INTOSAI-Donor Cooperation Working Group on Climate Change

The INTOSAI-Donor Cooperation (IDC) is a strategic partnership between INTOSAI and donors that work to scale up support to supreme audit institutes (SAIs). The IDC Strategy includes goals on supporting SAI-led support and efforts on evaluation implementation of SDGs. This includes members providing financial and technical capacity building to SAIs. Following the pandemics, the IDC Steering Committee recognised a need to help SAIs become more responsive to global trends and development and established working groups on Climate Change and Technology. The Climate Change Working group’s objectives are to scale up support on climate change audits, helping to secure peer-to-peer support. It is an important principle for the working group to harmonise its activities with the INTOSAI WGEA and not to duplicate activities.

This project is a joint initiative by the IDC Working Group work and the INTOSAI WGEA to support their objectives, including other activities in the climate and biodiversity hub. The group is coordinated by IDI Global Foundations Unit (GFU) and it will report to the IDC Steering Committee but also to the INTOSAI WGEA Steering Committee. The work of the group includes identifying opportunities for support to SAIs wishing to build technical capacities, in addition to providing technical expertise. The group can also provide training to the INTOSAI WGEA members, through the IDI Global Foundations Unit.

Enviromental and Climate Audit Clinic

In collaboration with IDI, the WGEA has launched an Environmental and Climate Audit Clinic. This clinic is designed to support SAIs conducting their first environmental or climate audits by pairing them with more experienced SAIs. The clinic is a pilot project running in April and May 2025, with results to be shared at the WGEA Assembly in July.

The clinic aims to provide hands-on support and guidance, helping SAIs navigate the complexities of environmental and climate audits. Participants will benefit from peer-to-peer learning, gaining insights from experienced auditors. The pilot project will serve as a foundation for future initiatives, with potential actions based on the experiences and feedback gathered during the pilot phase.

Goals of the WGEA Audit Clinic

1. Provide easy access support for environmental and climate audits.
2. Facilitate knowledge sharing and capacity building among auditors.
3. Enhance the quality and effectiveness of environmental audits.

How to participate?

Auditors can book a slot by filling out a booking form, providing their name, contact details, a brief description of the topic they need help with, the audit type, preferred date and time for the session, and preferred language. The secretariat will then match the auditor's needs with an expert and confirm the booking.

We have a diverse pool of expert consultants from various countries, including Brazil, Canada, Finland, New Zealand, Nigeria, Thailand, the UK, and the US. These experts bring their experience in performance and compliance audits and are available to provide support in multiple languages.

Link to book a slot: https://lnkd.in/dMnS6mpR