BIEP (Benchmarking Information Exchange Project)

Czech Republic

BIEP EXTRANET offering ideas of topics to share data on and updating the information regularly.

Project Group on Innovations in EUROSAI

Germany, France, Lithuania

Regular newsletter

Identify the scope of data use in EUROSAI member states and find best practice models in the field of audit methodology and data analysis 

TFMA (SAIs Austria, Slovakia, North Macedonia)

Survey report, online tool for tailor made analysis

Analyze methodologies used in different EUROSAI member SAIs in audits of municipalities

TFMA (SAIs Croatia, Latvia and Romania)

Identified areas where the recommendations and guidelines on municipality audit could be useful

Conduct seminars on topical issues for the members of the WG

WGAFADC

Seminar 

Implement initiatives to encourage the SAI’s role in promoting integrity in the public sector and in including ethics as an element of the audit process

TFAE

TFAE working plan has been implemented

Project Group on Reactive and rapid audit reporting: using facts-only reports to assist public accountability 

UK (lead, incl. Audit Scotland, Northern Ireland Audit Office, Wales Audit Office); Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, European Court of Auditors, France, Latvia, Malta, Norway, Slovak Republic, Sweden, The Netherlands, Turkey

Workshop; output to be published 

To gather and systemize information about municipalities' own revenues in each country via conducting a survey. 

TFMA

Results of the survey  

To update the database about the main municipal data/expenses annually. 

TFMA

Database about the main municipal data updated 

To gather and systemize information about audit sample selecting practice at local government level (finding best practice models via conducting survey). 

TFMA

Data collection and analysis. Summary of analysis. 

Analysis of administrative supervision of municipalities (comparing models, identifying strengths, weaknesses, etc.) 

TFMA

Questionnaire and research completed

Collecting and systematizing data on the manner/methods of monitoring implementation of recommendations given in the audit reports for the local self-government units (in order to find best practice by conducting a survey/questionnaire) 

TFMA

Data collected and systemized