The 2018 EWGEA Spring Session was focused on environmental governance, both at the state and European level. A particular focus of the seminar was the concept of good governance, with environment its specific point of reference.
Deeper understanding and audit examples on the following topics were sought for: sustainable development and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, Strategic Environmental Assessment of public plans and programmes, Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters.
The Spring Session was hosted by the SAI of Finland on 26-27 April 2018 in Helsinki.
Final Programme | List of participants
Group Photo from the Helsinki Spring Session
| Keynote Presentations | ||
| European Court of AuditorsDr Vivi Niemenmaa | Environmental Governance | View presentation |
| Finnish National Commission on Sustainable Development, Ministry of the Environment of FinlandMs Annika Lindblom | The Finnish Government’s approach to sustainable development and SDGs | View presentation |
| National Sustainable Development Monitoring Network, Prime Minister’s Office of Finland Mr Sami Pirkkala | Monitoring, follow-up and evaluation of national Agenda 2030 implementation | View presentation |
| Hendrikson & Ko Mr Heikki Kalle | Strategic Environmental Assessment | View presentation |
| Directorate-General for Environment, European Commission Mr Robert Konrad | Commission Action Plan on Environmental Compliance and Governance | View presentation |
| SAI Presentations | ||
| SAI United KindgomMs Katy Losse | Sustainability overviews: the UK NAO’s experience of auditing environmental governance in government departments | View presentation |
| SAI UkraineMs Anna Kozlova | The experience of the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine in carrying out audits related to Sustainable Development Goals | View presentation |
| SAI NetherlandsMs Sadaf Qutbyar | Netherlands Court of Audit: Preparedness Review SDGs | View presentation |
| SAI BrazilMr Dashiell Costa | OLACEFS Coordinated Audit on SDG Target 2.4 – Sustainable Food Production | View presentation |
| SAI EstoniaMs Airi Andresson | Introduction to The Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters | View presentation |
| SAI SloveniaMs Lejla Marinko | Integrating environmental issues (Natura 2000) into sectoral policies | View presentation |
| SAI Cyprus Mr Sotiris Christofi | Case study: development in an environmentally sensitive area | View presentation |
| SAI EstoniaMs Eva-Maria Asari | Stakeholder engagement and participatory auditing | View presentation |
| SAI of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Ms Rosica Shalevikj Hrisovska | Granting of permits and collection of fees from operators whose installations affect the environment | View presentation |
| SAI Estonia (Chair of EWGEA) Ms Tuuli Rasso | News from the EUROSAI WGEA Secretariat | View presentation |