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SAI Innovations Framing webinar – Innovating for Climate Action
08/08/2024
Join us at the upcoming SAI Innovation Framing Webinar, “Innovating for Climate Action,” on 20 or 21 August 2024. This event is part of IDI’s SAI Innovations Initiative, which focuses on fostering innovation, experimenting and continuous professional development at both personal and organisational levels. Our webinars aim to bring together SAI leadership, SAI audit professionals, innovators from across the INTOSAI Community, and multiple stakeholders.
This year’s theme, “Innovating for Climate Action, ” will delve into innovations in addressing climate change, focusing on government actions and the role of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs).
To accommodate various time zones, the SAI Innovation Framing Webinar will be held on two separate days:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Speaker Bios:
Joe Thompson is an Assistant Director in the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Natural Resources and Environment team. He coordinates GAO’s climate change work and has been at GAO for over twenty years. Joe has a BS in environmental policy from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and a Master of Public Affairs from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Most of Joe’s free time is spent playing with his 4½-year-old daughter, Audra, and volunteering for local government.
Zoe Need is a Senior Analyst in GAO’s Natural Resources and Environment team out of Chicago, Illinois. She has worked at GAO for five years and has worked in GAO’s climate change portfolio for the past three years. Zoe has a BS in environmental management, a minor in studio art, and a Master of Public Affairs from Indiana University-Bloomington.
Adriane Kline is an Analyst in GAO’s Natural Resources and Environment team. She currently works in GAO’s climate change portfolio and has been with GAO for just over two years. Adriane has a BA in psychology, a Master of Public Health, and a Master of Science in environmental policy from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Adriane spends most of her free time in the mountains – skiing, hiking, running, and camping.
Sergio Pérez Correa is a Lawyer with a Master’s degree in Environmental Law and Risks from the Faculty of Law at the University of Strasbourg, France, with over 15 years of experience in environmental issues, natural resources, and auditing. His career includes prominent roles in the public sector, such as leading audit teams for the United Nations Board of Auditors at the Office of the Comptroller General, serving as legal advisor in the Environmental Unit of the same institution, and acting as a rapporteur at the Environmental Tribunal of Santiago. Additionally, Sergio has worked in consultancy both in Chile and abroad, providing advice on afforestation and reforestation projects related to climate change, advising on mining and energy projects, handling environmental impact studies and statements, and managing strategic permits. His experience also includes academic activities in teaching at undergraduate and master’s levels and conducting research on environmental topics.
Dr. Carlos A. Nobre is an Earth Scientist from Brazil, currently associated with the University of Sao Paulo. He is also the co-chair of the Science Panel for the Amazon-SPA (www.theamazonwewant.org). He obtained his PhD in Meteorology at MIT (January 1983). Nobre’s work mostly focus on the Amazon and its impact on the Earth System. He chaired the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA). He is a foreign member of the US National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society, and member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and the World Academy of Sciences. He was awarded several prizes including the Volvo Environmental Prize, the AAAS Science Diplomacy Award and AAAS Fellow Award. He also developed the Amazonia 4.0 initiative (www.amazonia4.org), an innovative project to demonstrate the feasibility of a new socio-bioeconomy of standing forests and flowing rivers in the Amazon.
Mohamed Ibrahim Jaleel is a Manager at the SAI of Maldives. After having completed bachelor’s degree in the field of Environmental Management, Mohamed has served in the governance of environmental sector of Maldives. During this time, he has contributed significantly to the development of policy, legal structure, strategic planning, project formulation, project implementation and utility management. He has also acquired a master’s degree in social research studies and contributed to multiple technical publications of the water sector. After serving in governance, he joined the Auditor General’s Office, which is the Supreme Audit Institution of the Republic of Maldives. He is currently leading the environmental auditing team of the SAI Maldives. During this time, he has and continues to provide support for different initiatives of the INTOSAI working group on environmental auditing.
