive format.