Audit report presentation SAI Slovakia Jana Juriov Audit

Audit report presentation SAI Slovakia Jana Juriová

Audit at a Glance The Slovak Republic made a commitment in September 2015 to implement Agenda 2030. SAO SR was requested to join cooperative audit under umbrella of IDI in 2017. Audit was conducted in more than 70 SAIs during the year 2018 to review the level of preparedness for Agenda 2030 implementation. The audit concluded that in August 2018 the Government of the Slovak Republic is not adequatly prepared to implement Agenda 2030, however there are initial steps that have already been done. 2

Audit Objectives Audit was conducted as a performance audit of preparedness to answer these questions: 1. To what extent has the government adapted the Agenda 2030 into its national context? 2. Has the government identified and secured the resources and capacities (means of implementation) needed to implement the Agenda 2030? 3. Has the government established a mechanism to monitor, follow-up, review and report on progress towards the implementation of the Agenda 2030? 3

Audit Conclusions The results and findings are illustrated in a traffic light method Findings: RED means that no significant steps have been done ORANGE means that some initial steps have been done GREEN means that the process has been sufficiently secured 4

Audit Conclusions This is how Slovakia is prepared: 5

Audit Findings RESPONSIBILITIES - INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK Findings: • Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for Investments and Informatization has been assigned as the overall coordination body responsible for implementing 2030 Agenda. • Statistical Office of the SR is responsible for monitoring SDGs. • The government has set the sufficient institutional arrangements for implementation of Agenda 2030. 6

Audit Findings MOBILIZING PARTNERSHIPS Findings: • The Government Council for Agenda was established in 2017 – consists of 33 members (line ministers, heads of associations of local authorities, employer and regional self-government associations, civil society and academic organizations). • The Deputy Prime Minister established committee of officials called Working group for Agenda 2030 and National Investment Plan. • Both serve as the main forums providing consultation and building new partnerships among the various stakeholders in the field of sustainable development. 7

Audit Findings: NATIONAL TARGETS • Deputy Prime Minister defined National Priorities of development until 2030 and they involved in this process over 140 members from gov. institutions, self-government representatives, private companies and others. . . • National targets of development for the UN Agenda 2030 have not been defined yet. PRIORITY AREAS: 1. Silver Economy (in context of ageing population) 2. Education 3. Health, Enviroment, Quality of Life 4. Transport, Energy, Climate Change 5. Fighting poverty 6. Justice, Democracy and Security • National targets will be defined by April 30 th 2019 in the „Vision and Strategy Development of Slovakia by 2030“. 8

Audit Findings: CAPACITIES FOR SDGs • Sufficient technical equipment and personnel capacities are only provided until 2020. • Almost all financing is covered by EU funds (salaries, work trips, seminars, consultants, . . . ). • SAO SR recommended to the Deputy Prime Minister´s Office of the SR to secure financing of coordination of Agenda 2030 primarily from national budget, as it is the strategic priority of the SR. • SAO SR recommended to SO SR to communicate with the Ministry of Finance the increase of the budget to comply with eventual increase of tasks related to data processing and necessary human resources in order to assure sustainability of the Agenda 2030 monitoring. 9

Audit Findings: MONITORING • The list of national indicators is still in the preparatory phase, as the national targets in priority areas have not yet been defined. • Meanwhile, the SO SR focused on mapping the availability of global indicators - SO SR reviewed 244 global indicators approved by UN in July 2017: • • • 57 indicators available, 23 partially available 96 indicators out of the scope of official statistics 41 indicators not available at all Source: SO SR 10

Audit Findings: FINANCING SDGs • There is no evidence on securing the national budget allocation to achieve the national targets against national indicators for the time being with clear assignment “what to finance from which source. ” • SAO of SR recommended the Deputy Prime Minister´s Office to initiate closer communication with the Ministry of Finance of the SR and identify national sources of financial allocation for national targets of Agenda 2030. • The Deputy Prime Minister´s Office was also recommended to initiate closer internal communication with the Central Coordination Body (respective department at the Deputy Prime Minister´s Office) to specify allocations of EU funds for the programming period 2021 - 2027 and get these allocations into compliance with the national targets of Agenda 2030. 11

Audit Findings: NATIONAL CAMPAIGN • National public campaign has not been launched yet. • Only Deputy Prime Minister´s Office is publishing information on its website. • SAO SR recommended to develop a communication strategy tailored for each specific group. • SAO recommended to coordinate the communication activities to involve also the Parliament and the President of the SR. • SAO of SR recommended to focus the communication on individual citizens. 12

Conclusions • SUFFICIENT INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK • MOBILIZED PARTNERSHIPS • NATIONAL PRIORITIES APPROVED • VISION AND STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT OF SLOVAKIA BY 2030 SHOULD BE PREPARED BY THE END OF APRIL 2019 WE W ILL AU DI AGAIN T THE PREP AR IN 202 0 or 2 EDNESS 021 • NATIONAL TARGETS DEFINED YET HAVE NOT BEEN • GOVERNMENT HAS OVER 300 STRATEGIES, WHICH MAKES IT NON-CONCEPTUAL • FINANCING IS ONLY SECURED UNTIL 2020 • IMPLEMENTING SDGs DOES NOT HAVE BUDGETING, INDICATORS • NATIONAL CAMPAIGN HAS NOT BEEN LAUNCHED 13

Are Nations Prepared for Implementation of Agenda 2030? IDI PUBLICATION The main content of the publication will come from the SAIs that conducted the audit. This publication will communicate key messages related to the audit of preparedness to multiple stakeholders. This publication aims to: Share experiences, lessons learned, and future plans related to auditing SDGs Raise the profile of SAIs amongst national and international stakeholders by showcasing the work done by SAIs in auditing SDGs and facilitate greater impact of the audits of preparedness Publication on IDI website with links to INTOSAI portal and other websites July 2019 14

National report: comparison with Czech Republic in BIEP Slovak Republic Czech Republic National campaign Financing SDGs Capacities for SDGs Monitoring National targets Mobilizing partnerships Responsibilities 15

SUPREME AUDIT OFFICE OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! 16