More than 20 participants from 12 SAIs attended the meeting. The discussion topics were related to the EUROSAI and INTOSAI WGEA's goals on establishing coordinated and effective processes with relevant organisations and institutions, as well as to the recommendation made by INCOSAI last year. INCOSAI encouraged SAIs to increase awareness of the importance of environmental auditing among key international organisations and build working relationships with them.
The participants discussed how SAIs can, individually or jointly, interact and disseminate audit results to external relevant organisations and institutions.
The EUROSAI WGEA members had several ideas regarding how SAIs can contribute to interaction with external organisation on national level. Such as conduct meetings with external organisations, for example on annual basis, for brainstorming purposes as well as ex ante and ex post meetings of audits.
In addition, the participants came up with several ideas on what EUROSAI WGEA can do. Among other things contribute to distribution of national audits, making reviews and communication products of audits and SAIs activities, and to survey international organisations.
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