Portfolio’s holder: SAI of Turkey (Presidency).

Portfolio’s objective:  The objective of this Portfolio is to ensure the effective, efficient and flexible organizational structure of EUROSAI for the accomplishment of its strategic goals, contributing to the development of new and agile forms of cooperation and increasing active participation.

Operational plan: Operational Plan ESP 2017-2023

Key activities:

• To promote the sound coordination and efficient monitoring on a regular basis the execution of the EUROSAI Operational Plan;
• To contribute to the development of new and agile forms of cooperation and communication among members through effective coordination;
• To realize and increase active participation in the accomplishment of strategic goals to reach the highest possible number of EUROSAI members;
• To review, revise and where necessary draft the main EUROSAI Regulations to reflect the enhancements of the governance, structure and modus operandi of EUROSAI foreseen in the ESP 2017-2023;
• To create an enabling environment within GB to focus more on the strategic issues and facilitate the decision-making mechanism by organizing regular off-site meetings.

Project Groups:

• Project Group on “EUROSAI Regulations”
• Project Group on “General Procedures for the ESP 2017-2023”
• Project Group on “Reaching out to all EUROSAI Members: Visualisation of the EUROSAI Operational Plan and Encouraging Members Participation”

Materials and documents:

Porfolio description

EUROSAI Financial Rules

General Procedures for the EUROSAI Strategic Plan 2017-2023

Portfolio’s holder: SAI of Latvia

Portfolio’s objective:  The scope of the communication portfolio is twofold: firstly to develop a new strategic communication framework and, secondly, to suggest approaches/techniques for monitoring its implementation. Our slogan is: “If you want to reach people you are not currently reaching you are going to have to do things you are not currently doing”.

Operational plan: Operational Plan ESP 2017-2023

Key activities: To develop the new strategic communication framework of EUROSAI.

Project Groups: None so far.

Materials and documents: Portfolio description

Portfolio’s holder: SAI of the Netherlands

Portfolio’s objective: The portfolio tries to provide EUROSAI with a network assisting in improving audit work and increasing the impact of SAI institutions. The portfolio also supports promoting and positioning EUROSAI and its external orientation.

Key activities: Identifying strategic themes for relations with non-SAI stakeholders; Approach stakeholders to build a relationship of mutual benefit; Develop an agile stakeholder management framework; Provide inspiration to the Governing Board with external stakeholder driven strategic input.

Project Groups: None so far.

Operational Plan: Operational Plan ESP 2017-2023

Reports: Report to 49^th meeting of the GB (2018)

Materials and documents: Portfolio description

Portfolio’s holder: SAI of Spain (Secretariat).

Portfolio’s objective: The portfolio aims to enhance EUROSAI cooperation with other INTOSAI Regional Organizations by improving the cooperation mechanisms already in place and fostering additional forms of knowledge sharing and cooperation.

Operational Plan: Operational Plan ESP 2017-2023

Key activities:

• To support the Governing Board in promoting an enhanced cooperation with the INTOSAI Regions (ASOSAI, OLACEFS, ARABOSAI, AFROSAI and others when relevant), by formulating proposals in line with the SG 1 of the ESP 2017-2023. Following the EUROSAI Secretariat’s proposal, the Regional Forum on Capacity Development (November 2017) included region-to-region practical knowledge sharing sessions in the INTOSAI-Regions Coordinating Platform meetings. The EUROSAI Secretariat chaired the first of such sessions, in the meeting held in Oslo in June 2018.
• To ensure that effective cooperation links with other INTOSAI Regional Organizations are established for an efficient exchange of experiences and knowledge sharing.
• Make the exchange of knowledge and experiences with the other INTOSAI Regional Organizations a more valuable experience for all parties, by facilitating the exchange of materials and products; sharing list of experts; giving access to databases; offering, when possible, training events, seminars, conferences and joint events.

Project Groups: None so far.

Reports: Report to 49^th meeting of the GB (2018)

Materials and documents:

Portfolio description

ToR of Joint Conferences between EUROSAI and ARABOSAI

ToR of Joint Conferences between EUROSAI and ASOSAI

ToR of Joint Conferences between EUROSAI and OLACEFS

The EUROSAI-AFROSAI cooperation framework

Portfolio’s holder: SAI of Finland

Portfolio’s objective: The objective of the Emerging Issues and Forward Thinking portfolio is to highlight emerging issues in the work of EUROSAI and its members, to give support to strategy level discussions and to collect information for the Governing Board to debate upon. The key drivers related to our Portfolio are the profound and rapid changes in the operational environment, and the need to renew SAI work. The overall target is to support our work to be fit-for-future. The portfolio’s work tries to identify issues and aspects, which influence EUROSAI as an organisation, the individual SAIs and the audit field as a whole.

Operational plan: Operational Plan ESP 2017-2023

Key activities: The planned activities cover information gathering and analysis, facilitating common discussions through concrete inputs and background material and organizing workshops for EUROSAI members.

1. Information gathering and analysis: NAOF engages in discussions and information gathering with EUROSAI members and SAIs of other EUROSAI regions, the IDI and INTOSAI. We monitor the work of influential emerging issues ad foresight communities, institutions, networks and think-tanks and take part in related seminars. NAOF completed an EUROSAI Emerging Issues web-based dialogue during September 2018. The web-based dialogue tool encouraged the participants to define and discuss the most important emerging issues for SAIs work in the 2020’s and how SAIs have taken the issues up in their audit work.
2. Preparatory workshops: Emerging Issues Workshop for the members of the EUROSAI Governing Board and invited guests will take place on 20-21st November 2018 in Istanbul with the kind assistance of the Turkish Court of Accounts.The workshop will focus on how SAIs can better be aware of emerging issues relevant to audit work. The results from the Emerging Issues web-based dialogue are reviewed. The thematic areas will include digitalisation, Artificial Intelligence and cyber security. The aim of the workshop is to provide insights for further EUROSAI work leading up to the EUROSAI XI Congress in 2020.  A second preparatory workshop is planned for autumn 2019 aiming at a wider participation of EUROSAI members.
3. EUROSAI Workshop: During the EUROSAI XI Congress in 2020, an Emerging Issues Workshop will take place.

Project Groups: None so far.

Reports:

Report to 49th meeting of the GB (2018)

Materials and documents:

Portfolio description 

Summary of the EUROSAI Web-based Dialoge Results on Emerging Issues