Dr. Vivi Niemenmaa is the Secretary General of the INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing at the National Audit Office of Finland. Vivi is an expert in sustainable development and environmental governance. She has strong experience in auditing environmental and climate policies both in Finland and in the EU. She is also an acknowledged trainer and has initiated novel collaboration between the University of Helsinki and the National Audit Office. She has developed approaches to policy coherence in the context of the SDGs and long-term orientation in auditing. Vivi is interested in nexus areas, such as just transition and planetary health, where various policy areas intersect. Vivi holds a PhD in Geography and has completed Executive Master’s in International Relations.
Dr. Orville Grey is the Head of Secretariat for the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network, which is hosted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). His work focuses on accelerating adaptation planning and action in the Global South through the provision of technical support, facilitating South–South peer learning and exchanges, and mobilizing knowledge on the formulation and implementation of NAPs. He has 20+ years of experience in climate change adaptation and financing, and environmental planning, science, and policy in government, academia and with international organisations.
Peter Welch is a Senior Advisor at the OECD, dealing with Public Financial Management issues, including the role of SAIs. His career has included spells in the National Audit Office of the UK, in the SAI of Bolivia, and at the European Court of Auditors. His time with the UK National Audit Office included a period work on the audit of UN bodies and agencies in Rome, Italy. In more than a decade as an Audit Director at the European Court of Auditors he coordinated work on the Annual Report (incorporating the financial audit of the EU accounts, and managing the legality and regularity audit of EU payments). He went on to lead work on sustainability audit at the ECA, He joined the OECD in 2022.
Jerry V. DeMarco has served as Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development since 2021. A lifelong interest in nature and more than 30 years working in the environmental field have positioned Jerry as a leading Canadian expert in environmental policy and law. Before joining the Office of the Auditor General of Canada, Jerry served as Commissioner of the Environment and Assistant Auditor General at the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario. In addition to a bachelor’s degree from the University of Windsor, he has a law degree from the University of Toronto and master’s degrees in environmental studies (York University), management (McGill University), and science (University of Toronto). He also holds a diploma in French studies from the Université de Savoie and certificates in adjudication and alternative dispute resolution. He is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, a Registered Professional Planner and a member of the Canadian Institute of Planners.
We look forward to welcoming you to the webinar!
The State Audit Office of the Kingdom of Thailand has embarked on an innovative initiative known as the Laboratory SDGs Audit, leveraging the Integrated SDGs Audit Model (ISAM) developed by the INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) to revolutionize auditing processes in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This initiative employs a Design Thinking methodology within a laboratory setting to foster innovation, enhance stakeholder engagement, and ensure the audits are both effective and relevant to SDG targets.
Speaker: Dr. Sutthi Suntharanurak, Director of International Affairs Office State Audit Office of the Kingdom of Thailand.
We are delighted to invite you to an exceptional event that brings together leaders, experts, and practitioners in the field of innovation and inclusion. SAI Innovations Framing Webinar, will take place online via Zoom on June 20th at 3pm (Oslo Time).
The event will consist of two roundtable conversations, each lasting 90 minutes, total 3 hours.
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in four languages: English, Spanish, French, and Arabic.
The webinar will offer a platform for participants to explore ideas on various innovative approaches. By learning from one another’s experiences, we can collectively enhance audit practices that promote innovation and inclusion. Together, we can drive positive change in our respective organizations and communities!
To register for SAI Innovations, please visit
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cVseWlXrR4yub4bUzhRirA
We look forward to your valuable presence at SAI Innovations as we embark on this inspiring journey of inclusion and innovation.
We are excited to announce an upcoming SAI Innovations Marketplace event on “Audit on Information Technology and Audit Management System – SITA” presented by our colleagues from SAI Kosovo.
We would be delighted if you could join us as a valuable participant on:
To reserve your spot for this exclusive webinar, please click on the following registration link:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5zRywwLgT6uIEDGZ4PsZdg
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Webinar Speakers:
We look forward to welcoming you to the webinar and sharing an enriching experience together.
