Climate change adaptation and mitigation policies as a challenge for agriculture
Agenda
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
| Venue: NIK Headquarters | |
| 10:00 | Opening remarks by Mr Marian Banaś, President of NIK Introduction to the Spring Session 2025, EWGEA Secretariat Group photo |
| 10:30 11:00 | Dr Bengu Akyurek, EEA, Building Resilience in EU Agriculture Climate risk hotspots and opportunities for EU Agriculture (download EEA presentation) Mr Mariusz Pomieński, ECA, Key recent ECA findings on climate action & agriculture; and Mr Marc-Oliver Heidkamp, ECA, ECA Special Report on climate adaptation – focus on findings in the field of agriculture (download ECA presentation) |
| 11:20 – 11:45 | Coffee break |
| 11:45 – 12:05 | Ms Emma Wilding, SAI UK, Key messages from the UK National Audit Office report ‘Achieving environmental improvement and responding to climate change: enablers for success’ (online) (download SAI UK presentation) |
| 12:05 – 12:25 | Mr Michał Dudek, SAI Poland, SAI Poland’s audits of Priority Programme „Clean Air” (performance and financial audits) (download SAI Poland presentation about clean air programme) |
| 12:25 – 12:45 | Ms Ivana Goda, SAI Croatia, Climate Change Adaptation in the Republic of Croatia (download SAI Croatia presentation) |
| 12:45 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 13:50 | Ms Kinga Salach, SAI Poland, Support for organic farming (download SAI Poland presentation about organic farming) |
| 13:50 – 14:10 | Ms Julie K. Mjelva, Ms Kristine R. Henden, SAI Norway, The NAO of Norway’s Investigation into the Authorities’ Governance and Measures to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture, and Other Relevant Investigations on Climate Adaptation and Food Security in Norway (download SAI Norway presentation) |
| 14:10 – 14:30 | Mr Mathieu Moslonka-Lefebvre, SAI France, Evaluation of the French public policy for agricultural innovation with a focus on climate change adaptation and mitigation (online) (download SAI France presentation) |
| 14:30-15:00 | Coffee break |
| 15:00 – 15:20 | Mr Giuseppe Maria Mezzapesa, SAI Italy, Mitigating drought-related damage by improving the distribution system and water supply (download SAI Italy presentation) |
| 15:20 – 15:40 | Ms Júlia Szappanos, SAI Hungary, Agricultural water needs, sustainable water use (download SAI Hungary presentation) |
| 15:40 – 16:00 | Ms Nella Virkola, INTOSAI WGEA Secretariat, Current matters of the INTOSAI WGEA and reflections from the WGEA audit database (download INTOSAI WGEA Secretariat presentation) |
| 19:00 – 21:00 | Official Dinner (venue: “U Wieniawy” Restaurant) |
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
| Venue: NIK Headquarters | |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Introduction to workshops |
| 09:15 – 10:15 | Workshops: Ms Daria Bochnar, Ms Joanna Kokot, ECA, SAIs’ challenges in performance auditing of complex policies in the field of climate action and agriculture: defining scope and audit objectives Mr Michał Dudek, SAI Poland, SAIs’ challenges in auditing public policies related to good water quality and agriculture |
| 10:15-10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30-11:00 | Workshops – continuation |
| 11:00-11:30 | Workshops summary |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Session conclusion |
| 11:45 – 12:30 | Lunch |
| 12:30 –14:00 | Steering comittee Meeting (Steering committee members only) |
| 15:00 – 19:00 | Study visit to Royal Garden Wilanów – Reflections on the challenges arising from climate change – Tour guided by the Palace Wilanów Director’s Environmental Officer |