Kazakhstan is transitioning to a preventive digital model of state audit, where risks are identified in a timely manner and blocked remotely. This was announced by Yerzhan Mynzhasarov, Chairman of the Internal State Audit Committee of the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan, at a briefing at the Central Communications Service.

The ministry's strategy is to introduce automated analysis systems, integrate with state databases, and use artificial intelligence algorithms for real-time monitoring. Thanks to the new online budget monitoring in the State Planning system, it was possible to identify and prevent unjustified spending plans for 2026-2028 amounting to 1.5 trillion tenge even before the budget was approved.

Yerzhan Mynzhasarov reported that in the social sphere, with the help of digital solutions, the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan has prevented fraudulent schemes involving the payment of salaries worth 1.4 billion tenge. Automated monitoring makes it possible to eradicate systemic theft in the education sector under the guise of salary payments.

As part of the control over public procurement in the current year, online monitoring covered about 5,000 payments worth 1.1 trillion tenge. Of these, 694 risky transfers worth 184.2 billion tenge were identified. The audit results revealed financial violations amounting to 59.5 billion tenge, and suppliers were charged a penalty of more than 237 million tenge.

Electronic auditing, fully implemented since 2021, has proven to be highly effective. Since its launch, 804 remote audits have been conducted, identifying violations amounting to over 120 billion tenge. This system has minimized corruption risks by eliminating direct contact with those being audited and reduced travel expenses per auditor by almost 4.5 times.

Effective working models have been recognized at the international level. For example, the PEMPAL community of internal auditors highly praised Kazakhstan's experience in digitalization. The Committee's work on the “Internal Audit Effectiveness” indicator received the highest rating of “A” from experts at the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.

"One of the ambitious tasks we have set ourselves is the complete digitization of the Committee's audit activities. This will ensure continuous control over the movement of state funds. This approach is fully in line with the instructions of the Head of State. The goal of our work is to make the work of state bodies as transparent and effective as possible," concluded Yerzhan Mynzhasarov, Chairman of the Internal State Audit Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/minfin/press/news/details/1122931?lang=kk