Working Group

on Environmental Auditing

History

Mission

Members

Activity

Publication

Events

INTOSAI Working Group

During the 14th INCOSAI meeting held in Washington, D.C. in October 1992,

the INTOSAI membership indicated a strong interest in the roles and activities

of supreme audit institutions in issues of environmental auditing. The formation

of a Working Group on Environmental Auditing was initiated and approved

by the Conference. The INTOSAI Governing Board then took steps to constitute

the Working Group under the chairmanship of the Netherlands Court of Audit, which

in turn prepared terms of reference for the WGEA. The terms of reference, which

constitute the guidelines for the Working Group, were approved by

the INTOSAI Governing Board in Vienna in May 1993.

Chairmanship of the WGEA by the Netherlands Court of Audit ended in October 2001,

at which time the Office of the Auditor General of Canada began its term as Chair

of the Working Group.

The WGEA started out with 12 countries and has since grown to a membership

of more than 50, making it the largest INTOSAI working group. By the end of 2000,

the INTOSAI regions – AFROSAI, ARABOSAI, EUROSAI, SPASAI, and OLACEFS

– have each established a Regional Working Group on Environmental Auditing

(RWGEA). English is the official language of the Working Group on Environmental

Auditing.

The Supreme Audit Office of the SR is a member of INTOSAI Working Group

on Environmental Auditing from the year 2004.

EUROSAI Working Group

EUROSAI Work Group on Environmental Auditing is a Work Group formally

established by the Resolution of the IVth EUROSAI Congress held in Paris,

in May, 1999. It's goal is to promote the involvement of SAIs in international

environmental audits of environmental in Europe and to Exchange experiences in

this field. Previously this Group had functioned as INTOSAI's Regional European

Working Group on Environmental Auditing (established in 1998 during

the 16th INTOSAI Congress in Montevideo as a result of "regionalisation"

of the INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing). The Supreme Chamber

of Control (Poland) is the Group's Coordinator.

The work of the Supreme Chamber of Control is supported by six  Sub-coordinators:

– the Netherlands - in Western Europe,

– Norway - in Scandinavia,

– Russian Federation - in selected countires of Eastern Europe,

– Malta and France - in the Mediterranean Region,

– Romania - in the Black Sea Region.

EUROSAI Work Group on Environmental Auditing works in 35 countries. English

is the official language of the Working Group on Environmental Auditing.

The Supreme Audit Office of the SR is a member of EUROSAI Working Group

on Environmental Auditing from the year 2000.