EUROSAI. Magazine N18 - 2012

> 11 < EUROSAI ACTIVITIES EUROPEAN ORGANISATION OF SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONS www.eurosai.org No. 18 - 2012 The XXXIX Meeting of the EUROSAI Governing Board (GB) took place in Ankara (Turkey) on 28 May 2012 , under the Chair of the EUROSAI President and hosted by the Turkish SAI. The main discussions and agreements taken referred to the following issues: 1 . The GB took note of the 2011 - 2012 EUROSAI Activity Report, the 2011 EUROSAI Financial Report, and the 2011 Report of the EUROSAI Auditors, which stated that financial statements provided a true and fair view of the EUROSAI financial situation. 2011 was the last year covered by the Budget 2009 - 2011 , approved at the VII Congress, amounting the execution of the budget along the tri-annual budgetary period to 98 ’ 6 % of the total. 2 . The GB was provided with information on the current developments and further steps to be given by the INTOSAI community in the light of the 2011 UN Resolution on “Promoting the efficiency, accountability, effectiveness and transparency of public administration by strengthening supreme audit institutions”. An overview of the results of the EUROSAI annual survey for monitoring the actions taken by its members in order to strengthen external public control and SAIs independence was also reported, resulting that, at least 50 % of them have made progress in this line. 3 . In the framework of the implementation of the EUROSAI Strategic Plan, Goal Teams 1 (Chair: SAI France), 2 (Chair: SAI Germany), 3 (Chair: SAI Czech Republic) and 4 (Chair: SAI Portugal) presented their annual reports. An overall report on the implementation of the Plan, including an evaluation of cross-cutting issues,was also presented, resulting 99 % of the tasks executed by Goal Teams as planned. The GB approved the Terms of Reference and operational plans of each Goal Team, as well as the document “Planning, Monitoring and Reporting Requirements”, aimed at guiding Goal Teams’ action. All these papers and materials are available on the EUROSAI website, under the item“Strategic Planning”. The GB also approved the mock up and the key features of the new EUROSAI website, which will be professionally designed and implemented under the coordination of the EUROSAI Secretariat. 4 . The GB took note of the 2011 - 2012 Activity Reports of the EUROSAI Working Groups on IT (Chair: SAI of Switzerland) and Environmental Audit (Chair: SAI of Norway); of the Task Forces on “Audit of Funds Allocated to Catastrophes and Disasters” (Chair: SAI of Ukraine) and “Audit & Ethics” (Chair: SAI of Portugal) which was set up at the VIII Congress; as well as of the progress made by the “Monitoring Committee for setting up and monitoring the Data Base of Good Practices on Audit Quality” (Chair: SAI of Hungary). 5 . Several issues were discussed by the GB under the heading “EUROSAI cooperation”: n Cooperation with INTOSAI, its Regional Working Groups, and external partners: • Fluent cooperation of EUROSAI with INTOSAI is developed through their Presidencies and General Secretariats. EUROSAI and INTOSAI Committees, Subcommittees, Goal Teams, Working Groups and Task Forces collaborate in their respective framework. A relevant interaction is also developed in the context of the INTOSAI-Donor Cooperation. • Cooperation with INTOSAI Regional Groups: XXXIX EUROSAI Governing BoardMeeting Summary of the Main Discussions and Agreements Ankara (Turkey), 28 May 2012