The 12th Annual EUROSAI WGEA Meeting was held in Vilnius, Lithuania, 7-9 October 2014.
The environmental topic for the meeting was biodiversity and cross-cutting topic was survey data analysis. A training day on auditing environmental issues related to infrastructure was held one day prior to the annual meeting on 6 October.
Programme l Report
Participants of the 12th Annual Meeting
Biodiversity session – keynote speeches The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity, UNEP Mr Nicolas Bertrand Significance of Biodiversity and its Economic Value View presentation Baltic Environmental Forum Lithuania Mr Žymantas Morkvenas Practices of Nature Protection Management View presentation
Biodiversity session – SAI presentations SAI of CyprusMr Akis Kikas Auditing Coastal Ecosystems Management in Cyprus View presentation SAI of Estonia Mr Matis Mägi Challenges of Auditing the Conservation and Management of Semi-Natural Habitats View presentation SAI of Lithuania Ms Lina Balenaite National Parks Cooperative Audit View presentation SAI of Bulgaria Ms Deteline Hadjieva Management of Natural Parks View presentation SAI of PolandMr Pjotr Gorny Preservation of Aquatic Ecosystems in Light of the Audit of Fishery Management in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship View presentation
Survey Data Analysis session – keynote speeches SAI of Lithuania Ms Natalija Bryžachina Maximising the Outcome of Surveys in Audits View presentation University of TartuMs Age Poom Looking for Alternative Survey Methods in Environmental Audits View presentation
Survey Data Analysis session – SAI presentations SAI of Belgium Mr Willem Cabooter The Use of Survey Data in the Audit Ecology Premium View presentation European Court of Auditors Mr Kevin Cardiff Use of Surveys in the Audit of the Integration of EU Water Policy Objectives with Common Agricultural Policy View presentation SAI of Slovenia Ms Jerneja Vrabic Analysis of Survey’s Results on Treating Waste in Municipalities View presentation SAI of Estonia Ms Krislin Kivi Experience in Obtaining Data through Surveys in NAO Estonia View presentation SAI of Hungary Mr Janos Szatmari Methodology of the Integrity Survey of the State Audit Office of Hungary in the Hungarian Public Sector View presentation SAI of Estonia Mr Alar Jürgenson Experience of Involving Experts in Environmental Audits View presentation
Business Meeting SAI of Norway, Ms Anne Fikkan SAI of Russia, Ms Maria Vershinina The Arctic Council View presentation SAI of Slovakia Mr Igor Blaško Biofules in Transport View presentation SAI of Ukraine Ms Mariya Shulezhko, Mr Denys Nikitin Activities of EUROSAI Working Group on Audit of Funds Allocated to Disasters and Catastrophes View presentation EUROSAI WGEA secretariat Ms Krislin Kivi Results of the 7th Annual Survey View presentation EUROSAI WGEA secretariat Ms Tuuli Rasso Progress Report of EUROSAI WGEA View presentation INTOSAI WGEA secretariat Dr Ali Masykur Musa Reporting on INTOSAI WGEA Activities View presentation