TCU's Energy Transition Audit Guide Wins International Award
A methodology developed by the Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) has been honored by the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), recognized for its innovation, technical rigor, and global impact potential.
By Secom / Serint
TCU received the First Award in Performance Audit and Public Policy Evaluation, granted by INTOSAI's Working Group on Public Policy and Program Evaluation (WGEPPP).
The winning work is the Energy Transition Practical Guide, created by the Court's department dedicated to energy and communications oversight. The guide offers a robust and adaptable framework to assess how prepared governments are for a just and inclusive energy transition.
According to the WGEPPP, the work stood out in four key aspects:
- Technical quality: strong methodological rigor and consistent use of evidence.
- Innovation and originality: a novel approach that brings together technical, social, economic, and governance perspectives in a single assessment tool.
- Impact potential: capacity to influence public policies and strengthen SAIs work worldwide.
- Clarity and presentation: complex concepts explained in accessible language, with clear structure and visual aids.
The award reinforces TCU's standing as a global reference in energy-transition auditing and consolidates Brazil's role in the international debate on accountability and climate governance.
The guide is also being discussed and adapted within INTOSAI's Working Group on Audit of Extractive Industries (WGEI) and OLACEFS Commission on Infrastructure and Energy Transitions (COINFRA), contributing to the spread of methodologies aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement.
The award was announced during the WGEPPP Forum 2025, held in October in Bern, Switzerland, which brought together representatives from more than 40 countries to discuss innovation and data use in public policy audits.
Learn more at: WGEPPP Forum 2025.