Joint Report on the Results of the International Audit on Waste Management and Utilization

Report ID: 366

The International Coordinated Audit on Waste Management and Utilization was conducted in the framework of the EUROSAI Working Group on the Audit of Funds Allocated to Disasters and Catastrophes. The purposes of the national audits – were to assess the state and efficiency of the waste management system in the countries participants of the audit.

The Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) of Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine participated in the audit. The SAI of Ukraine was the audit coordinator, The aim of national audits was to assess the state and effectiveness of the waste management system in countries of SAIs– participants of the international audit. The scope of the audit comprised from 2015-2018.

The results of the national audits conducted in the field of household, industrial and other hazardous waste, which can pose a serious threat to human health and the environment, as well as lead to environmental and man-made disasters, showed: for those countries, whose SAIs participated in the audit, common inconsistencies/gaps and problems within existing waste management systems

The results of the cooperative audit indicate the need to strengthen the governments’ efforts to move from the existing linear economy to a circular economy based on the maximum processing of waste generated in the territories of countries as well as the creation of an integrated waste management system in accordance with the EU “waste management hierarchy” in order to reduce the negative impact on the environment, public health and prevent the occurrence of environmental and man-made disasters.

Fuente:  EUROSAI Database of Audits -  https://www.eurosai.org/en/databases/audits/Joint-Report-on-the-Results-of-the-International-Audit-on-Waste-Management-and-Utilization/

Coordinated Audit on “Transboundary movements of waste in the light of the Basel Convention provisions” by the Supreme Audit Institutions of Poland, Slovak Republic and Ukraine (2nd Edition)

Report ID: 390

The European Union has incorporated the Basel Convention into the Waste Shipment Regulation. It applies automatically and uniformly in the Member States of the European Union without the need for transposition into national law. The regulation is binding to all Member States in its entirety.

In  2007, the Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) of Poland, Ukraine and Slovakia carried out a cooperative audit on transboundary movement of waste between their countries on compliance of international obligations in the management of hazardous waste across the borders of their states.

Taking into consideration some changes in the provision and in order to assess the state of implementation of recommendations included in the first audit, as well as assessing the scope of compliance with the provisions of the “Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal”, the SAIs of Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine agreed to re-conduct the joint international audit within the activities of the EUROSAI Working Group on the Audit of Funds Allocated to Disasters and Catastrophes.

The Coordinator of the audit was the Supreme Audit Office of the Republic of Poland. Period covered by the audit 2015 – 2019 Audits were conducted in Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine in the second half of 2019.

The audit objective was to assess the reliability and effectiveness of activities carried out by authorities responsible for transboundary movements of wastes, including within the international cooperation, in particular: y national authorities competent for auditing procedures applied in transboundary movements of wastes; y national environmental protection authorities competent for auditing entities that dispatch or receive wastes from other countries; y national authorities, in particular border authorities, customs services etc., in the scope of auditing the compliance of the notified type of wastes with the actual content of cargo transported across the border.

Source: https://www.nku.gov.sk/documents/10272/1542112/Final+report+Pol-Slo-Ukr-Ang+2021+v7.pdf

The report of the first edition of the audit is available at:  https://intosai-cooperativeaudits.org/catalog/report/joint-information-on-the-results-of-transboundary-movement-of-waste-between-ukraine-the-republic-of-slovakia-and-the-republic-of-poland-2004-2007-in-the-light-of-the-basel-convention

The national report issued by SAI Slovakia on this second audit is available at: https://intosai-cooperativeaudits.org/catalog/report/2019-final-report-transboundary-movement-of-waste-according-to-basel-convention

OLACEFS Coordinated Audit on Environmental Liabilities

Report ID: 398

The management of solid and hazardous waste, such as mining waste, as a result of economic activities, is of great relevance, given the negative effects that its lack of management or inadequate management can have on the population, natural resources and ecosystems, which increases the risk of producing environmental liabilities.

Within the framework of the activities of the Technical Commission on the Environment (COMTEMA) of the Latin American and Caribbean Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS), a Coordinated Audit on Environmental Liabilities was carried out to address this issue.

The Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Dominican Republic; as well as the Audit Institutions (SAIs) of the Argentinean Provinces of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe participated in the audit. It was coordinated by the SAIs of Mexico and Peru. In addition, the audit was supported by the German Cooperation through GIZ.

During this audit, the state management for the prevention and integral management of environmental liabilities was evaluated. The audit assessed the actions carried out by the governmental entities responsible for the management (prevention/control and/or restoration) of environmental liabilities and their effect on the mitigation of the damage they cause to the environment. 

As a result of this evaluation, it was possible to analyse the results of the actions taken by 88 public institutions responsible for environmental liabilities in 9 Latin American and Caribbean countries and in 2 Argentinean provinces.

The findings of the Coordinated Audit show that the policy of attention to environmental liabilities, designed and implemented by the institutions evaluated, is not consolidated, which has led to a limited contribution to the preservation of the environment, of the actions of prevention and control of the generation of environmental liabilities and the remediation of existing ones.

Source: https://www.olacefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/03-Resumen-Ejecutivo-ACPA-11oct16-English_REVISADO_Setrad.pdf

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

Informe Final de Auditoría N° 791 de 2021 sobre Auditoría de Compras Públicas Sostenibles utilizando análisis de datos.

Report ID: 429

Se evaluó la eficacia de las acciones de gestión gubernamental dispuestas por la Dirección de Compras y Contratación Pública, el Ministerio del Medio Ambiente y la Subsecretaría de Evaluación Social del Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia, para la implementación de la meta nacional acordada vinculada con la meta N° 12.7 de los ODS “Promoción de prácticas de compras públicas que sean sostenibles, de conformidad con las políticas y prioridades nacionales”, considerando aspectos de resiliencia. Además, se revisó la adopción de los lineamientos instruidos por las citadas entidades públicas en las Municipalidades de Cerrillos, La Pintana, Las Condes, Puente Alto y Talagante, para el período comprendido entre el 1 de enero de 2018 y el 31 de diciembre de 2020.Se evaluó la eficacia de las acciones de gestión gubernamental dispuestas por la Dirección de Compras y Contratación Pública, el Ministerio del Medio Ambiente y la Subsecretaría de Evaluación Social del Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia, para la implementación de la meta nacional acordada vinculada con la meta N° 12.7 de los ODS “Promoción de prácticas de compras públicas que sean sostenibles, de conformidad con las políticas y prioridades nacionales”, considerando aspectos de resiliencia. Además, se revisó la adopción de los lineamientos instruidos por las citadas entidades públicas en las Municipalidades de Cerrillos, La Pintana, Las Condes, Puente Alto y Talagante, para el período comprendido entre el 1 de enero de 2018 y el 31 de diciembre de 2020.