Tuesday 19th January

5:45 UTC     Warming up and virtual morning coffee

• Testing the technical venue
• Housekeeping instructions

6:00 UTC     Opening ceremony

• Tytti Yli-Viikari, Chair of INTOSAI WGEA, Auditor General, National Audit Office of Finland
• Krista Mikkonen, Finland's Minister of the Environment and Climate Change

6:15 UTC     Circular Economy, Keynote speeches

• Joss Blériot, Head of Institutions & Governments, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
• Elisa Tonda, Head, Consumption and Production Unit, UNEP

7:15-7:30 UTC     BREAK

7:30 UTC     Circular Economy within the European Union, Government and The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra

• Jyrki Katainen, President of The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, former Vice-President of European Commission, interview by Auditor General Tytti Yli-Viikari

8 UTC     Panel Discussion on Circular Economy

• Panelists: Joss Blériot, Elisa Tonda, Jyrki Katainen
• Auditor General Ms. Yli-Viikari moderates the discussion

9-12 UTC     BREAK

11-12 UTC   Virtual Mingling Opportunity 

12 UTC     Practical session on Circular Economy

• Inspirational speech “Recycling nutrients and regenerative agriculture”, Saara Kankaanrinta BSAG Foundation, Soilfood Ltd & Q Power Ltd

• Case Overview of Audit on Agricultural Circular Economy Projects
  SAI China
  
  
• EU action on plastic waste in the context of circular economy package
  ECA

• Role of Rag Pickers/ waste pickers in Circular Economy
  SAI India
  
  
• Addressing the Circular Economy through Waste Management
  SAI Indonesia
  
  
• Commentary discussion on measuring circular economy
  Enni Ruokamo, Finnish Environment Centre
  Johanna Pakarinen, Statistics Finland
  
  

approx 14:00 UTC     Closing the day

14:00 UTC - 16:00 UTC     Regional meetings of AFROSAI

Wednesday 20th January

7:45 UTC     Virtual morning coffee and opening the day

8:00-10:00 UTC     Session on Sustainable Transport (WP4)
The session is led by SAIs of China, Indonesia and Thailand

• Progress report
  SAIs of China, Indonesia and Thailand

• Lifecycle management of the transport network
  SAI Finland

• European Court of Auditors on challenges on sustainable urban transport
  Mr Joao Coelho, European Court of Auditors

• Sustainable transport, public transport using electric power, subsidy system
  SAI Czech Republic

• General overview of the Smart Cities Mission and experiences gained from audits focussed on specific cities/ transport sector
  SAI India

10:00-11:00 UTC  BREAK

11:00-13:15 UTC     Session on Plastic Waste (WP2)
The session is led by SAI India

• Progress Report
  SAI India

• Auditing the performance of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency with regard to its monitoring process of plastic waste management operations – 2019

  SAI Egypt

• Actions taken to manage the plastic waste problem in Finland – Fragmentation, Overlap, Duplication and Gap analysis
  SAI Finland

• Audit of Plastic Waste Management Challenges (Reduction of Plastic Bags)
  SAI Iran
  
  

• FBSA’s Role in Auditing The Plastic Waste Management State Policy
  SAI Iraq

• Plastic Waste Treatment and Processing
  SAI North Macedonia

• Actions to reduce plastic waste and its effective management in Poland
  SAI Poland

• Circular Economy/Plastic Waste – Audit Case
  GAO

13:15-14:00 UTC     BREAK 

14:00-16:00 UTC     Session on Climate Finance (WP3)
This session is led by the U.S. GAO

• Project vision, background on climate finance, SDG and other indicators
  GAO

• Reflections of the global climate finance trends and negotiations
  Mr Ismo Ulvila, European Commission

• Ongoing performance audit “Finland’s International Climate Finance”
  SAI Finland

• European Court of Auditors on climate finance
  ECA

• Expenditures on climate policy
  SAI Mexico

• Discussion in break-out groups

16:00-17:00 UTC      BREAK

17:00 UTC     Panel discussion on SDGs

Panelists: the leaders of the Work Packages

Moderator: Moderator: David Le Blanc, Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government, UN DESA

18:00 UTC     Closing the day

Thursday 21st January

7:45 UTC    Virtual morning coffee and opening the day

8:00 UTC    The Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR2019) and systemic thinking
Eeva Furman, Professor, Director, Environmental Policy Centre of the Finnish Environment Institute

Covid-19 and the linkages to the environment
Christian Kroll, Bertelsmann Stiftung

9:15 – 9:30 UTC     BREAK

9:30 UTC     News from the RWGEAs
Video greetings from Regional WGEAs, including AFROSAI, ASOSAI, COMTEMA, EUROSAI, and PASAI

10:00 UTC    Session on Experience Sharing and Capacity Building (WP 6)

10:45-11:00 UTC     BREAK

11:00 UTC    Interactive session on the WGEA past and future (WP1)
Session chair: Secretariat

11:45 UTC   Session on policy coherence in the context of SDGs (WP 5)
 Session chair: Canada

• How the UK government is organised to deliver its long-term environment goals: lessons for policy coherence
  SAI UK
• Policy Coherence and Integration for SDG Targets Audit methodology progress
  SAI Canada
• Policy Coherence in Combating Desertification - An audit by the Portuguese SAI
  SAI Portugal
• Improving the Policy Coherence for Renewable Energy Development through the Audit on Renewable Energy Contribution in Indonesia
  SAI Indonesia
• Observations on Phenomenon-Based Budgeting – a review conducted by NAOF
  SAI Finland

13:15-13:30 UTC     BREAK

13:30 UTC    Session on Effective Communication and Stakeholder Relations (WP 7)

• Multi-stakeholder engagement in the implementation of Agenda 2030 – Innovations from Finland
  Marja Innanen, Chief Specialist, Prime Minister’s Office Finland
• Progress of WP 7
  Tiina Väänänen, INTOSAI WGEA Secretariat

14:00 UTC    INTOSAI WGEA Award Ceremony

Approximately 14:30     Closing ceremony