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Swiss Federal Audit Office: Role in National Indicators

This presentation discusses the role of the Swiss Federal Audit Office in the monitoring and audit processes of national indicators in Switzerland. It covers the Swiss monitoring system, key indicators for measuring progress, and the audit role of the Swiss Federal Audit Office.

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Swiss Federal Audit Office: Role in National Indicators

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  1. EIDGENÖSSISCHE FINANZKONTROLLE CONTRÔLE FÉDÉRAL DES FINANCES CONTROLLO FEDERALE DELLE FINANZE CONTROLLA FEDERALA DA FINANZAS INTOSAI WG on Key National Indicators Situation about National Indicators in Switzerland and the role of the Swiss Federal Audit Office Presentation by Arthur Taugwalder, Swiss Federal Audit Office, Moscow, 20 May 2008 1 Presentation A. Taugwalder, SFAO / Moscow, 20 May 2008

  2. EIDGENÖSSISCHE FINANZKONTROLLE CONTRÔLE FÉDÉRAL DES FINANCES CONTROLLO FEDERALE DELLE FINANZE CONTROLLA FEDERALA DA FINANZAS Switzerland – 26 Cantons (States) 2 Presentation A. Taugwalder, SFAO / Moscow, 20 May 2008

  3. Confederation, Cantons and Municipalities EIDGENÖSSISCHE FINANZKONTROLLE CONTRÔLE FÉDÉRAL DES FINANCES CONTROLLO FEDERALE DELLE FINANZE CONTROLLA FEDERALA DA FINANZAS Swiss Confederation Swiss Constitution Federal legislation & federal taxes Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO) 26 cantons (=states) 26 Constitutions 26 legislative systems & 26 tax systems 26 Cantonal Audit Institutions (CAIs) Approx. 3,000 municipalities, all with their own laws & tax systems, and some with their own audit offices. 3 Presentation A. Taugwalder, SFAO / Moscow, 20 May 2008

  4. EIDGENÖSSISCHE FINANZKONTROLLE CONTRÔLE FÉDÉRAL DES FINANCES CONTROLLO FEDERALE DELLE FINANZE CONTROLLA FEDERALA DA FINANZAS KNI – important steps • UNO Earth Summit in Rio and Johannesburg lead to the Paragraph 73 Sustainability in the Constitution and the Swiss Monitoring System MONET • Governmental Report „Indicators as managerial size“ from 2003on request of the parliament • Legislative Plan 2007 – 2011 from 23 January 2008: first time with Indicators • Paragraph 170 of the Constitution: Performance Auditof government action 4 Presentation A. Taugwalder, SFAO / Moscow, 20 May 2008

  5. EIDGENÖSSISCHE FINANZKONTROLLE CONTRÔLE FÉDÉRAL DES FINANCES CONTROLLO FEDERALE DELLE FINANZE CONTROLLA FEDERALA DA FINANZAS KNI - Landscape MONETMonitoring sustainable Development Legislative Plan2007 - 2011 GrowthStrategyof the FederalGovernment New tasks allocationand financialequalisation EcologicalFootprint 6 Presentation A. Taugwalder, SFAO / Moscow, 20 May 2008

  6. EIDGENÖSSISCHE FINANZKONTROLLE CONTRÔLE FÉDÉRAL DES FINANCES CONTROLLO FEDERALE DELLE FINANZE CONTROLLA FEDERALA DA FINANZAS MONET - Swiss Monitoring System Definition • This system of sustainable indicators is jointly developing by: • Swiss Federal Statistical Office, • Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape • Federal Office for Spatial Development 7 Presentation A. Taugwalder, SFAO / Moscow, 20 May 2008

  7. EIDGENÖSSISCHE FINANZKONTROLLE CONTRÔLE FÉDÉRAL DES FINANCES CONTROLLO FEDERALE DELLE FINANZE CONTROLLA FEDERALA DA FINANZAS MONET - Swiss Monitoring System 17 key indicators to measure progress 8 Presentation A. Taugwalder, SFAO / Moscow, 20 May 2008

  8. EIDGENÖSSISCHE FINANZKONTROLLE CONTRÔLE FÉDÉRAL DES FINANCES CONTROLLO FEDERALE DELLE FINANZE CONTROLLA FEDERALA DA FINANZAS Legislative Planning 2007 - 2011 System of the political agenda of the federal government • 5 Guidlines • Each guidline has several important aims • And each aim has:- a Strategy- necessary Measures of federal government policy- Audit of the reaching the aims with several Indicators • Synopsis of Indicators in Appendix 3 • Dercret of the federal government from January 2008 demand the „Reaching of the aims“ : - to be done by the mentioned Indicators and - to inform in the control-report 9 Presentation A. Taugwalder, SFAO / Moscow, 20 May 2008

  9. EIDGENÖSSISCHE FINANZKONTROLLE CONTRÔLE FÉDÉRAL DES FINANCES CONTROLLO FEDERALE DELLE FINANZE CONTROLLA FEDERALA DA FINANZAS Legislative Planning 2007 - 2011 Who audit the political agenda of the federal government? • Annual governmental control-report coordinated by the Federal Chancellery • The parliament has different Supervisory Committees of both chambers, the Auditing and the Control Committees for the business of the federal government and the Federal Administration • Secretariats of the Supervisory Committees • The SFAO, the Swiss Federal Audit Office 9 Presentation A. Taugwalder, SFAO / Moscow, 20 May 2008

  10. EIDGENÖSSISCHE FINANZKONTROLLE CONTRÔLE FÉDÉRAL DES FINANCES CONTROLLO FEDERALE DELLE FINANZE CONTROLLA FEDERALA DA FINANZAS KNI - Role of the SFAO • No Role in creating and direct development • Audit Role and indirect development: • Data based Risk analyses about - the Audites involved in the Indicators-prcesses - Process and Data-Qualities • Annual Audit Programme autonomously- Performance Audits - Cross-sectional surveys • Mandat by the Federal Parliament • Mandat by the Federal Government Thank you for your attention and have a good day! 10 Presentation A. Taugwalder, SFAO / Moscow, 20 May 2008

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