The local administrations are not ready to implement internal auditing, as from January 1, as provided under the. This opinion has been shared by several attendees at a conference on the issue, held in Chisinau on Friday, Info-Prim Neo reports. According to the director of Business Consulting Institute (BCI), Mihai Roscovan, setting up this service will take several years, probably till the end of the present functionaries' powers, “who will see the usefulness of the internal auditing only then.” “Keeping and creating the international auditing in local administrations is costly, as no finances are provided for in the local budgets,” Mihai Roscovan said. He adds the internal auditing was tested in four local administrations in Moldova (Chisinau, Balti, Hancesti and Cahul) from 2006 to 2008. The conclusion reached is that the local administrations are not ready, and there are no trained auditors. Foreign experts also think Moldova has much to do implement the internal auditing. According to auditing officer of the Polish Finance Ministry, Agnieszka Giebel, Moldova is just starting its way, and it needs to prepare specialists for these jobs. “Judging by the Polish experience, we can say Moldova will be ready to enforce the internal auditing in 3-4 years,” she said. Moldovan deputy Finance Minister Viorel Dandara says it's possible to set up a centralized structure providing internal auditing to serve local administrations, too. “We cannot speak about own auditing when speaking of a mayor office with 2-3 employees, and external assistance is needed in this case,” he explained. The international conference has been organized by Business Consulting Institute and the Polish-Ukrainian Cooperation Foundation from Warsaw.