EUROSAI WGEA COOPERATIVE AUDIT ON AIR QUALITY

Report ID: 251

With the aim to assess whether the governments of 16 european countries were taking proper action on air quality, the SAIs of the European Court of Auditors, Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Israel, Kosovo, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Netherlands conducted a cooperative audit.

In order to collect and assess comparable information on national government actions, the 15 SAIs
prepared a common audit framework containing the main audit question, the audit topics and the corresponding secondary questions to be addressed by the national audits. The main audit question was: “What is known about the effectiveness and efficiency of measures taken by national and local governments to improve air quality, and are these measures compliant with international and national legislation?”

Two of the main audit findings were that many European countries are failing to comply with international and European standards on air quality. Moreover, many governments have failed to take effective  action to improve air quality and hence to protect their citizens’ health.

The Achievement of Auditing Sustainable Development Goals 2030 Agenda by Supreme Audit Institutions in the ARABOSAI Region

Report ID: 424

The scope of the study is the preparedness’ following-up of the ARBOSAI member SAIs as well as the reporting of the progress achieved in carrying out their auditing SDGs roles, given the tasks assigned to as a regional organization, alongside identifying areas of improvement with regards to member SAIs.

The results of the study highlighted SAIs' awareness about the importance of this type of audit as to improving the quality of public services provided in line with the ISSAI 12 objectives related to "The value and benefits of the SAIs- making a difference to the lives of citizens".