Nadi, Fiji: The Pacific Association of Supreme Audit Institutions (PASAI) is holding a 4-day in-person workshop for auditors reporting on government responses to climate-related matters from today.
Thirteen performance auditors (9 female, 4 male) from the government audit offices of the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, the Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu are participating in the workshop from 26 to 29 May 2025.
PASAI has been providing guidance to the 9 Pacific Island audit teams since the audits started in 2024.
Each participating audit office has selected one of 3 audit topics; examining how well their governments are managing water resources, implementing climate change adaptation plans or actions, or taking action to adapt to the impact of sea level rise and coastal erosion.
Staff from the New Zealand Office of the Auditor-General and the Australian state audit offices of New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia have also provided technical support to many of the Pacific Island audit teams.
The workshop is being held to extract the themes from the individual performance audits and prepare an outline of a Pacific regional report on climate change adaptation actions.
PASAI Program Director, Mike Scott, is co-facilitating the workshop with Karen Wong, a Performance Audit Manager from the New Zealand Office of the Auditor-General.
“Our regional report will feed into a global overview report for presentation to international stakeholders and events, including at the UN’s Climate Change Conference this November,” said Mr Scott.
Workshop participants will present their own report findings and review how their participation in this cooperative regional audit will help them improve their performance audit practices in future work.
Mr Scott expressed satisfaction with the dedication of the auditors, saying, “Many of the audit teams overcame significant hurdles to access information and people, undertake site visits, gather direct evidence of government project progress and engage with communities to hear, see and understand how well initiatives are improving their lives and futures.”
PASAI acknowledges the support of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
Participants of the report writing workshop in Nadi, Fiji
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Contact information:
Mike Scott, Program Director PASAI
E: mike.scott@pasai.org P: +64 9 304 1275
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