COORDINATED AUDIT ON PROTECTED AREAS (2nd Edition) - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Report ID: 379

The Special Technical Commission on the Environment (COMTEMA) of the Latin American and Caribbean Organization of Superior Audit Institutions (OLACEFS) conducted the second edition of the Coordinated Audit on Protected Areas, between 2019 and 2020. (The summary of the first edition is available here: https://intosai-cooperativeaudits.org/catalog/report/coordinated-audit-of-protected-areas-1st-edition-executive-summary)

The audit was coordinated by the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU-Brazil) and was joined by Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) from 17 countries: 15 from Latin America and the Caribbean and 2 from Europe: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, Spain, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal and the Dominican Republic. In addition, 9 Subnational Audit Institutions – 8 Brazilian state courts of accounts in the Amazon region and one Argentine provincial court of accounts – took part in the audit.

The audit had the support of the OLACEFS Capacity Building Committee (CCC) for the training cycle, and was also supported by the German Cooperation by means of GIZ, within the framework of the Regional Project Strengthening External Control in the Environmental Area.

This second edition of the Coordinated Audit on Protected Areas (ACAP), was aimed to assess the level of implementation and management of the protected areas of countries in Latin America, the Caribbean and the Iberian Peninsula, as well as the progress of these countries towards compliance with Aichi Target 11 under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 14 and 15 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The Index of Implementation and Management of Protected Areas (Indimapa) was used. It allows the assessment of protected areas in three implementation and management ranges (low, medium, and high) by means or 13 indicators, that are assessed according to a scale from 0 to 3.

Of the 17 participating countries, 11 also took part in the first edition of the coordinated audit, conducted in 2014 and 2015, which provided the baseline data for comparative analysis of progress and setbacks in the implementation and management of protected areas.

Source: https://portal.tcu.gov.br/biblioteca-digital/auditoria-coordenada-em-areas-protegidas-2-edicao.htmCOORDINATED AUDIT ON PROTECTED AREAS (2nd Edition)  - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

AUDITORIA COORDENADA EM ZONAS PROTEGIDAS (2ª Edição) - SUMÁRIO EXECUTIVO

Report ID: 381

A Comissão Técnica Especial sobre o Ambiente (COMTEMA) da Organização das Instituições Superiores de Auditoria da América Latina e Caraíbas (OLACEFS) realizou a segunda edição da Auditoria Coordenada sobre Áreas Protegidas, entre 2019 e 2020. ( ver o resumo da primeira edição https://intosai-cooperativeaudits.org/catalog/report/coordinated-audit-of-protected-areas-1st-edition-executive-summary).

A auditoria foi coordenada pelo Tribunal Federal de Contas (TCU-Brasil) e teve a participação de Instituições Superiores de Auditoria (ISC) de 17 países: 15 da América Latina e das Caraíbas e 2 da Europa: Argentina, Bolívia, Brasil, Chile, Colômbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Equador, Espanha, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Paraguai, Peru, Portugal e República Dominicana. Além disso, 9 Instituições Subnacionais de Auditoria - 8 tribunais de contas estatais brasileiros na região amazónica e um tribunal de contas provincial argentino - participaram na auditoria.

A auditoria teve o apoio do Comité de Capacitação (CCC) do OLACEFS para o ciclo de formação, e foi também apoiada pela Cooperação Alemã através da GIZ, no âmbito do Projecto Regional de Reforço do Controlo Externo na Área Ambiental.

Esta segunda edição da Auditoria Coordenada sobre Áreas Protegidas (ACAP), teve como objectivo avaliar o nível de implementação e gestão das áreas protegidas dos países da América Latina, Caraíbas e Península Ibérica, bem como o progresso destes países no cumprimento do Objectivo 11 de Aichi no âmbito da Convenção sobre Diversidade Biológica (CDB) e dos Objectivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS) 14 e 15 da Agenda para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável de 2030. 

Foi utilizado o Índice de Implementação e Gestão de Áreas Protegidas (Indimapa). Permite a avaliação de áreas protegidas em três escalas de implementação e gestão (baixa, média e alta) por meios ou 13 indicadores, que são avaliados de acordo com uma escala de 0 a 3.

Dos 17 países participantes, 11 também participaram na primeira edição da auditoria coordenada, realizada em 2014 e 2015, que forneceu os dados de base para a análise comparativa dos progressos e retrocessos na implementação e gestão das áreas protegidas.

