The Second Young EUROSAI Conference (YES 2.0), held in Jerusalem, Israel, from 9 to 12 November 2015, took Supreme Audit Institutions and the Individual (SAI&I) as its central theme.

The world today is both challenging the public audit field and offering it remarkable opportunities. We are witnessing outstanding technological revolutions that affect all aspects of our lives. New technologies bring new ideas. Changes are reshaping our society, and the relationship between the individual, the community and the State. New technologies empower the individual in society. We live in “the Age of the Individual”.

The above technological and social developments raise basic questions regarding the fulfillment of our mission as Supreme Audit Institutions in the societies in which we operate.

YES 2.0 granted 74 young auditors (34 women and 40 men, with an average age of 30) from 40 SAIs and organisations, , the opportunity to contemplate, discuss, debate, exchange and present fresh questions, problems, ideas, successes and failures - as well as possible solutions - regarding:

• The public effect – namely, how SAIs can make a difference to and improve the lives of individuals;
• The professional effect – how SAIs’ work impacts individual employees and officials of audited bodies and how SAIs’ audit employees interact with them;
• The personal effect – the auditors as individuals working in a unique organisational environment.

YES 2.0 was unusual in form: A great diversity of means and tools was employed in order to achieve the best inquiry into the Conference's central theme, including a special “YES Talks” session with 5 "TED Talk"-style presentations. The vast majority of participating SAIs organised one or more workshops or presentations, sometimes in collaboration between two or more SAIs.

Furthermore, we invited the leaders of the European public auditor community to the Second Young EUROSAI Conference Accompanying Events. Gladly, senior representatives of SAI the Netherlands (Presidency of EUROSAI), SAI Spain (Secretariat of EUROSAI), SAI the Czech Republic, SAI Estonia, SAI Finland headed by the President of EUROSAI and President of the Netherlands Court of Audit, Mr. Arno Visser, attended the accompanying events. It was an exceptional opportunity for them to absorb the special atmosphere of YES and learn from the younger generation. And in the words of the President of EUROSAI Mr. Arno Visser: "I was excited by the level of energy that the YES participants not only brought into the meeting, but that was also generated by the meeting. This made the event absolutely inspirational. What also impressed me was the diversity of workshops offered by the participants themselves. It shows that we as EUROSAI members have valuable lessons to offer to each other and that we can organise modern ways of knowledge sharing in an innovative and inspiring way. The meeting was excellently hosted by the SAI Israel, who offered an exciting programme focusing on the theme SAI&I. If your office sent a representative to the conference I would like to thank you for your organisation’s contribution. And if your institution was not able to participate, you have truly missed something!"

In coming years, SAIs will be compelled to cope with the challenges, opportunities, difficulties and risks arising from the technological and social developments thoroughly discussed and debated at YES 2.0. Accordingly, YES 2.0's participants present the following Conclusions and Recommendations. We strongly believe that they should serve as a source of inspiration for all EUROSAI and INTOSAI activities.

Link to YES 2.0's Conclusions and Recommendation

Since the extremely successful first Young EUROSAI Conference held in Rotterdam in November 2013, a network of young colleagues has taken its first steps. YES 2.0 continued the on-going building of the Young EUROSAI professional community and created a firm foundation for further actions and boundaries expansion of the young professional community. Accordingly, we are pleased to update that there is already one candidate for hosting the third edition of YES conference in 2017, the SAI of Estonia, and in the words of the President of EUROSAI: "If your office joined the meeting in Israel, you will be convinced to attend again, if not, do not miss out next time!"

Link to Second Young EUROSAI Conference (YES 2.0) Israel 2015 Clip

Link to Second Young EUROSAI Conference (YES 2.0) Israel -Conclusions And Recommendations Clip

Link to Second Young EUROSAI Conference (YES 2.0) Israel 2015 Farewell CLIP!!!