According to the recommendations of the XVI INCOSAI, the ASOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing (hereinafter referred to as the ASOSAI WGEA) was founded at the 8th Assembly of ASOSAI held in Chiang Mai, Thailand in 2000.
The ASOSAI WGEA aims to achieve the following goals:
Goal 1: Helping member SAIs get a better understanding of issues in environmental auditing;
Goal 2: Enhancing information exchange and experience sharing among member SAIs in the field of environmental auditing;
Goal 3: Publishing all kinds of environmental auditing information and guidelines (recommendations, working methods, etc.) that can be utilized by member SAIs.
Since the establishment of ASOSAI WGEA, it has organized 7 ASOSAI seminars on environmental auditing and 7 ASOSAI WGEA meetings, conducted 9 surveys within ASOSAI on the topic of environmental auditing, and organized and implemented 3 cooperative environmental audits and 1 research project; During 2020-2022, ASOSAI WGEA will focus on the environmental SDGs of the UN and carry out work under the guidance of ASOSAI and the INTOSAI WGEA.
Presently, the ASOSAI WGEA has 33 members and 1 observer. SAI China is the Chair of the working group, who is also a member of the INTOSAI WGEA steering committee. The Secretariat of ASOSAI WGEA is located in the SAI China.
Find out more about the activities in the region from ASOSAI WGEA homepage.
For more information please contact the Secretariat at ea(at)audit.gov.cn or ea@asosai.org
The International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) is the professional organization of supreme audit institutions (SAI) in countries that belong to the United Nations or its specialized agencies. INTOSAI was founded in 1953 and has grown from the original 34 countries to a membership of over 180 SAIs.