Should you have any questions or require further information, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
IDI launched its SAI Innovations initiative in November 2020 to highlight the importance of seeking to adopt new innovations and finding new solutions to SAIs to stay relevant for the benefit of all. In SAI Innovations we embrace horizontal sharing of ideas and innovations.
Throughout this initiative we highlight that the innovations always should fit to the context, capacities and purpose, and that innovations can happen in multiple layers and be seen from different perspectives – an institutional and a people perspective, from technological and social perspective. (Please read more: https://idi.no/news/relevant-sais/sai-innovations/the-idi-held-two-webinars-for-sai-innovations-on-24th-and-25th-november)
In the SAI Innovations Marketplace events we are happy to invite our colleagues and stakeholders to share their experiences to support the SAI community in our common journey to go FAR (Flexible, Agile, Resilient). We started the year 2021 with the Marketplace event by SAI Brazil on January 20th, in which Ms Carla Motta shared the experience of SAI Brazil’s innovation Lab (coLAB-i) and the 10 steps for innovating developed by them.
SAI Brazil’s Innovation Lab was created in in the beginning of 2015 to bring innovation to the institution in order to face the challenges of the VUCA (Vulnerable, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguity) world we live in. How to tackle the changing culture and mindsets, and to overcome obstacles that might come along the way in order to be able to deliver more effective products and services and their main projects.
Finally, SAI Brazil also shared us with their 10 steps of success for innovating:
1. Sponsorship
2. Collaboration
3. Inspiration
4. Capacity building
5. Early adopters
6. Safe environment
7. Communication
8. Partnership
9. Error acceptance
10. Attitude
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We are currently creating SAI Innovations library where you can soon find all the materials from the events, more information will follow soon.
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SAI Innovation series will continue in February – March, more information will follow soon.
The IDI’s SAI Innovations 2020 theme ‘Innovative SAIs going F.A.R.’ was launched in November with two framing webinars.
This initiative discusses and showcases why innovations are needed, within the audit community and the public sector in general, keeping in mind all the time that the innovations are not the same for everyone and everywhere, but more fit-to-context and fit-to-purpose. The framing webinars set the tone of the theme and lead us to explore innovations more in marketplace events, in which different SAIs (Supreme Audit Institutions) and stakeholders are asked to share their innovative approaches and ways of working. (Please read more: https://idi.no/news/relevant-sais/sai-innovations/the-idi-held-two-webinars-for-sai-innovations-on-24th-and-25th-november)
The Innovative SAIs going F.A.R. journey continued in December with two very insightful marketplace events. The first of these, on December 9th, was hosted by the International Budget Partnership titled Harnessing the Power of Audits: Innovations in SAI-civil society cooperation and audit follow-up and presented by Ms. Claire Schouten, Senior Program Officer and invited speakers from the Office of the Auditor General of Nepal (Mr. Ramu Prasad Dotel, Deputy Auditor General) and Social Rights of Children in ACIJ – Civil Association for Equality and Justice (Ms. Natalia Escoffier, Coordinator). On December 14th SAI Costa Rica hosted the second marketplace session titled Rethinking the way we audit: experience in agile auditing presented by Ms. Carolina Retana Valverde and Mr. Alex Salomón Monge Lemaitre. Each webinar attracted over 100 participants keen to take the journey to go F.A.R.
In 2021 we’ll come back with further marketplace events, starting the first will be on January 20th at 15.00 CET with SAI Brazil and their experiences in the field of innovation and the 10 steps of innovation they have developed.
In the beginning of 2015, the Innovation Lab in SAI Brazil was created to bring innovation to the institution in order to face the VUCA world we live in.
During this event SAI Brazil will share their journey in creating the coLAB-i, designing a strategy to tackle the challenge of changing culture and mindsets and overcoming obstacles. Then, exploring the Lab two phases, SAI Brazil will show how they were able to deliver more effective products and services and our main projects.
Last but not least, SAI Brazil will present, from the lessons learned, what would be the 10 steps for innovation.
The registration to this event will start early January. Welcome to join us also in the New Year!
