Collaborative Climate Change Audit Project: Process Chronicle and Lessons Learned

Report ID: 294

In order to assess the progress their governments have made on climate change action, from 2015 to 2018, the Auditors General of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan,   partnered with the federal Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development and the Office of the Auditor General of Canada (Canada, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), which carried out audit work for the three territories in its role as independent auditor for Canada’s northern legislatures.

This was the first time that so many legislative audit offices in Canada coordinated their work in this way. A project working group was formed in November 2015, consisting of auditors from participating audit offices. Their work culminated in the summary report tabled in Parliament in March 2018 called Perspectives on Climate Change Action in Canada: A Collaborative Report from Auditors General (Available at  https://intosai-cooperativeaudits.org/report/perspectives-con-climate-change-action-in-canada-a-collaborative-report-from-the-auditors-general).

The project team wrote a final report to document the process they used in the collaborative audit in order to assist those planning this kind of work in the future in Canada and elsewhere to assess issues of mutual interest and importance. The Lessons Learned report is divided in three parts.

• The first part chronicles the process developed and used to plan, conduct, report, and communicate during the project.
• The second part summarizes our efforts to identify lessons learned.
• The third part reflects on the above and provides some key perspectives from the Project Manager that could assist others doing similar work in the future.

In the planning of the audits, the report refers that, among others, the following model of cooperative audits were considered:

• The International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) Working Group on Environmental Auditing (WGEA) Coordinated Audit on Climate Change 2010.
• The INTOSAI WGEA document Cooperation Between Supreme Audit Institutions: Tips and Examples for Cooperative Audits, 2007.

Source: https://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/oth_201905_e_43380.html

Projet collaboratif d'audit sur le changement climatique : Chronique du processus et leçons apprises

Report ID: 295

Afin d'évaluer les progrès réalisés par leurs gouvernements en matière de lutte contre le changement climatique, de 2015 à 2018, les vérificateurs généraux de l'Alberta, de la Colombie-Britannique, du Manitoba, du Nouveau-Brunswick, de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, de la Nouvelle-Écosse, de l'Ontario, de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard et de la Saskatchewan, s'est associé au commissaire fédéral à l'environnement et au développement durable et au Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada (Canada,

Territoires du Nord-Ouest, Nunavut, Yukon), qui a effectué des travaux de vérification pour les trois territoires en sa qualité de vérificateur indépendant pour les assemblées législatives du Nord du Canada. C'était la première fois qu'un si grand nombre de bureaux de vérification législative au Canada coordonnaient leur travail de cette manière. Un groupe de travail a été formé en novembre 2015, composé de vérificateurs des bureaux de vérification participants. Leur travail a abouti au rapport de synthèse déposé au Parlement en mars 2018, intitulé Perspectives sur les mesures de lutte contre le changement climatique au Canada : Un rapport de collaboration des vérificateurs généraux (disponible à l'adresse https://intosai-cooperativeaudits.org/report/perspectives-sur-le-changement-climatique-au-canada-un-rapport-conjoint-des-vrificateurs-gnraux

L'équipe de projet a rédigé un rapport final pour documenter le processus utilisé dans l'audit collaboratif afin d'aider ceux qui planifient ce type de travail à l'avenir au Canada et ailleurs à évaluer les questions d'intérêt et d'importance mutuels. Le rapport sur les enseignements tirés est divisé en trois parties.

- La première partie décrit le processus développé et utilisé pour planifier, mener, rendre compte et communiquer au cours du projet.

- La deuxième partie résume nos efforts pour identifier les leçons apprises.

- La troisième partie réfléchit sur ce qui précède et fournit quelques perspectives clés du gestionnaire de projet qui pourraient aider d'autres personnes effectuant un travail similaire à l'avenir. Lors de la planification des audits,

Le rapport mentionne que, entre autres, le modèle suivant d'audits coopératifs a été envisagé : - Le groupe de travail de l'Organisation internationale des institutions supérieures de contrôle des finances publiques (INTOSAI) sur l'audit d'environnement (WGEA) a coordonné l'audit sur le changement climatique 2010. - Le document du GTVE de l'INTOSAI intitulé Coopération entre les institutions supérieures de contrôle : Tips and Examples for Cooperative Audits, 2007.

Source : https://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/Francais/oth_201905_f_43380.html

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International Report of the Coordinated Audit of the Agro Plan 2003-2015 for Agriculture and Rural Life in the Americas

Report ID: 309

On December 6th 2011, the SAIs of Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama and Peru signed a Memorandum of Understanding  in order to conduct a coordinated audit to the Agro Plan 2003-2015 for Agriculture and Rural Life in the Americas with the support of GIZ.

The audit included the selective evaluation of the management of the entities in each country responsible for implementing the Plan for Agriculture and Rural Life in the Americas (mainly the Ministries and Secretariats responsible for agricultural policy and rural development) in order to establish the level of compliance with this national commitment acquired by the countries and the management carried out by government entities.

General Objective: To determine how the leading institution and/or the executors at the national level have incorporated the Agro Plan 2003-2015 for agriculture and rural life in the Americas in their plans, programmes and public policies and how they are following up in the Republics of Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Peru.

