Luanda - Angola takes over on Wednesday the rotating presidency of the Forum of Inspectors General of State of Africa (FIGE) for a two-year term.
The takes over at the 9th FIGE General Assembly to take place on October 22 to 24 in Angolan capital, Luanda, under the theme “The fight against corruption and money laundering, investigation, repression and cooperation”.
Speaking to the press on Tuesday on the sidelines of the FIGE experts meeting, which precedes the organization's colloquium, the deputy inspector of the General Inspectorate of State Administration (IGAE), Venceslau Cajongo, said Angola is currently vice-president of this Forum, a platform for general inspectorates in African countries and similar institutions.
Cajongo stressed that Angola's leadership came at a time when the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, is going to chair the African Union (AU) from 2025, a moment that “we will be able to take advantage of, reconcile and complement certain work actions”.
The official said African inspectors-general and experts from the European Union and the World Bank would be taking part in the event.
The IGAE official said the event will bring together experts from the IGAE, the Attorney General's Office and the Financial Information Unit (UIF), taking into account the commitments made by the Angolan government, regarding the implementation of the United Nations convention to combat corruption and the recent approval of the National Strategy for the Prevention and Repression of Corruption.
FIGE is a platform set up in 2006 in Djibouti with the aim of strengthening exchanges and cooperation between African states on internal administrative control.
The international institution's social object is also to guarantee the standardization of the inspection procedures of the continent's top internal control bodies, which Angola has been a member of since 2009.
With the takeover of the rotating presidency of FIGE, the State Administration Inspectorate should take the opportunity to reaffirm Angola’s position in relation to the challenges of repressing various crimes, with emphasis on corruption and money laundering, matters widely addressed by the institution.
The IGAE inspector said that, after taking up the rotating presidency of FIGE, Angola will face the challenge of strengthening cooperation and exchange between states and between the institutions involved in ensuring the countries' internal administrative control.
FIGE is made up of 20 countries and 26 similar institutions in terms of internal control.FMA/ART/TED/AMP
