Summary report of the results of the Cooperative Audit of the management of water sources in Mekong River Basin in line with the implementation of the SDGs
Report ID: 402
With the aim of affirming the role, position and efforts of ASOSAI Community in fulfilling the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a cooperative audit on the management of water resources in Mekong River Basin was approved at the 55th ASOSAI Governing Board Meeting on July 27, 2020.
The SAIs of Vietnam (coordinator), Thailand and Myanmar, three of the six countries that share the Mekong River Basin participated in the audit. The three SAIS worked closely together to reach a concensus to sign the Statement of Commitment and Terms of Reference for the cooperative audit on December 12, 2020.
The audit was performed in a context where the whole basin is facing enormous challenges and negative impacts of climate changes, environmental degradation as well as unsustainable management, exploitation and use of water resources which potentially have a significant effect on the daily lives of more than 65 million people.
The audit was aimed to assess whether the countries concerned have fulfilled the commitments linked to the implementation of SDGs in the Mekong River Basin. The SAIs of Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar effectively applied the audit approaches which were modern and suitable with international audit practices such as IDI’s SDG Audit Model (ISAM) and Whole-of-Government approach.
The participating SAIs created a mechanism for information exchange and close cooperation with INTOSAI’s Knowledge Sharing Committee (KSC), experts from SAIs of Malaysia, Indonesia, the World Bank (WB) and Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation (CAAF) in training activities for the audit.
Source: Kindly shared by the SAI of Vietnam-