
History of APIPA
The Association of Pacific Islands Public Auditors
(APIPA) was formed in January 1988 through a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) that was executed by the heads of the audit organizations
of five Pacific Island nations. APIPA was formed to achieve the
following objectives:
- To establish an organized body to act as one
voice in support of the goal of promoting efficiency and accountability
in the use of public resources of emerging nations of the Pacific;
- To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas,
experience, problems, and the identification of solutions which
are often unique to the Public Auditors in the Pacific;
- Sponsor auditing and accounting training workshops,
in cooperation with established associations of the staff of member
offices;
- Identify scholarship sources for Pacific Islanders
in need of financial assistance to study auditing and accounting
at the post secondary level; and
- Promote public awareness for the purposes of
conducting audits of public resources
The founding parties to the 1988 MOU were the Public
Auditor of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Public Auditor
of the Republic of Palau, the Public Auditor or the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Territorial Auditor of American
Samoa, and the Auditor General of the Republic of the Marshall
Islands. The Department of Interior Office of the Inspector General-Guam
also became a nonvoting member in 1988. Since the inception, APIPA
has expanded to include Public Auditors from Pohnpei, Yap, Chuuk,
Kosrae, Guam, Samoa and the Virgin Islands.
The first organizational meeting of APIPA was
held in Saipan in March 1988. The first annual conference was
held in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands in June 1989.
The annual conference, which usually last five days, provides
the APIPA members with the required continuing professional
education for their audit staff. It has also become an important
forum for discussion and interaction among APIPA members and
those involved in auditing and government financial management
in the region.


APIPA held its 20th Annual Conference in July 2009 in Tumon, Guam.


APIPA held its 20th Annual Conference in July 2009 in Tumon, Guam.


APIPA held its 16th Annual Conference in July 2005 in Koror,
Palau

APIPA held its 15th Annual Conference in July 2004 in Majuro, Marshall Islands


APIPA held its 14th Annual Conference in June 2003 in Pohnpei, FSM

APIPA held its 13th Annual Conference in May 2002 in Guam
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Territorial Audit Office
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American Samoa
Bob Dantini
Territorial Auditor
American Samoa Government
Office of the Territorial Auditor
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799
Phone: (684) 633-5191 /2/3/4
1dawg@comcast.net
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Office of the Public Auditor
- CNMI
Michael Pai
Public Auditor
PO BOX 501399
Saipan, MP 96950
Phone: (670) 322-6481
Fax: (670) 322-7812
http://www.opacnmi.com
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Office of the National Public
Auditor- FSM
Haser H. Hainrick
National Public Auditor
PO BOX PS-05
Federated States of Micronesia
Pohnpei, FM 96941
(691) 320-2863 /2
Fax: (691) 320-5482
http://www.fsmopa.fm
hhainrick@fsmopa.fm |
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Office of the Public Auditor
- Guam Doris Flores Brooks
Public Auditor
Suite 401 DNA Building
238 Archbishop Flores Street,
Hagatna, Guam 96910
Phone: 671-475-0390
Fax: 671-472-7951
http://www.guamopa.org
dfbrooks@guamopa.org |
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Office of the Auditor General
- Marshall Islands
Junior Patrick
Auditor General
P.O.Box 245
Majuro, Marshall Islands 96960
Phone: (692) 625-3390 / 3192
Fax: (692) 625-5135
www.rmioag.com
patrjun@ntamar.net |
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Office of the Public Auditor
- Palau
Saturnino Tewid
Public Auditor
P.O.Box 850
Koror, Republic of Palau 96940
Phone: (680) 488-2889 / 5687
Fax: (680) 488-2194
www.palauopa.org
stewid@palauopa.org
admin@palauopa.org
www.palauopa.org |
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Office of the Public Auditor-Kosrae Stoney S. Taulung
State Public Auditor
P.O. Box 727
Tofol, Kosrae, FSM 96944
Phone: (691) 370-3440
Fax: (691) 370-3443
ksauditor@mail.fm |
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Office of the Pohnpei State
Auditor
Ihlen K. Joseph
State Public Auditor
P.O.Box 370
Pohnpei, FSM 96941
Phone: (691) 320-2638
Fax: (691) 320-2059
http://www.opsa.fm
opsa_psa@mail.fm |
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Office of the Public Auditor-
Yap
Ronald C. Yow
Acting State Public Auditor
P.O. Box 927
Colonia, Yap FSM 96943
Phone: (691) 350-3416
Fax: (691) 350-4987
audityap@mail.fm
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Office of the Virgin Islands
Inspector General Steven Van Beverhoudt
Inspector General
# 75 Kronprindsens Gade
St. Thomas, V. I. 00802
Phone: 340-774-3388
Fax: 340-774-6431
http://www.viig.org
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Audit Office - Samoa
Fuimanono Camillo Afele Controller & Chief Auditor
P.O.Box 13
Apia, Samoa
Phone: +685 (-34555) /20861/20862
Fax: + (685) - 24167
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US Department of the Interior,
Office of the Inspector General
(Non Voting Member).
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