The Regional Project Strengthening External Control in the Environmental Area launches to the OLACEFS community its latest results magazine: Environmental Governance Magazine – Special Edition – COVID-19 Results, an edition in which the initiatives developed in conjunction with OLACEFS are shared, as well as its impacts in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In December 2022, the implementation of the regional project signed by OLACEFS was concluded, together with the Court of Accounts of the Union (TCU) of Brazil and the German Cooperation, through GIZ. This alliance fulfilled the objective of promoting and strengthening external environmental control, assisting the SAIs of the region to fulfill their role more effectively in improving public environmental management, as well as influencing in the relevant role that these institutions have in the effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda.

The prevention and fight against corruption, the acceleration of digitization processes, the promotion of gender equity and non-discrimination, as well as the transformation of the viability criteria for infrastructure works, and specific measures to support the pandemic, were the most relevant issues in the health emergency period.

The good results achieved in the regular period of activities were presented in the previous editions of the Environmental Governance Magazine, launched in 2021, in Spanish, English and Portuguese. The regional project concludes its seven-year implementation cycle, contributing to the strengthening of OLACEFS and the SAIs of the region, with more effective audit processes, with regional exchanges and a more robust external control of public governance, especially in the environmental area.

More information: Strengthening external financial control in the environmental field (giz.de)