Transcript wgea progress nigeria september 2016

Progress Report
INTOSAI Working Group on
Environmental Auditing
INTOSAI WGEA Secretariat
6th Meeting of AFROSAI WGEA
Abuja-Nigeria, 12 – 16 September 2016
Outline
• WGEA Membership
• 2014 – 2016 Work Plan Projects – Progress Made
• Proposed Issues for Next WGEA Work Plan 2017-2019
• The 17th WGEA Assembly Meeting
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WGEA membership
• 77 members
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WGEA Steering Committee
(17 members):
Brazil, Cameroon, Canada,
China, Czech Republic,
European Court of Auditors,
Estonia, India, Indonesia,
Kuwait, Lesotho, Morocco,
New Zealand, Norway,
Paraguay, Philippines, United
States
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Coordinators of Regional
WGEA:
- ACAG/PASAI: New Zealand
- AFROSAI: Cameroon
- ARABOSAI: Kuwait
- ASOSAI: China
- EUROSAI: Estonia
- OLACEFS: Paraguay
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2014 - 2016 Work Plan Projects
Goal 1 - Update existing and develop new guidance materials to SAIs, conduct
research studies on emerging topics in environmental auditing
Research projects
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Renewable energy (Leads: Morocco and Indonesia)
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Energy saving (Lead: Czech Republic)
Market based instruments for environmental protection and management (Lead: Estonia)
Greening the SAIs (Lead: India)
Auditing government responses to a marine environment impacted by climate change:
Creative and innovative strategies used by SAIs (Lead: USA)
o How to increase the quality and impact of environmental audits (Leads: Lesotho and
Cameroon)
o Environmental impact assesment (Leads: Canada and India)
Progress:
• The research papers have been approved by SC members and will be endorsed during the
Assembly meeting in October 2016
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2014 - 2016 Work Plan Projects
Goal 1 - Update existing and develop new guidance materials to SAIs, conduct
research studies on emerging topics in environmental auditing
Update of guidance material
Update of the WGEA 2004 Guidance Material of “Towards Auditing
Waste Management” (Lead: Norway)
Progress:
• The updated guidance has been approved by SC Members and will be
endorsed during the Assembly meeting
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2014 - 2016 Work Plan Projects
Goal 1 - Update existing and develop new guidance materials to SAIs, conduct
research studies on emerging topics in environmental auditing
Review of ISSAIs on Environmental Auditing
(Leads: Indonesia and Brazil)
o ISSAI 5110: Guidance on Conducting Audits of Activities with an
Environmental Perspective, 2001 (Co-lead: ECA)
o ISSAI 5120: Environmental Audit & Regularity Auditing, 2004 (Colead: ECA)
o ISSAI 5130: Sustainable Development: The Role of Supreme Audit
Institutions, 2004 (Co-lead: Canada)
o ISSAI 5140: How SAIs May Co-operate on the Audit of International
Environmental Accords, 1998 (Co-lead: Philippines)
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ISSAI Review Projects – Work Done & Follow Up
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PROGRESS AND FOLLOW UP
REVIEW PROCESS
PRE REVIEW
 Preparing and discussing
project plan
 Analyzing survey result
 Conducting FGD with
experts
 Reviewing related literature
 Drafting ISSAI reviews
 Circulating drafts to SC
members
 Publishing draft in
www.issai.org
 Obtaining comments
 Circulating comments to
project co-leaders
 Discussing comments
received
 Linking the comments obtained
to the draft
 Refining the drafts
 Approval from KSC in September
2016
 Endorsement by WGEA
Assembly in October 2016
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2014 - 2016 Work Plan Projects
Goal 2 –Facilitate concurrent, joint, and coordinated audits
Cooperative audits in other regions
o PASAI WGEA: Cooperative Performance Audit (CPA) on Climate Change
Adaption and Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies and management
o COMTEMA (OLACEFS): Coordinated Audit on Water Resources
o AFROSAI WGEA: Cooperative Audit on Lake Chad, Congo Basin forest
and River Nile
o ASOSAI WGEA: Cooperative Environmental Audit on Mekong River Basin
o EUROSAI: Cooperative activities on the Artic Council, Black Sea, River
Management, CO2 Emissions Trading, National Parks, and Climate
Change
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2014 - 2016 Work Plan Projects
Goal 3 – Enhance information dissemination, exchange and training
 WGEA International Training on Environmental Auditing in
Global Training Facility in India
o Modules for training developed in conjunction with INTOSAI WGEA GTF
project sub committee members (Climate change: Norway, Sustainable
development: Estonia, Water: USA, Waste: India and Biodiversity: Brazil)
o Three trainings have been conducted, in total were attended by 68
participants from 29 SAIs
o The 4th training will be on 21 Nov – 5 Dec 2016
 Dissemination of Forestry Auditing Training Module
o Development of training module was led by SAI of Indonesia
o Two training have been conducted with 43 participants from 21 SAIs
