Nineteen students were awarded with CIPFA certificates and one student received the diploma. At the program closing ceremony held at the CEF the students were addressed by Dragica Lipnik, representative of Budget Supervision Office of Slovenia, Gary Gilbert, senior representative of CIPFA and Mira Dobovišek, director of CEF who emphasized that the long-term goal of the program is to improve the status and quality of the audit profession in the public sector and the graduates are expected to be the driving force behind this process.