Parallel Audit of the Preparation for the organisation of the final tournament of the UEFA EURO 2012 European Football Championship - (2007-2008)

Report ID: 312

The European Football Championship is the third largest sporting event after the Olympics and the World Cup. On 18 April 2007 Poland and Ukraine were granted the right to organize EURO 2012, with the Polish Football Association and the Ukrainian Football Federation jointly accepting the offer. 

On 2 May 2007 an agreement on the organisation of the Final Tournament of the UEFA European Football Championship 2010/12 was signed between UEFA and the EURO 2012 organisers, valid until 30 June 2013.  This agreement sets out the requirements for the organisation of EURO 2012 in accordance with UEFA regulations, obligations and guarantees of state authorities and local governments, among others, and contains annexes in the form of: stadium contracts, contracts with EURO 2012 host cities and agreements with ports.

A paralle audit to  "Preparation of Poland for the organisation of the final tournament of the UEFA EURO 2012 European Football Championship" was undertaken on the initiative of the SAIs of Poland and Ukraine. The audit was carried out in the period from September 2008 to January 2009, and covered the period 2007-2008.

The aim of the audit was to assess the implementation, coordination and monitoring and financing tasks related to the preparations of Poland and Ukraine for the organisation of EURO 2012 by the competent authorities, public administration and other entities, including:

1) The organizational activities carried out by the Council of Ministers and the relevant Ministers and the EURO 2012 host cities;
2) Construction or modernisation of stadia and infrastructure: aviation, road, rail, hotel and communication in the EURO 2012 host cities
3) Development of security and order projects, public and medical security, and promotion of Poland and Ukraine and the EURO 2012 host cities.

* The report is available in Polish and Ukranianource.

** The audit for the period 2009-2010 is also available in the catalogue: https://intosai-cooperativeaudits.org/catalog/report/parallel-audit-of-the-preparation-of-poland-and-ukraine-for-the-organization-of-the-european-football-championship-euro-2012-tournament

The results of inspection of utilization effectiveness of state funds allocated for consequences elimination of emergencies

Report ID: 394

The tendency towards the increase of number of emergencies and events, which injure people, damage territories and yield losses to economies, has predetermined the urgency of the issue of providing anthropogenic and ecological safety for societies and territories. Underestimation of harmful factors, as well ass absence of timely compulsory measures is the reason for disastrous consequences, which could have been avoided. This means that health and lives of millions of humans depend on the way functioning of the state general system for prevention and response to disasters and catastrophes is ensured.

During the XIX INTOSAI Congress in Mexico City, the heads of the SAIs of Ukraine and Kazakhstan signed an agreement in order to continue bilateral collaboration that comprised an activity plan for 2008 – 2009. The plan stipulated that both SAIs shall conduct parallel inspections of planning, disbursement and utilization effectiveness of state budget funds, allocated for consequences elimination of emergencies, including anthropogenic disasters.

Among other, the results of inspection showed the inadequacy of communications, warning and information systems of authorized agencies in the area of prevention and consequences elimination of disasters and catastrophes, civil defense, being and important strategic objects of people protection.

Source: https://rp.gov.ua/upload-files/IntCooperation/IntAudits/RI_2008-2009.pdf