o The 3rd training will be on 19 – 23 September 2016
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2014 - 2016 Work Plan Projects
Goal 3 – Enhance information dissemination, exchange and training
 Greenlines - US GAO
o Published twice a year
o Progress: Volume 17, Number 3 had been published on August 2016
 Audit Collection Worldwide
o 2014: around 200 audit reports received from 63 SAIs
o 2015: around 200 audit reports received from 35 SAIs
o 2016: will be commencing in mid of October 2016
 8th Environmental Survey
o Survey in English, French & Spanish
o Focusing on the auditing work related to environmental matters conducted
by SAIs worldwide
o 58 responses received
o Report will be uploaded on WGEA website in September 2016
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Goal 4 – Increase cooperation between WGEA, international organizations, and
other INTOSAI bodies
Work performed and undergoing
 Implementating the MoU between WGEA and UNEP regarding
implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)
 16th Assembly Meeting INTOSAI WGEA inviting international
organization such as UNEP, UNFCCC, European Environment Agency
(EEA), and Canadian Conprehensive Auditing Foundation (CCAF) as
Keynote Speakers.
 In 17th Assembly Meeting in Jakarta, WGEA plan to invite the
representative from UNEP, UNFCCC, Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD) Secretariat and Academician as Guest Speakers.
 Attending CBD meeting and on possible future cooperation, with
facilitation from SAI of Brazil
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Proposed Issues for WGEA Work Plan
2017-2019
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Prepare research project on
Visibility on Environmental Auditing (Communication)
Prepare research project on
Environmental Health (focus on Air Pollution)
Prepare research project on
Greening Cities
Develop Audit Guideline on : Climate Change : Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity
to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries (target of Goal 13 SDG)
Develop Audit Guideline on : Auditing Agriculture and Food Production : Guidance for SAIs
Develop Audit Guideline on :Auditing Land organization and soil quality management Combating desertification : Guidance for SAIs
Develop Audit Guideline on : SDGs – how SAIs can enhance the application by
governments (Goal 15 : Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial
ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land
degradation and halt biodiversity loss)
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Proposed Issues for WGEA Work Plan
2017-2019
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Design and carry out a multi-region concurrent
(parallel) or coordinated audit (or series of audits) on MEAs, Biodiversity,
fisheries and Climate Change
Encourage regions to design and carry out a regional cooperative audit in
each INTOSAI region. Regional coordinators and member SAIs to identify
and pursue topics of common interest, select the audit coordinator, and
define the precise scope and form of cooperation.
Encourage regions to have cooperative work (e.g. audits, training courses)
and to disseminate existing WGEA guidance materials, research papers,
training materials.
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Proposed Issues for WGEA Work Plan
2017-2019
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Organize WG18 and WG19
Regional coordinators are encouraged to convene at least one meeting of
the regional working group on environmental auditing during 2017-2019 and
to deliver at least one training course (i.e. biodiversity, climate change,
mining, forestry) at planned meetings.
Provide training on environmental audit in the global training facility annually.
Implement and disseminate the developed training module on the topic of
forestry
Develop Training Tool based on previous Research Project
Maintain the website
Undertake the 9th environmental survey
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Provide annual audit collection
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Proposed Issues for WGEA Work Plan
2017-2019
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Update the INTOSAI WGEA 2007 Guidance Material on
Auditing Biodiversity: Guidance for Supreme Audit Institutions –
incollaboration with CBD
Encourage and continue work among INTOSAI bodies and outreach them
through Knowledge Sharing Services Committee.
Search for and establish new partnerships.
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Upcoming Meeting
The 17th INTOSAI WGEA Assembly Meeting
Time
: 24 – 27 October 2016
Venue
: Hotel Fairmont, Jakarta, Indonesia
Objectives
: 1. Endorsement of the project 2014 - 2016
2. Development work plan 2017 - 2019
General information : 1. Speeches and discussion on SDGs
2. Speeches and discussion on MEAs
3. Parallel session on the project output 2014 – 2016
(Renewable Energy, Energy saving, MBI, Marine,
How to improve the impact of EA, Environmental assessment)
4. Presentation on cooperative audit and audit of SDGs
preparedness
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