Supreme Audit Office of Czech Republic

The thesis focuses on the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) - supreme control institution carrying out an external audit of the public administration in Czech Republic. First part of the thesis includes the basic concepts in the field of public administration. Second part is divided into five blocks, which analyze SAO´s position in public power, its scope and authority, organization, control and financial activities. Next part of the thesis introduces models of supreme control institutions used in France, Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Sweden and Slovakia. Those models are compared with Czech SAO at the end of the chapter. The fourth chapter is based on this comparison and introduces the conclusions and possible changes of Czech legislative framework