Specific Objectives:

• To verify progress towards the shared vision of the Agro Plan 2003-2015 for agriculture and rural life in the Americas based on a selection of the indicators prioritised by each participating SAI.
• To determine the 2003-2011 performance of public investment in the agricultural sector in order to establish its relationship with the priorities of the Agro Plan.
• To determine whether the Agro Plan 2003-2015 for agriculture and rural life in the Americas has been included in the national policies, plans and/or programs of each participating country, with respect to the management of agricultural risks and emergencies as a result of climatic phenomena.

In the development of the Coordinated Audit of the Agro Plan 2003-2015, the draft version of the former ISSAI 5800 - now GUID 9000 was implemented as a test.

The report is available in spanish

Source:https://www.olacefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/PLAN_AGRO-.pdf

SUMARIO EXECUTIVO DE AUDITORIA COORDENADA INTERNACIONAL "AVALIAÇÃO DAS POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS DE INSERÇÃO DE FONTES RENOVÁVEIS NA MATRIZ ELÉTRICA"

Report ID: 313

Com base nesse cenário, de inquestionável relevância social e econômica para a região, a Organização Latino-Americana e do Caribe de Entidades Fiscalizadoras Superiores (Olacefs), por meio do Grupo de Trabalho de Auditoria de Obras Públicas (GTOP), elegeu o assunto energias renováveis no setor elétrico para a realização de uma auditoria coordenada. Participaram dos trabalhos conjuntos Entidades Fiscalizadoras Superiores de doze países (Brasil, Chile, Colômbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Equador, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, México, Paraguai e Venezuela). Em face dessa oportunidade, foi possível promover um intercâmbio de informações sobre as políticas energéticas adotadas em cada país e uma posterior consolidação dos resultados da auditoria, com o propósito de contribuir para o aprimoramento das estratégias voltadas ao incremento de fontes limpas na matriz elétrica

A auditoria teve como objeto central a avaliação das políticas públicas para inserção de fontes renováveis na matriz elétrica dos países participantes, incluídos os compromissos internacionais assumidos, bem como as diretrizes governamentais correlatas. Para atingir essa finalidade, foram estabelecidos os seguintes objetivos: 1) identificar a situação atual da matriz elétrica em cada um dos países membros da Para verificar as assinaturas, acesse www.tcu.gov.br/autenticidade, informando o código 63195435. 7 Olacefs participantes;

2) avaliar se existem políticas públicas estabelecidas para o alcance dos compromissos nacionais e/ou internacionais assumidos para a expansão das energias renováveis no setor elétrico, em especial para a consecução dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável e do Acordo de Paris;

3) analisar os investimentos em infraestrutura para a geração de energia elétrica sustentável (fontes hídrica, eólica, solar, biomassa, maré, etc) e eventuais barreiras existentes para a inserção/expansão dessa infraestrutura, sobretudo com relação aos aspectos relacionados aos desafios operacionais, questões regulatórias, políticas de subsídio e de fomento, segurança energética, preço da energia, modulação das tarifas, entre outros.

No contexto do esforço colaborativo induzido pelos acordos internacionais mencionados, esta auditoria também é importante ferramenta para detectar oportunidades de melhoria e boas práticas nas políticas públicas relacionadas ao tema, resultados que podem trazer insumos relevantes para a melhoria dessas políticas nos países participantes e até mesmo na comunidade internacional.

Fonte: https://www.olacefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Relat%C3%B3rio-Completo_POR.pdf

* o relatório está também disponível em inglês e espanhol neste catálogo.

Summary sheet of the Coordinated Audit of Renewable Energies

Report ID: 314

The Latin American and Caribbean Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS), through the Public Works Audit Working Group (GTOP), chose the topic of renewable energies in the electricity sector to carry out a coordinated audit.

The Supreme Audit Institutions of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay and Venezuela participated in the joint work. This made it possible to promote an exchange of information on the energy policies adopted in each country and a subsequent consolidation of the results of the audit, with the aim of contributing to the improvement of strategies aimed at expanding clean sources in the electricity matrix.

The objective of the audit was to carry out a diagnosis on public policies and investments related to the expansion of renewable energies in the electricity sector in the participating countries of the Latin American and Caribbean region, especially identifying good practices and opportunities for improvement in these policies, so as to contribute to the achievement of the commitments assumed through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the Paris Agreement.

The specific objectives addressed by the coordinated audit were:

1) To identify the current situation of the electricity matrix in each of the OLACEFS participating member countries;

2) To evaluate whether there are public policies in place to achieve national and/or international commitments for the expansion of renewable energies in the electricity sector, especially for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement;

3) Analyze investments in infrastructure for the generation of sustainable electrical energy (water, wind, solar, biomass, tidal, etc.) and possible existing barriers to the insertion/expansion of this infrastructure, especially in relation to aspects related to operational challenges, regulatory issues, subsidy and promotion policies, energy security, energy prices, tariff modulation, among others.

* The executive summary is available in Portuguese and Spanish on this catalogue.

Source: https://www.olacefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Hoja-Resumen_ING.pdf