EUROSAI. Magazine N21 - 2015

EUROPEAN ORGANISATION OF SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONS REPORTS OF EUROSAI GOAL TEAMS, WORKING GROUPS, TASK FORCE AND MONITORING COMMITTEE 30 www.eurosai.org · N.º 21 - 2015 concerning implementation of ISSAIs 5500 in practical activities of their SAIs as well as to discuss difficulties and problems faced by their coordinators and participants in conducting parallel/coordinated audits. Parallel audits of the Working Group The Working Group continued conducting international coordinated audits initiated in the framework of the previous Task Force, namely: • • international coordinated audit (control) of the use of budget funds allocated to prevention and consequences elimination of catastrophes (Joint Report was signed by 8 SAIs during the IX EUROSAI Congress). • • international coordinated audit (control) of the use of funds allocated to prevention and elimination of wildfires (Joint Report was signed by 3 SAIs during the I Meeting of the Working Group). • • international coordinated audit on protection of the Bug River catchment area from pollution (Joint Report will be signed by the end of 2015). In addition, taking into account the results of the survey conducted among the WG members, the main topics of possible international coordinated audits and tentative schedule of their conduction were determined, namely: • • floats prevention and liquidation (2015-2016); • • prevention and liquidation of pollution related to oil products transportation via sea routes (2016-2017); • • cyber-security in public institutions (2016-2017); • • earthquakes consequences prevention and liquidation (2016-2017); • • forest fires consequences prevention and liquidation (2017); • • waste management and utilization (2017). Planned activities On 5-6 April 2016 in Baku (Republic of Azerbaijan) the ІІ Meeting of the EUROSAI Working Group on the Audit of Funds Allocated to Disasters and Catastrophes is planned to be held, with the support of the Chamber of Accounts of the Republic of Azerbaijan. During the meeting the participants will summarize the results of the WG’s activity for the previous period, discuss and approve activity areas for the near-term prospect, discuss topical issues of prevention and elimination consequences of disasters, as well as exchange experience of conducting audits in this field. Also, in the framework of the meeting it is planned to hold a training seminar on the theme “Some aspects of using geospatial information in auditing disaster management and disaster-related aid”. The results of the WG’s work indicate extension of its activity and interest area of its participants and prove the necessity for continuation of the work aimed at methodology development and approbation of conducting audits in the sphere of disasters prevention and liquidation of their consequences, as well as searching ways and mechanisms for implementing previously developed documents in SAI’s work. It is planned to continue maintaining the Database of audits of natural and man-caused disasters in Europe, as well as the Knowledge base on the prevention and consequences elimination of disasters; updating Glossary of Terms, development of Good practice recommendations of conducting audits in the sphere of prevention and consequences elimination of floods. In addition, other priority WG’s interest areas that are in view, mentioned in the Strategy and Action Plan for 2015-2017 of the EUROSAI Working Group on the Audit of Funds Allocated to Disasters and Catastrophes.