Globally, and in each of our respective nations, we are in an era of interconnections, complexity, and rapid change that creates a set of new and daunting challenges for national governance and international institutions. The recent global financial crisis, international health pandemics, cross-border migration and refugees, long-term public sector fiscal sustainability, public corruption and money laundering, and looming fiscal exposures from climate change are prominent examples of the growing interconnectedness of challenges nations individually and collectively face.<\/p>\n
Underscoring those interconnections, this past September, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly Member States jointly committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the centerpiece of that agenda and provide an ambitious and long-term commitment for action across a broad range of vital issues related to \u201cpeople, planet and prosperity.\u201d<\/p>\n
The challenges Nations are confronting and the 2030 Agenda have profound implications\u2014and opportunities–for INTOSAI and national Supreme Audit Institutions (SAI) as they deliver value to decision-makers and citizens. However, just as national governments must think and act differently to respond to the vexing governance challenges they face, so too must INTOSAI and SAIs think and act differently to be successful in the future.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, there is a growing global recognition\u2014and importantly, expectation\u2014of the central roles of INTOSAI and SAIs in promoting good governance and accountability. The recognition of these roles was first prominently shown in the UN General Assembly Resolution of December 2011, \u201cPromoting the efficiency, accountability, effectiveness and transparency of public administration by strengthening supreme audit institutions\u201d (A\/66\/209).<\/p>\n
Building on that recognition, the UN, in various forums and through the active engagement of INTOSAI, has underscored the indispensable role of independent and capable SAIs will have in the efficient, effective, transparent, and accountable implementation of the 2030 Agenda. This recognition was highlighted again by the UN Member States in the General Assembly\u2019s December 2014 resolution, \u201cPromoting and fostering the efficiency, accountability, effectiveness and transparency of public administration by strengthening supreme audit institutions\u201d (A\/69\/228).
\nMore recently, the General Assembly this past July endorsed the outcome document of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, the “Addis Ababa Action Agenda”, which is an integral part of the 2030 Agenda. The outcome document contains an explicit commitment to strengthening SAIs as independent national oversight mechanisms and enhancing transparency. (A\/RES\/69\/313)<\/p>\n
The UN Member State declaration, \u201cTransforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda For Sustainable Development,\u201d noted that \u201cOur Governments have the primary responsibility for follow-up and review, at the national, regional and global levels, in relation to the progress made in implementing the Goals and targets over the coming fifteen years.\u201d<\/p>\n
SAIs can, through their audits and consistent with their mandates and priorities, make valuable contributions to national efforts to track progress, monitor implementation, and identify improvement opportunities across the full set of the SDGs. Specifically, SAIs can contribute to national, regional, and global implementation of the 2030 Agenda by:<\/p>\n
Illustrative Areas Where SAIs, Subject to their Individual Mandates, Could Contribute to the Follow-up And Review of the SDG<\/strong><\/p>\n Globally, and in each of our respective nations, we are in an era of interconnections, complexity, and rapid change that creates a set of new and daunting challenges for national governance and international institutions. The recent global financial crisis, international health pandemics, cross-border migration and refugees, long-term public sector fiscal sustainability, public corruption and money … Continue reading “INTOSAI and the Sustainable Development Goals”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wgita.intosaicommunity.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wgita.intosaicommunity.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wgita.intosaicommunity.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wgita.intosaicommunity.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wgita.intosaicommunity.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2438"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wgita.intosaicommunity.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2440,"href":"https:\/\/wgita.intosaicommunity.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions\/2440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wgita.intosaicommunity.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wgita.intosaicommunity.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wgita.intosaicommunity.net\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\nEffective implementation of the strategic plan\u2014once approved by the INTOSAI Congress in 2016–will be crucial as INTOSAI and SAIs promote \u201cthe efficiency, accountability, effectiveness and transparency of public administration, which is conducive to the achievement of national development objectives and priorities as well as the internationally agreed development goals\u201d (A\/69\/228).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"