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Hanoi, 15 April 2014

Overview of WGEA activities, project plans, and cooperation with RWGEA. Details on training modules, forestry auditing, and secretariat activities.

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Hanoi, 15 April 2014

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  1. INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental AuditingThe 5th Seminar on Environmental Auditing and 4th Working Meeting of ASOSAI WGEA Hanoi, 15 April 2014

  2. Outline • WGEA membership and functioning • 2014 – 2016 work plan project plans • Activities of INTOSAI WGEA Secretariat • Next Activities The 5th Seminar on Environmental Auditing and 4th Working Meeting of ASOSAO WGEA, Hanoi, 15 – 17 April 2014

  3. WGEA membership and functioning • 77 member SAIs • - newest member:Bahama, Iraq, Nigeria • WGEA SteeringCommittee: • Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, China, Czech Republic, European Court of Auditors, Egypt, Estonia, India, Indonesia, Lesotho, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, United States • Coordinators of RWGEAs: • - ACAG/PASAI: NewZealand • - AFROSAI:Cameroon • - ARABOSAI: Egypt • - ASOSAI: China • - EUROSAI: Norway • - OLACEFS: Argentina The 5th Seminar on Environmental Auditing and 4th Working Meeting of ASOSAI WGEA, Hanoi, 15 – 17 April 2014

  4. 2014-2016 WP project plans The 5th Seminar on Environmental Auditing and 4th Working Meeting of ASOSAI WGEA, Hanoi, 15 – 17 April 2014

  5. 2014-2016 WP project plans The 5th Seminar on Environmental Auditing and 4th Working Meeting of ASOSAI WGEA, Hanoi, 15 – 17 April 2014

  6. 2014-2016 WP project plans • Greenlines • a resource that updates the members of the Working Group on Environmental Auditing (WGEA) on the status of their activities and other developments in environmental auditing • provides a summary of the current activities and initiatives of the Working Group to the members of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) and the general public. • Annual training in Global training facilities • Modules for training developed in conjunction with INTOSAI WGEA GTF project sub committee members (Climate change: Norway, Sustainable development: Estonia, Water: USA, Waste: India and Biodiversity: Brazil) • Dissemination of training module of forestry • To provide knowledge for SAI’s auditors the principles of Sustainable Forest Management • To guide SAI’s auditors how to utilize the WGEA Guidance in Forestry Auditing and other resources • To share auditors’ experiences and practices in auditing the forestry sector The 5th Seminar on Environmental Auditing and 4th Working Meeting of ASOSAI WGEA, Hanoi, 15 – 17 April 2014

  7. Activities of WGEA Secretariat • Transfer of WGEA Website from Estonia to Indonesia • First international training course in Environmental auditing in Global Training Facility iCED di Jaipur, India, 8 – 13 Desember 2013 • Enhance the cooperation with RWGEA • The XII Annual meeting of COMTEMA in Buenos Aires, Argentine, 28 March 2014 • The 13th Steering Committee Meeting of INTOSAI WGEA in Lombok, Indonesia, 2 – 5 April 2014 • Approval toward project plan of WGEA projects The 5th Seminar on Environmental Auditing and 4th Working Meeting of ASOSAI WGEA, Hanoi, 15 – 17 April 2014

  8. Activities of WGEA Secretariat • Provide on-going communication and to strengthen the cooperation with external organization • Observer on Sustainable Innovation Forum di Warsawa, Polandia, 19 –25 November 2013 • Panelist on the1st Asia and pacific International Colloquium on Environmental Rule of law-Defining a New Future for Environmental Justice, Governance and Law in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia, 11 – 12 Desember 2013 • Upload the translation of Arabic version WGEA Guidelines conducted by ARABOSAI WGEA (coordinated by SAI of Egypt) The 5th Seminar on Environmental Auditing and 4th Working Meeting of ASOSAI WGEA, Hanoi, Hanoi, 15 – 17 April 2014

  9. Activities of WGEA Secretariat The 13th Steering Committee Meeting • Objective • to discuss and approve the project plans of INTOSAI WGEA including its milestone • Delegates • 38 delegates, consisting of 16 SAIs (member of SC Meeting) and 1 SAI as an abserver (SAI of Iraq) • Output • Agreed project plan consisiting 7 research papers, 4 ISSAIs review projects, updating the guidance toward waste management, Greenlines, The 2nd environmental training on Global Training Fasiities India and dissemination of training module on auditing forestry. The 5th Seminar on Environmental Auditing and 4th Working Meeting of ASOSAI WGEA, Hanoi, Hanoi, 15 – 17 April 2014

  10. Next Activities • The annual audit collection on May 2014 (submission by September 2014) • Sending out an email requesting the audit collection : April 2014 • Deadline for the submission : September 2014 • Uploading the reports : October 2014 • The 8th environmental audit survey on early 2015 (submission by April 2015) • Drafting the survey : April – June 2014 • Requesting comment SC members : July – September 2014 • Finalizing the survey : Sept – Nov 2014 • Translating the survey into other languages : Dec 2014 – Jan 2015 • Send the survey out to all INTOSAI members : February 2015 • Deadline for survey submission to Secretariat : 1 April 2015 • Analyzing the survey result : April – June 2015 • Writing the report : July 2015 • Publishing the report on WGEA website : September 2015 The 5th Seminar on Environmental Auditing and 4th Working Meeting of ASOSAI WGEA, Hanoi, 15 – 17 April 2014

  11. Next Activities • Greenlines will be published by June 2014 • The US GAO as the project leader has sent an email to all member of INTOSAI WGEA requesting information to be published in the upcoming Greenlines • The 2nd programme of the GTF on “Introduction to Environment Audit” India • to be held on 14 – 27 November 2014 in Global Training Facility Jaipur India • The invitation will be sent out soon (April 2014) • Application would close by end of August 2014 • No more than 30 participants The 5th Seminar on Environmental Auditing and 4th Working Meeting of ASOSAI WGEA, Hanoi, 15 – 17 April 2014

  12. Next Activities • Dissemination of Training Module in Forestry Auditing • to be held on 7 – 13 September 2014 (tentatively) in Indonesia • Targeted participants: Auditors from any SAI that previously have experiences in auditing, at least 2 years • Topics to be delivered (6-day training, incl. 1-day excursion) • Methodology consisting of class and group discussion, exercises, case studies and field trip (practising geo spatial tools) • Sending out the invitation to participants in June 2014 • Application would close on 31 July 2014 • Assembly Meeting • The aims is to report the progress of project plan to the INTOSAI WGEA members • To be held on 29 September to 3 October 2014 in Philippines • Consisting of plenary session and parallel session • Inviting subject matter expert on specific themes. The 5th Seminar on Environmental Auditing and 4th Working Meeting of ASOSAI WGEA, Hanoi, 15 – 17 April 2014

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