Last week in Nadi, Fiji, the Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) and the Caribbean Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (CAROSAI) convened for the ClimateScanner technical training. This session brought together more than 40 auditors from 19 Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) to learn how to use the tool designed for monitoring government actions addressing the climate crisis.

The technical training was organized by the Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts (TCU), in partnership with the INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing (WGEA), PASAI, and CAROSAI, as well as the SAI Fiji.

This was the first time that auditors from PASAI and CAROSAI participated in a joint effort. The opportunity opens a channel of cooperation between the two regions, composed of island countries facing similar challenges, such as the adverse effects of climate change.

Representatives from Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Fiji, Grenada, Guam, Jamaica, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu Islands, Montserrat, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Saint Lucia, Solomon Islands, American Samoa, Saint Kitts, Tonga, and Vanuatu gathered in Nadi. The event was opened with the participation of the Auditors-General of Fiji, Finau Nagera, and of Montserrat, Marsha Verancia Meade, along with the Executive Director of PASAI, Esther Lameko-Poutoa.

Throughout the week, experts engaged in discussions on climate governance, public policies, and climate finance. Among them were Karlos Moresi, advisor and leader of climate crisis programs at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat; Mohseen Riaz-Ud-Dean, Head of Community Research and Ethnographic Solutions Mapping at the UNDP Accelerator Lab in the Pacific; Sivendra Michael, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of Fiji; and Sandra Guzmán, Founder of the Climate Finance Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (GFLAC).

Following the conclusion of the technical meeting, a total of 62 countries have now been trained in utilizing the ClimateScanner methodology and platform: 17 from the Latin American and Caribbean Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS), 26 from the European Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (EUROSAI), and 19 from PASAI and CAROSAI.

The upcoming ClimateScanner technical training is scheduled for July 8-12 in Rabat, Morocco, focusing on countries affiliated with the Arab Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (ARABOSAI) and the Regional Training Council for Supreme Audit Institutions of Public Finances in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa (CREFIAF).

About ClimateScanner

ClimateScanner is an initiative of the Presidency of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), led by the TCU, in collaboration with the Working Group on Environmental Auditing (WGEA).

The main goal is to develop a methodology that allows SAIs to rapidly assess national government actions related to the climate crisis in three areas: governance, finance, and public policies. Consolidating results from various countries will enable a global overview of climate crisis response actions.

The ClimateScanner project is supported by the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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