EUROSAI Magazine Nº 24

EDITORIAL
Maria Jose de la Fuente y de la Calle
President of the Spanish Court of Audit and Secretary General of EUROSAI

1. EUROSAI ACTIVITIES

1.1. 49th EUROSAI GOVERNING BOARD MEETING

Summary of the Main Discussions and Agreements Gdansk (Poland), 14-15 March 2018

1.2. EUROSAI ACTIVITIES DURING 2018

1.3. ADVANCE OF EUROSAI ACTIVITIES IN 2019

1.4. APPOINTMENTS IN EUROSAI MEMBERS DURING 2018

2. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EUROSAI STRATEGY

STRATEGIC GOALS AND GOVERNANCE PORTFOLIOS OF THE EUROSAI STRATEGIC PLAN 2017 - 2023

2.1. PROMOTING AND BROKERING PROFESSIONAL COOPERATION - SUCCESSFUL START AND GOOD PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS EUROSAI STRATEGIC GOAL 1  

EUROSAI Strategic Goal 1

Co-led by the Supreme Audit Office of the Czech Republic and the Bundesrechnungshof of Germany

2.2. EUROSAI STRATEGIC GOAL 2: HELPING EUROSAI MEMBERS DEAL WITH NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES BY SUPPORTING AND FACILITATING THEIR INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT  

EUROSAI Strategic Goal 2

Co-led by the Supreme Audit Office of Poland (NIK) and the Swedish National Audit Office (SNAO)

2.3. LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THE OVERALL GOVERNANCE AND CULTURE PORTFOLIO

Turkish Court of Accounts (TCA) - Presidency of EUROSAI 

Holder of the Portfolio on Overall Governance and Culture

2.4. THE EUROSAI'S GOLDEN CIRCLETHE GOALS AND THE SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMUNICATION PORTFOLIO

Latvijas Republikas Valsts kontrole (State Audit Office of the Republic of Latvia)

Holder of the Portfolio on Communication

2.5. PORTFOLIO ON RELATIONS WITH NON-SAI STAKEHOLDERS: OPENING DOORS ANDWINDOWS TO THE WORLD

Netherlands Court of Audit

Holder of the Portfolio on Relations with non-SAI stakeholders

2.6. PORTFOLIO ON RELATIONS WITH OTHER INTOSAI REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: ‘COMINGTOGETHER IS A BEGINNING; KEEPING TOGETHER IS PROGRESS; WORKING TOGETHER IS SUCCESS' - HENRY FORD

Spanish Court of Audit - EUROSAI Secretariat

Holder of the Portfolio on Relations with other INTOSAI Regional Organisations

2.7. PORTFOLIO ON EMERGING ISSUES AND FORWARD THINKING: INSIGHTS FROM THEEUROSAI EMERGING ISSUES WORKSHOP

National Audit Office of Finland

Holder of the Portfolio on Emerging issues and Forward thinking

3. EUROSAI WORKING GROUPS AND TASK FORCES

3.1. YEAR 2018 IN EUROSAI WGEA: AUDITORS DISCUSS WIDE-RANGING ISSUES OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE

National Audit Office of Estonia

Chair of the EUROSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing (WGEA)

3.2. ACTIVE IT AUDIT MANUAL

Pawet Banas, Najwyzsza Izba Kontroli (SAI of Poland/Chair of the EUROSAI Working Group on Information Technologies)

Joao Carlos Cardoso, Tribunal de Contas of Portugal

3.3. EUROSAI WORKING GROUP ON THE AUDIT OF FUNDS ALLOCATED TO DISASTERS AND CATASTROPHES

Accounting Chamber of Ukraine

Chair of the EUROSAI Working Group on the Audit of Funds Allocated to Disasters and Catastrophes

3.4. TFA&E: WORKING WITH OTHERS

Tribunal de Contas (SAI of Portugal)

Chair of the EUROSAI Task Force on Audit & Ethics (TFA&E)

3.5. EUROSAI TFMA MEETING IN SERBIA

National Audit Office of the Republic of Lithuania

Chair of the EUROSAI Task Force on Municipality Audit (TFMA)

4. INFORMATION ON EU

4.1. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CONTACT COMMITTEE OF EU SAIsINTERACTION WITH EU CITIZENS - OPENING SAIS

State Audit Office of Croatia 

4.2. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EU BUDGET FOR THE 2017 FINANCIAL YEAR

European Court of Auditors 

4.3. OTHER REPORTS, OPINIONS AND DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY THE EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS IN 2018

European Court of Auditors 

4.4. NOVELTIES AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS IN 2018

European Court of Auditors

5. STUDIES AND OTHER ARTICLES

5.1. AUDITING THE SDGs: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNTIES FOR SAIs INTOSAI'S ROLE IN SUPPORTING SAIS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SDGS

Austrian Court of Audit 

General Secretariat of INTOSAI

5.2. POPULATION AGEING: HOW CAN SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONS HELP ADDRESS THIS EUROPEAN CHALLENGE?

Maria Dolores Genaro Moya, Member of the Court of Audit 

Spanish Court of Audit

5.3. THE SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONS AUDITED PREPAREDNESS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2030 AGENDA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS 

Augustyn Kubik, Advisor to the NIK President, Beata Btasiak-Nowak, Economic Advisor, Department of Public Administration, Marzena Rajczewska, Technical Advisor, Department of Public Administration

Supreme Audit Office of Poland

5.4. PUBLIC AUDIT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION - A BOOK IN THE MAKING 

Derek Meijers, Directorate of the Presidency of the European Court of Auditors

5.5. INTERNATIONAL FOCUS ON COMPANIES OWNED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES 

State Audit Office of Hungary

5.6. BUDGET MONITOR WEB-PLATFORM DEVELOPED BY THE STATE AUDIT OFFICE OF GEORGIA 

State Audit Office of Georgia

5.7. PERFORMANCE REPORT IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATION CARRIED OUT IN 2016 AT THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 

Romanian Court of Accounts

5.8. NEW LAW ENACTED ON THE CHAMBER OF ACCOUNTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN 

Chamber of Accounts of the Republic of Azerbaijan

5.9. BULGARIAN NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR THE PERIOD 2018 - 2022 - NEW HORIZONS AND CHALLENGES  

Bulgarian National Audit Office (BNAO)

5.10. STATE AUDIT INSTITUTION PRESENTED ITS 1000th AUDIT REPORT

State Audit Institution of Serbia

5.11. AGEING POPULATION AND AUDIT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEM

Mourad Bengassouma and Ibrahim Hamouda

Tunisian Court of Accounts ARABOSAI Secretariat

5.12. FRIENDS, ROMANS, COUNTRYMEN, LEND ME YOUR EAR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION FOR SAI AUDITORS (PESA)

Jade Quarrell INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI)