The 16th Annual Meeting was held from 26-28 September 2018 in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Central topics of the meeting:
- Climate Change
- Increasing the Impact of Environmental Audit
Meeting Programme | Meeting report
A training seminar on climate change related data was held one day prior to the Annual Meeting, on 25 September 2018. Read more about it here.
Presentations from the meeting
| Day 1: Auditing Climate Change | ||
| Comenius University Prof Milan Lapin | Climate change issues in Slovakia and Europe | View presentation |
| European Commission, DG Climate Action Ms Terhi Lehtonen | EU Climate Action – Implementing 2030 targets | View presentation |
| Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Dr Simon Buckle | The climate challenge – an OECD perspective on policies and finance | View presentation |
| SAI Germany Mr Sascha Baum | Fragmentation of governmental responsibilities as a challenge for climate change policy. Audit example: Flood protection | View presentation |
| SAI Latvia Mr Jānis Salenieks | Effectiveness of allocated funds to mitigate climate change in Latvia and financial impact of audit results | View presentation |
| SAI Slovakia Mr Vladimír Maťuš | Audit of the flood preventive measures in the Slovak Republic | View presentation |
| U.S. Government Accountability Office Mr Alfredo Gomez | GAO’s climate change work | View presentation |
| Day 2: Increasing the impact of environmental audits | ||
| SAI Bulgaria Ms Katya Nedialkova, Ms Tsvetelina Nikolova-Manolova | Increasing the impact of audit on the example of audit on air quality | View presentation |
| SAI Cyprus Mr Akis Kikas | Increasing the impact of environmental audits – finding allies | View presentation |
| SAI Malta Mr William Peplow | The impact of environmental audits relating to designating and management of protected marine areas | View presentation |
| SAI Kuwait Mr Adel Alkoot, Mr Mohammad Alzaabi | Impact of environmental audits | View presentation |
| SAI Ukraine Mr Viktor Bohun, Ms Liliia Prudyvus | Environmental Audits: conducting practice and the evaluation of the results | View presentation |
| SAI Hungary Ms Júlia Szappanos | Raising awareness – messages of environmental audits | View presentation |
| Day 3: Business meeting | ||
| SAI Estonia Ms Kristiina Visnapuu | Cooperative audit: Energy efficiency of public sector buildings | View presentation |
| SAI Malta Mr William Peplow | Joint Cooperative Audit: Are mechanisms in place to ascertain the designation and effective management of MPAs within the Mediterranean Sea? | View presentation |
| SAI Netherlands Ms Sadaf Qutbyar | Cooperative audit on Air Quality | View presentation |
| SAI Slovakia Mr Igor Blaško | Air quality in Slovakia | View presentation |
| SAI Belarus Mr Dzmitry Zakharau, Mr Stepan Dubnitsky | International Coordinated Audit on Protection of the Bug River Catchment Area from Pollution | View presentation |
| SAI Estonia/Secretariat of EWGEA Ms Tuuli Rasso | EUROSAI WGEA: Activities and plans | View presentation |
| SAI Kuwait Mr Adel Alkoot, Mr Mohammad Alzaabi | ARABOSAI RWGEA: Progress report and activities | View presentation |