2014 2016 Progress Report of the INTOSAI

2014 – 2016 Progress Report of the INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing Secretariat of the INTOSAI WGEA Cairo - Egypt, 14 -15 October 2014

Outline • • WGEA membership Research Projects and Update Guidelines Review Four ISSAIs on Environmental Audit Regional WGEAs Activities Working Group Meetings: Assembly & SC Meetings WGEA participation in Regional WGEA Meetings Capacity Building Programs ü INTOSAI WGEA Global Training Facility : i. CED India ü Dissemination of Training Module in Forestry Auditing • Greenlines Newsletter • Website & Annual Audit Collection • Cooperation between INTOSAI WGEA and International Organizations The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 2

WGEA membership • 77 member SAIs - newest member: Bahama, Iraq, Nigeria • WGEA Steering Committee: - • Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, China, Czech Republic, European Court of Auditors, Egypt, Estonia, Indonesia, Lesotho, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, United States Coordinators of RWGEAs: - ACAG/PASAI: New Zealand - AFROSAI: Cameroon - ARABOSAI: Egypt - ASOSAI: China - EUROSAI: Estonia - OLACEFS: Argentina The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 3

Research Projects and Update Guidelines • Seven Research projects: Renewable energy (Morocco and Indonesia) Energy saving (Czech Republic) Environmental assesment (Canada and India) Market based instruments for environmental protection and management (Estonia) o Greening the SAIs (India) o Auditing government responses to a marine environment impacted by climate change: Creative and innovative strategies used by SAIs (USA) o How to increase the quality and impact of environmental audits (Lesotho and Cameroon) o o • Update the INTOSAI WGEA 2004 guidance material: o Towards Auditing Waste Management (Norway) The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 4

Review Four ISSAIs on Environmental Audit • Co-lead by Indonesia & Brazil: o ISSAI 5110: Guidance on Conducting Audits of Activities with an Environmental Perspective, 2001 (ECA) o ISSAI 5120: Environmental Audit & Regularity Auditing, 2004 (ECA) o ISSAI 5130: Sustainable Development: The Role of Supreme Audit Institutions, 2004 (Canada) o ISSAI 5140: How SAIs May Co-operate on the Audit of International Environmental Accords, 1998 (Philippines) The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 5

Regional WGEAs Activities o COMTEMA (OLACEFS) : Coordinated Audit on Water Resources, Cooperative Audit on Protected Areas, Biodiversity Coordinated Audit in 2014, o PASAI Regional WGEA : Cooperative Performance Audit (CPA) on solid waste management, water management, sustainable fisheries management and climate change adaptation o AFROSAI WGEA : Lake Chad Cooperative Audit, Lake Victoria Cooperative Audit, Cooperative Audit on River Nile, Planned Cooperative Audit on the River Niger Basin in 2015 o ASOSAI WGEA : Cooperative Environmental Audit on Mekong River Basin o EUROSAI WGEA : Cooperative activities on The Artic Council, Black Sea, River management, CO 2 emissions trading, National Parks, and Climate Change The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 6

Working Group Meetings ØSC Meeting in Lombok, Indonesia (2 -5 April 2014) ØWG Assembly Meeting in Manila, Phillipines ( 29 September – 2 October 2014) The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 7

SC Meeting in Lombok, Indonesia (2 -5 April 2014) • Attended by 36 SC members from 16 SAIs; • Approval of the Project Plans and reporting progress from the RWGEAs and Secretariat; The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 8

The 16 th INTOSAI WGEA Assembly Meeting in Manila, Philippines (29 Sept – 2 Oct 2014) • • Attended by 116 Participants from 46 SAIs and 7 international speakers Plenary Sessions on : Environmental Issues, Audit Series, Review ISSAIs, Citizen Engagement in Environmental auditing, Market Based Instruments for Environmental Protection, and The initiative taken by the Philippines in protecting its Marine Environment The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 9

The 16 th INTOSAI WGEA Assembly Meeting in Manila, Philippines (29 Sept – 2 Oct 2014) • Parallel Sessions on each research project, update guidance and ISSAI review : ü Project Presentation and Discussion ü Focus Group Discussions on ISSAI 5110, 5140, 5130, 5120 • IDI and WGEA Cooperation Project The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 10

The 16 th INTOSAI WGEA Assembly Meeting in Manila, Philippines (29 Sept – 2 Oct 2014) Key points of the meeting : The meeting was success and all the participants received information and knowledge from our guest speakers related to the environmental issues on: a. Opportunities for auditors in the implementation of environmental rule of law as a mechanism for enhancing accountability on the path towards sustainable development; b. Environmental Performance Audit: Recommendations with an Domino Effect; c. Implementation of Energy Policy in Philippines d. Citizen Engagement in Environmental Auditing e. Market Based Instruments for Environmental Protection f. Implementation of MBI in UNFCCC g. The Initiatives taken by the Philippines in protecting its Marine Environment The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 11

The 16 th INTOSAI WGEA Assembly Meeting in Manila, Philippines (29 Sept – 2 Oct 2014) • Capacity building through sharing experience in conducting cooperative audit by the SAIs related to: ü Biodiversity Protection through Coordinated Audit done in Brazil; ü Measures to fight illegal fishing in Lake Victoria, Africa; ü Audit on the Lake Chad in Africa; and ü Audit on the River Niles in Africa. The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 12

The 16 th INTOSAI WGEA Assembly Meeting in Manila, Philippines (29 Sept – 2 Oct 2014) Other Key points of the meeting : • The project leaders will accommodate all inputs and comments from the parallel sessions in finalizing the projects • Next meeting agenda: ü 14 th SC Meeting in September/October 2015. ü 17 th Assembly Meeting in the mid 2016 The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 13

