Under a tried and trusted title, the Netherlands Court of Audit has published its strategy for the coming years: Trust in Accountability – Strategy 2026-2028. It builds on the strategic choices made in recent years, but with a number of new accents.
As a High Council of State, the Court of Audit’s mission is and remains to help improve the performance and operation of central government and the institutions associated with it. Our ambition is to be a pillar of democracy and the rule of law. In our audits of ministries and implementing organisations, we will pay particular attention to security, health and the environment. The more functional theme of government digitalisation will also feature prominently in our audit programme.
We will highlight the results that government policies achieve for citizens and businesses. They feature every spring in our government-wide Accountability Audit and throughout the year in our reports on policy effectiveness and efficiency. We will continue the line set out in 2025 of welcoming audit suggestions from the public. In doing so, the Court wishes to increase understanding of how public money is spent and strengthen the government’s learning ability.