AUDITORÍA COORDINADA SOBRE ESTRUCTURAS DE GOBERNANZA PARA EL MANEJO INTEGRAL DE LOS PASIVOS AMBIENTALES MINEROS

Report ID: 401

A raíz de la auditoría coordinada en pasivos ambientales de 2015 realizada por la COMTEMA de la OLACEFS, se observaron espacios de mejora para los países de la región, respecto de los riesgos generados por los PAM. Esta situación se evidenció en un sector económico determinante, puesto que la extracción de recursos naturales de origen minero constituye, históricamente, un eje central en la economía regional. Con el fin de ahondar en esta temática y, en el marco de las actividades del Grupo de Trabajo de Obras Públicas de la OLACEFS, se realizó la auditoría coordinada “Estructuras de Gobernanza para el manejo de los pasivos ambientales mineros”.

Esta auditoría fue liderada por la Contraloría General de la República de Chile y contó con la participación de las EFS de Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Perú y República Dominicana; así como las entidades de fiscalización subnacionales del estado de Bahía, en Brasil, y la provincia de Buenos Aires, en Argentina.

El objetivo general de la auditoria fue evaluar si los países y unidades subnacionales participantes en la auditoría coordinada cuentan con estructuras de gobernanza y mecanismos de gestión, que permitan implementar acciones para el manejo integral de los PAM. Ello, con énfasis en: a) la identificación de riesgos, b) la priorización de los sitios y c) la implementación de medidas de eliminación, mitigación o control de los riesgos identificados en los sitios priorizados. La auditoría inicio su planificación y capacitaciones en el año 2019.

La ejecución se realizó durante el año 2020 y en el 2021 se realizó la consolidación de los resultados de las auditorías llevadas a cabo por las EFS. Esta auditoría contó con el valioso apoyo de la Cooperación Alemana, por medio de la Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, así como también con el aporte de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) de las Naciones Unidas; el Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de las Naciones Unidas (UNDESA); Instituto Federal de Geociencias y Recursos Naturales (BGR); los Grupos de Trabajo de Medio Ambiente (WGEA) y de Industrias Extractivas (WGEI) de INTOSAI; el Programa de Cooperación Regional para la Gestión Sustentable de los Recursos Mineros en los Países Andinos (Programa Minsus).

Fuente: https://minsus.net/olacefs-presenta-principales-resultados-y-hallazgos-de-la-auditoria-coordinada-de-pasivos-ambientales-mineros-en-latinoamerica/

El informe de la primera auditoría de pasivos ambientales de la OLACEFS está disponible aqui: https://intosai-cooperativeaudits.org/catalog/report/informe-regional-de-la-auditora-coordinada-sobre-pasivos-ambientales-de-la-olacefs

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- 

Joint Report Funds earmarked for the implementation of the Swiss–Czech Cooperation Programme to reduce economic and social disparities within the enlarged European Union (in czech)

Report ID: 403

In 2013 the SAIs of  Czech Republic and Switzerland  agreed to perform a coordinated audit of the “Funds earmarked for the implementation of the Swiss-Czech Cooperation Programme (SCCP) to reduce economic and social disparities within the enlarged European Union”.

The objective of the parallel audit was  to verify the compliance of the cooperation programme activities with the relevant obligations stipulated in the Swiss–Czech Framework Agreement (SCFA), signed on 20 December 2007, as well as in the national legislations and guidelines. Both audits aimed at reviewing the implementation system of the SCCP, the reliability of the control and audit system, the fulfilment of programme objectives and selected projects of beneficiaries.

Source: https://www.nku.cz/assets/publikace/svycarsko-ceska-spoluprace-cz.pdf

Joint Report on the Results of Parallel Audits of Excise Duty Administration in the Slovak Republic and in the Czech Republic (in Czech)

Report ID: 404

Legislation in the Czech Republic and in Slovakia on excise duty and its administration complies with EU legislation and exceeds EU requirements substantially. Differences have been discovered between Slovak and Czech excise duty regulations: in the Czech Republic, verification of the economic stability of applicants for permits and mandatory labelling and dyeing of several mineral and some other oils contribute to effective excise duty administration; in Slovakia, the distribution of excise stamps is simpler than in the Czech Republic and less of a burden on excise duty administrators. In the fight against excise duty evasion, supervising the movement of raw tobacco or tobacco materials, the implementation of the institute of a transport fuel distributor, and keeping a registry of merchants of consumer packaged alcohol appear to be a good practice in the fight against excise duty evasion. Excise duty revenues in the Czech Republic and in Slovakia grow more slowly than other tax revenues

In August 2015, The Supreme Audit Institutions of  Czech Republic and Slovakia agreed to conduct parallel audits aimed primarily at excise duty administration an signed an Agreement for this purpose. The topic of the parallel audits was chosen because both EU Member States follow common European legislation on this matter, thereby providing an opportunity to ascertain how European legislation is applied on a national level, how the excise duty administration system is set up, and how the system in Slovakia and the system in the Czech Republic differ.

The audit questions on which the parallel audits were based were agreed jointly. The parallel audits aimed to compare the performance of the excise duty administrators while taking into account qualitative and quantitative indicators and identifying weaknesses in the excise duty administration process. Answers to the following audit questions in particular should have been sought:

- Have excise duty administrators in the Czech Republic and Slovakia been attaining comparable values of qualitative indicators while incurring comparable costs?

- Has implementation of the EMCS1 resulted in more effective excise duty administration and has been spending on its implementation effective?

- The joint final report on the audit results was drawn up in accordance with ISSAI 300 - Fundamental Principles of Performance Auditing

Source: https://www.nku.cz/assets/publikace-a-dokumenty/ostatni-publikace/spolecna-zprava-kontrola-spotrebni-dane-cr-sr_cz.pdf

English report: https://intosai-cooperativeaudits.org/catalog/report/joint-report-on-the-results-of-parallel-audits-of-excise-duty-administration-in-the-slovak-republic-and-in-the-czech-republic

Joint report on measures taken in poverty alleviation

Report ID: 405

In the Europe 2020 strategy, adopted by the European Union in 2010, the reduction of the number and proportion of people living in income poverty and social exclusion played an important role. This theme is also among the top sustainability goals adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, as SDG1 aimed to end poverty in all forms and dimensions by 2030.

As part of the Network on Europe 2020 stratege Audit, being one of the Network´s subprojects, the State Audit Office of Hungary (as coordinator), the Bulgarian National Audit Office, The State Audit Office of the Republic of Croatia, the State Audit Office of the Republic of Latvia and the Supreme Office of the Slovak Republic decided to carry out a coordinated audit to allow for sharing their results and experiences from audits focusing on measures taken in poverty alleviation. The SAIS  set out the objectives, scope, methodology and other conditions of the cooperation in an agreement.

The objetive of the audit was to enable the exchange of knowledge, experience and good practices, as well as to evaluate the conclusions and recommendations concerning the execution of the goals of the national strategies and planned measures implemented to improve the circunstances and of people living below the poverty threshold.

The following questions were addressed:

1. Have the strategies, action plans and other related documents been developed in order to achieve poverty reduction goals?

2. Have the aims of reducing poverty, the applied concepts and indicators been defined?

3. Is the reliability of data and information ensured?

4. Have data and information been evaluated?

5. Has the monitoring system of implementation been established and operated?

The international cooperative audit found that the implementation of national strategies and the coordination and cooperation among the impacted institutions achieved different results in the participating five countries. The report includes good practises and lessons learnt.

Source: https://www.nku.gov.sk/documents/10272/1542112/Joint_report_poverty_allevation.pdf