Quelle: https://portal.tcu.gov.br/biblioteca-digital/auditoria-coordenada-em-areas-protegidas-2-edicao.htm

AUDITORÍA COORDINADA DE ÁREAS PROTEGIDAS (2ª edición) - RESUMEN EJECUTIVO

Report ID: 382

La Comisión Técnica Especial de Medio Ambiente (COMTEMA) de la Organización de Entidades Fiscalizadoras Superiores de América Latina y el Caribe (OLACEFS) realizó la segunda edición de la Auditoría Coordinada sobre Áreas Protegidas entre 2019 y 2020. ( véase el resumen de la primera edición: https://intosai-cooperativeaudits.org/catalog/report/coordinated-audit-of-protected-areas-1st-edition-executive-summary).

La auditoría fue coordinada por el Tribunal Federal de Cuentas (TCU-Brasil) y contó con la participación de Entidades Fiscalizadoras Superiores (EFS) de 17 países: 15 de América Latina y el Caribe y 2 de Europa: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Ecuador, España, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Paraguay, Perú, Portugal y República Dominicana. Además, participaron en la fiscalización 9 entidades fiscalizadoras subnacionales: 8 tribunales de cuentas estatales brasileños de la región amazónica y un tribunal de cuentas provincial argentino.

La auditoría contó con el apoyo del Comité de Creación de Capacidades (CCC) de la OLACEFS para el ciclo de formación, y también contó con el apoyo de la Cooperación Alemana a través de la GIZ, en el marco del Proyecto Regional de Fortalecimiento del Control Externo en el Área Ambiental.

Esta segunda edición de la Auditoría Coordinada de Áreas Protegidas (ACAP), tuvo como objetivo evaluar el nivel de implementación y gestión de las áreas protegidas en los países de América Latina, el Caribe y la Península Ibérica, así como el progreso de estos países en el cumplimiento de la Meta 11 de Aichi del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica (CDB) y los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) 14 y 15 de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible. 

Se utilizó el Índice de Implantación y Gestión de Áreas Protegidas (Indimapa). Este permite evaluar las áreas protegidas en tres escalas de implementación y gestión (baja, media y alta) mediante 13 indicadores, que se evalúan según una escala de 0 a 3.

De los 17 países participantes, 11 también participaron en la primera edición de la auditoría coordinada, realizada en 2014 y 2015, que proporcionó los datos de referencia para el análisis comparativo de los avances y retrocesos en la implantación y gestión de las áreas protegidas.

Fuente: https://portal.tcu.gov.br/biblioteca-digital/auditoria-coordenada-em-areas-protegidas-2-edicao.htm
 

Coordinated Audit For Assessment of the Infrastructure of Fundamental Education Public Schools

Report ID: 384

The  Court of Accounts of Brazil, with the participation of nineteen (19) Subnational Courts of Audit and eight (8) TCU external control secretariats in the states, conducted a coordinated audit, the objective of which was to assess the quality and availability of facilities and equipment in public basic education schools. They examined, in the period 2011-2015, the resources of the Money Direct at School Programme (PDDE) and the Articulated Action Plan (PAR-infrastructure), as well as the administrative controls for these programmes, also rating the information provided by the schools visited to the 2014 Basic Education School Census.

They visited 679 public schools in the different regions of the country. By means of a methodology for the Calculation of the Weighted Score of the Schools, the index “Average Score of the School Infrastructure was created”, which classifies the infrastructure of the schools as good, acceptable, bad or precarious, taking into account both the availability and the conservation of the facilities. When grouping the scores of the schools visited per geographical region, it was observed that the majority of the schools classified as precarious and bad is located in the North and Northeast of the country. So far as the location within the same state is concerned, it was observed that the majority of the schools of the capital cities enjoy a better situation, with lower incidence of schools being classified as precarious and a higher number of schools in an acceptable situation.

Source: https://pesquisa.apps.tcu.gov.br/#/documento/acordao-completo/*/NUMACORDAO:1007%20ANOACORDAO:2016%20COLEGIADO:'Plen%C3%A1rio'/DTRELEVANCIA%20desc,%20NUMACORDAOINT%20desc/0

**El informe aparece como parte del Acuerdo Plenario 1007/2016-TCU-Plenário

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