WGEA participation in Regional WGEA Meetings Regional WGEA meetings participated : o XII Annual Meeting of COMTEMA (OLACEFS) in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 28 March 2014 o The 5 th Seminar on Environmental Auditing and 4 th Working Meeting of ASOSAI WGEA in Hanoi, Vietnam on 15 -17 April 2014 o 8 th PASAI Regional WGEA in Canberra, Australia on 20 -22 May 2014 o 4 th Annual Meeting of AFROSAI WGEA in Mombassa, Kenya on 26 -30 May 2014 o 12 th Annual EUROSAI WGEA in Vilnius, Lithuania on 7 -9 October 2014 The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 14

Capacity Building Programs (1) INTOSAI WGEA Global Training Facility : i. CED India 1 st International Training Program on Environment Auditing: • Date : 25 th November-11 th December 2013 • 25 participants from 13 countries across the world – Afghanistan, Bahamas, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysia, Moldova, Rwanda, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Turkey • Modules for training developed in conjunction with INTOSAI WGEA GTF project sub committee members – – – Climate change: Norway Sustainable development: Estonia Water: USA Waste: India Biodiversity: Brazil 15

Capacity Building Programs (1) INTOSAI WGEA Global Training Facility : i. CED India 2 nd International Training Program on Environment Auditing: • Date: 14 th to 27 th November 2014 • Invitation letters have been circulated – By e-mail – Website (iced@cag. gov. in) • Application has been closed – Received more than 25 nominations from over 10 SAIs • 15 day course : covers thematic areas like waste, water, climate change, sustainable development etc The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 17

Capacity Building Programs (2) Dissemination of Training Module in Forestry Auditing Objectives • To provide knowledge for SAI’s auditors the principles of Sustainable Forest Management • To guide SAI’s auditors how to utilize the WGEA Guidance in Forestry Auditing and other resources • To share auditors’ experiences and practices in auditing the forestry sector Methodology üLectures: explaining the Guidance üClass and Group discussions üExercises üCase Studies üField Trip (Practicing Geo Spatial Tools) The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 18

Training venues Jakarta Makassar Jogjakarta Medan The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 19

Capacity Building Programs (2) 1 st International Training on Forestry Audit • Date : 15 – 19 September 2014 • Venue : BPK RI Training Centre, Jakarta Indonesia • Participants : 21 people from 9 SAIs (Fiji, Malaysia, Micronesia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Philippines, Thailand, Timor Leste, Indonesia) • Trainers : Subject Matter Experts (SME) from Kenya and Indonesia The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 20

Capacity Building Programs (2) 1 st International Training on Forestry Audit • Sessions : Introduction on Audit Forest; Understanding Forests; Describing SFM; Defining Audit Topic, Methodology, and Scope; Developing Researchable Questions and Criteria; Identifying Audit Evidence and Methodology; Developing ADM; Preparing Audit Report The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 21

Capacity Building Programs (2) 1 st International Training on Forestry Audit • Field Trip : On Hands Practice with Geo Spatial Tools at Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 22

Capacity Building Programs (2) Dissemination of Training Module in Forestry Auditing Next Schedule : Stage Action Date 1 2 nd Training invitation letter April 2015 2 2 nd Training delivery September 2015 3 2 nd Training evaluation report November 2015 4 3 rd Training invitation letter April 2016 5 3 rd Training delivery September 2016 6 3 rd Training evaluation report November 2016 The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 23

The 8 th Survey of Environmental Audit • The survey will use almost the same format as the 7 th survey in 2012/2013 • Proposed additional questions related to: o Disaster Management/Disaster-related Aid Audit; o Fraud and Corruption in the Environmental Management Activity Time Send the survey out to all the INTOSAI members February 2015 Deadline for Survey Result Collection April 2015 Analyzing The Survey Result April-June 2015 Report Writing July 2015 Report Published in WGEA website September 2015 The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 24

Greenlines Newsletter • Greenlines Newsletter by SAI of USA Ø Published twice per year Ø Online version and Printable PDF version available on the WGEA website Ø Latest Edition : June 2014, Feature Story from SAI India about i. CED Ø Next Edition : December 2014 The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 25

WGEA Website Ø www. wgea. org or www. environmental-auditing. org Ø Maintained and administered by SAI of Indonesia Ø Provide a web-based Project Forum to share documents and have online discussions among project members The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 26

Annual Audit Collection • The Secretariat will conduct 3 annual audit collections (2014, 2015, and 2016) Audit Collection for 2014 Time Email sent to all INTOSAI members May 2014 Deadline for Report Collection October 2014 Upload the Reports in the WGEA Website November 2014 The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 27

Cooperation between INTOSAI WGEA and International Organizations • 1 st Asia and Pacific International Colloquium on Environmental Rule of Law – Defining a New Future for Environmental Justice – 11 -12 December 2013 ü Organized by UNEP and Chief Justice of Malaysia ü INTOSAI WGEA contributed as a panelist on the topic “Perspective of Accountability, Transparency and Liability in the Context of Environmental Rule of Law” • 16 th Assembly Meeting INTOSAI WGEA inviting international organization such as UNEP, UNFCCC, European Environment Agency (EEA), and CCAF as Keynote Speakers The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 28

INTOSAI WGEA : What Next ? • Finalize the projects of the 2014 -2016 Work Plan by Mid 2016 • Next WGEA Meetings : ü 14 th SC Meeting in September/October 2015. ü 17 th Assembly Meeting in the mid 2016 • Next Capacity Building Programs : ü 2 nd International Training Program on Environment Auditing at i. CED India in November 2014 ü 2 nd International Training Program on Foresty Audit at BPK Training Centre in September 2015 The 6 th SC Meeting of INTOSAI KSC 14 -15 October, 2014 - Cairo, Egypt 29

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