The call is open for nominations, DL 5 June. Please find more information in the full call for nominations here.
In conjunction with the Assembly meeting, the Secretariat calls for nominations for the 4rd INTOSAI WGEA Award -Inspiration in Environmental Auditing. The topic of this year’s Award is Innovative Practices in Environmental Auditing, and we are seeking nominations in two categories. The winners will be rewarded at the Award ceremony to take place during the upcoming 23rd INTOSAI WGEA Assembly in Malta.
This year, the topic of the Award is Innovative Practices in Environmental Auditing which includes two categories contributing towards innovative auditing:
I. Innovative Climate Audit
The INTOSAI WGEA is currently finalizing the projects in its 2023-2025 Work Plan, which featured important climate-related projects such as the cooperative audit on Climate Change Adaptation Actions (CCAA), ClimateScanner and Nexus Area: Climate-Biodiversity. With this Award category, we hope to award Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) in innovative climate audit. In this category, the Jury looks for nominations on audits that portray innovative methodologies and best practices in climate audit. Additionally, the Jury pays attention to audit impact and innovative use of data visualizations. Impact and visualizations go hand in hand, as the audit is likely to be more impactful, when complementary visual elements are included in presenting audit results.
II. Emerging Environmental Issue in Audit
The INTOSAI WGEA as a global working group supports SAIs in auditing a wide range of environmental issues. Innovative methodologies are needed to ensure efficient and credible auditing of these issues. In this category, a SAI to best present their innovations in an audit on an emerging environmental issue will be awarded. In the selection of the winner, the Jury will look at the use of innovative methodology, impact of the audit and innovative use of data visualizations.
Please send your nominations by 5 June to the INTOSAI WGEA Secretariat intosaiwgea@vtv.fi (max. 1 submission per SAI in each category, in total max. 2 submissions). Before submission, kindly read the nomination instructions for each category in the call for nominations. When submitting the nomination, kindly indicate which category it belongs to.
Upon successfully receiving the submission, a confirmation email will follow. Final decision on the winners will be made by the Award Selection Jury. The jury members are SAI Canada, Indonesia and Estonia.
The INTOSAI WGEA Award has been designed to promote a topical idea or innovation related to environmental auditing and further to increase the visibility of environmental auditing globally. The Award is presented biennially, at the INTOSAI WGEA Assembly meeting. The first Award handed over at the 20th Assembly, focused on visualisations. The second one at the 21st Assembly rewarded WGEA participants’ own stories on what the WGEA has meant to them under the slogan “Your WGEA Story”. The 3rd Award was on the topic of “Impactful Environmental Audit,” which focused on presenting audit results inspiringly and using innovative methodologies in auditing.
The INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing (WGEA) aims to increase the expertise in environmental auditing and to enhance environmental governance with high-quality contribution and visibility by both members of the Working Group and non–member SAIs. Currently the INTOSAI WGEA consists of 86 member countries.
