INTOSAI – Working Group on Environmental Auditing

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Projects under 2008-2010 work plan of the Working Group on Environmental Auditing (WGEA) are listed below. Project work plans, related material, and final products will be posted also, as they become available.

We hope that our products and services will enable SAIs to conduct environmental audits no matter their level of experience.

CHAIR'S PROGRESS REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE PROJECTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, SEPTEMBER 2009

There are five new guidance materials under development this working period. It was a common interest and need for the project leaders that the documents have a similar approach and structure. Hence, a paper that gathers the main recommenations was issued:

Guide for Project Leaders: How to Develop a Guidance Material in Environmental Auditing, October 2009

Guidance material - Climate Change, Norway

• Project Work Plan, March 2008
• Draft of the guidance, April 2009 

Guidance material - Forests, Indonesia

• Project Work Plan, July 2008 
• Draft of the guidance, August 2009

Guidance material - Fisheries, South Africa

• Project Work Plan, July 2008 
• Draft of the guidance, August 2009

Guidance material - Minerals and Mining, Tanzania

• Project Work Plan, July 2008 
• Draft of the guidance, August 2009

Guidance material - Sustainable Energy, Czech Republic

• Project Work Plan, July 2008
• Draft of the guidance, August 2009 

Structured review of the Study on Natural Resources Accounting, USA

• Draft of the study, October 2009 

Cooperative Audit of Climate Change

• Project Work Plan, July 2008

Develop training module on the topic of Biodiversity, Brazil and Canada

• Project Work Plan, July 2008

Web page on Biodiversity

• Project Work Plan, July 2008

Handbook for Auditors on Auditing the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

• Project Work Plan, June 2009

6th Survey, Estonia

• Project Work Plan, July 2008

Formal Cooperation Strategy, Estonia

• Project Work Plan, September 2008

Future Functioning of the WGEA, Estonia

• Project related material, April 2008
• Roles and Responsibilities of the WGEA Working Bodies document, approved in WG12, January 2009

WGEA-IDI Environmental Auditing Training Course for AFROSAI-F, Cameroon

• Project Work Plan, July 2008

Web page on Cooperation between SAIs, Netherlands and Poland

• Project related material, July 2008

Annual Collection of Environmental Audits, Estonia

Web Enhancements, Estonia and Canada

Undertake analyses of the Environemental Audits World-Wide Database, create a web section on Environmental Accords, Canada and Estonia

Projects under the 2005–2007 work plan of the Working Group on Environmental Auditing (WGEA) include the production, by WGEA member countries, of products and services such as: guidance on how to plan and carry out audits on biodiversity; paper providing insights on the evolution and trends of environmental audits; documenting countries' progress and actions on commitments from the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD); tips and examples for Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) conducting co-operative audits; on-line continued guidance to conduct waste and water audits; the development of the Fifth survey distributed to the entire INTOSAI community on environmental auditing.

The list of projects and project related materials are found here.