The 17th Annual Meeting of EUROSAI WGEA was held in Luxembourg in 22-24 October 2019, in conjunction with the Biodiversity Conference hosted by the European Court of Auditors. Biodiversity was also the focus-topic of the meeting.
Programme of the event | Meeting report (NEW!)
Presentations from the event
| Biodiversity Conference | ||
| Prof David Kleijn, Wageningen University | Status and key threats to biodiversity in Europe | View presentation |
| Mr Ariel Brunner, Birdlife Europe and Central Asia | Status and key threats to biodiversity | View presentation |
| Ms Anne Teller, DG Environment of the European Commission | Results of the European Union Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 | View presentation |
| Ms Eva Viestova, Slovak Ministry of Environment | Biodiversity protection in Slovakia | View presentation |
| Ms Janica Borg, World Wide Fund for Nature | Improving the status of marine biodiversity in Europe | View presentation |
| Mr Pasi Rautio, Natural Resources Institute Finland | Biodiversity in forests – threats and protection | View presentation |
| Day 1 of the Annual Meeting – Auditing Biodiversity | ||
| Mr Akis Kikas, SAI Cyprus, Mr William Peplow, SAI Malta | Joint Cooperative Audit: Are mechanisms in place to ascertain the designation and effective management of MPAs within the Mediterranean Sea? | View presentation |
| Ms Eva Kasmi, SAI Albania | Albania – Marine protected areas | View presentation |
| Ms Airi Andresson, SAI Estonia | Can environmental monitoring data be useful for analysing the status of forest ecosystems? | View presentation |
| Ms Katya Nedialkova, SAI Bulgaria | Natura 2000 network in Bulgaria | View presentation |
| Mr Michal Rampir, SAI Czech Republic | Funds and assets of the state under the management of national park administrations | View presentation |
| Mr Akis Kikas, SAI Cyprus | Pressures on biodiversity from construction developments and urbanisation | View presentation |
| Mr Igor Vošnjak, SAI Slovenia | Efficiency of protection against invasive alien species | View presentation |
| Ms Noura Al Zaher, SAI Kuwait | SAI of Kuwait experience in biodiversity | View presentation |
| Ms Tatsiana Khaitsyna, SAI Belarus | Problems of conservation and development of the European eel population | View presentation |
| Mr Rashit Akhmetov, SAI Kazakhstan | Biodiversity on agricultural land | View presentation |
| Ms Daphne Vanrysselberghe, SAI Belgium | SAI Belgium’s transversal SDG preparedness review | View presentation |
| Mr Imre Nagy, SAI Hungary | Audits of the State Audit Office of Hungary between 2011-2019 in the fields of climate change, sustainable development and environmental protection | View presentation |
| Day 2 of the Annual Meeting – Business Meeting | ||
| Dr Vivi Niemenmaa, SAI Finland, Secretariat of INTOSAI WGEA | INTOSAI WGEA activities and plans | View presentation |
| Ms Munira Al-Huwaidi, SAI Kuwait | ARABOSAI RWGEA: progress report and activities | View presentation |
| Ms Tuuli Rasso, SAI Estonia, Secretariat of EUROSAI WGEA | EUROSAI WGEA activity report | View presentation |
| Mr Wojciech Dudek, SAI Poland | Chairmanship of EUROSAI WGEA: Presentation of the candidature of Supreme Audit Office of Poland | View presentation |