Spring Session 2019: From Waste Management to Circular Economy was held on 7-8 May 2019 in Kalopanayiotis, Cyprus, hosted by the Audit Office of the Republic of Cyprus.
Spring Session 2019 was organized to discuss the trends and the role of Supreme Audit Institutions in progressing from the traditional collect-and-dispose management of waste towards circular economy and waste prevention. The seminar also provided a forum for discussing potential EUROSAI WGEA cooperative audit(s) on waste-related issues from 2020 and beyond.
Meeting agenda | Meeting report
Presentations from the meeting
| Day 1 | ||
| Mr Charalampos Theopemptou, Member of the House of Representatives of Cyprus | Waste management and the circular economy | View presentation |
| Mr Peeter Eek, waste management expert | Towards the Circular Economy. Next stop – Recycling Society | View presentation |
| SAI Cyprus Ms Anastasia Neocleous | Packaging waste audit | View presentation |
| SAI Latvia Mr Jānis Salenieks | Financial impact of waste management audit | View presentation |
| SAI Lithuania Ms Vaida Barizienė | How to select and implement waste audits to encourage changes | View presentation |
| SAI Czechia Mr Benjamin Groll and Ms Kristyna Liskova | Waste management – risk analysis | View presentation |
| SAI Belgium Mr Jan Vervoort | Food waste and prevention | View presentation |
| European Court of Auditors Mr Robert Markus | How to improve the resource-efficiency of the food supply chain | View presentation |
| SAI Poland Mr Mariusz Gorczyca and Mr Wojciech Dudek | Plastic waste – a common problem so why not a common audit? | View presentation |
| Day 2 | ||
| Commissioner of the Environment of Cyprus Represented by Mr Andreas Angeli | Volunteerism and waste management – Let’s do it Cyprus | View presentation |
| European Topic Centre of Waste and Materials in a Green Economy/VITO Mr Dirk Nelen | Policy challenges for waste prevention and circular economy | View presentation |
| IMPEL Dr Myriam Fernandez | Guidance for regulators on enabling innovations in a circular economy | View presentation |
| SAI Finland Mr Matti Vedenkannas | Innovative public procurement for circular economy | View presentation |
| SAI Slovenia Mr Igor Vošnjak | Light a candle less! | View presentation |
| SAI Cyprus Ms Christina Meshiti | Is Cyprus ready to help closing the loop? An evaluation of national waste management strategy | View presentation |
| SAI Estonia Ms Viire Viss | Circular economy and hazardous waste management. Some concerns from NAOE’s experience | View presentation |
| European Court of Auditors Ms Katarzyna Radecka-Moroz | Making ECA a plastic-free organization | View presentation |
| EUROSAI WGEA Secretariat Ms Tuuli Rasso | News from the EUROSAI WGEA Secretariat | View presentation |
| SAI Estonia Ms Kaire Kesküla | INTOSAI WGEA MOOC on Auditing Waste Issues | View presentation |
Materials of interest related to circular economy and waste prevention
