EUROSAI. Magazine N21 - 2015

EUROPEAN ORGANISATION OF SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONS REPORTS OF EUROSAI GOAL TEAMS, WORKING GROUPS, TASK FORCE AND MONITORING COMMITTEE 18 www.eurosai.org · N.º 21 - 2015 1. Background The Strategic Plan of EUROSAI was adopted at the VIII th EUROSAI Congress in Lisbon, Portugal in 2011. It indicates the goals and focus areas for the work of EUROSAI for the period between 2011 and 2017. The Strategic Plan contains four goals: No. 1 Capacity Building, No. 2 Professional Standards, No. 3 Knowledge Sharing, and No. 4 Governance and Communication. In 2011, four Goal Teams were formed to implement these goals. Goal Team 1 on Capacity building was led by the SAI of France until the IX th Congress (16-19 June 2014), then SAI of Hungary took over the chairmanship. With new members, Goal Team 1 has 15 members: SAIs of Austria, Estonia, France, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine and United Kingdom. In addition, IDI, INTOSAI CBC, EUROSAI IT Working Group and SAIs of Czech Republic (as chair of Goal Team 3 Knowledge sharing) and Germany (as chair of Goal Team on Professional standards) participated in the meetings of Goal Team 1. In 2015, EUROSAI Goal Team 1 on Capacity building has organized 2 meetings as well as has published new documents on its website. 2. Plenary meetings Since the takeover the chairmanship, the Chair has organized the following meetings: • • 19-20 February 2015 – Budapest, (chaired by SAI of Hungary) • • 29-30 October 2015 – (Budapest, chaired by SAI of Hungary) During the meeting held in February, the members of the Goal Team 1 added new tasks to the Operational Plan. These new tasks (Delivering the message, and Open data) meet the main messages of the IX EUROSAI Congress. In October, the participants reviewed the Operational Plan and began the preparation for the evaluation of the six year period of the EUROSAI Strategic plan. Although, the most obvious scene of the Goal Team 1 is the plenary meeting, the most part of the tasks are conducted during the course of our daily routine, while the Goal Team members are working in their offices. Our views, and ideas are exchanged in e-mails and during telephone conversations and video conferences. 3. Operational plan and main outcomes of Goal Team 1 The Operational Plan of Goal Team 1 consists of 28 tasks after the 8 th meeting. The SAI of Hungary as chair of the GT1 would like to emphasise is an output-oriented view in all activities. GT1 is thinking not only in terms of activities but also products and we encourage the SAIs responsible for certain GT1 tasks to come up with a tangible product that we could share with the wider EUROSAI Community. EUROSAI GOAL TEAM 1 - CAPACITY BUILDING MAIN OUTCOMES OF EUROSAI GOAL TEAM 1 ON CAPACITY BUILDING IN 2015 The SAI of Hungary Chair of the EUROSAI Goal Team 1 “Capacity Building” 8 th GT1 Meeting (29-30 October 2015, Budapest)