Evaluation of public policies and programmes by Supreme Audit Institutions
European Court of Auditors – 25 June 2019 – Conference room K2
Draft programme
8h30 - 9h00 Registration and welcome coffee
9h00 – 9h05
Opening of the conference by
Klaus-Heiner Lehne, President of the European Court of Auditors
9h05 – 9h10 Introduction by Mrs
Danièle Lamarque, Member of the European Court of Auditors
9h10 - 10h00 The evaluation of public policies and programmes by SAI’s:
Overview and explanation of INTOSAI guideline 9400: presentation by the French Court of Auditors, President of the INTOSAI working group on evaluation of public policies and programmes
Benjamin Nègre, Cour des comptes France
Q&A
10h00 - 12h00 Round table 1:
Steven Putansu, USA Governmental Accounting Office (GAO)
Erik Trollius, National Audit Office Sweden
Sherzod Yarmukhamedov, National Audit Office Sweden
Charlotta Torneling, European Court of Auditors
Peter Welch, European Court of Auditors
Moderator: Mrs
Eva Lindström, Member of the European Court of Auditors
12h15 - 14h00 Lunch break
14h00 - 16h30 Round table 2:
Emmanuel Sangra, Swiss Federal Audit Office
Jedid-Jah Jonker, Court of Audit Netherlands
Niels-Erik Brokopp,
European Court of Auditors
Erki Must, European Court of Auditors
European Court of Auditors
Moderator: Mme Danièle Lamarque, Member of the European Court of Auditors
16h30 End of conference
Organization of the round tables:
For each of the two round tables, the following topics will be presented by the participants:
- Mandate, evaluation methodology applied (vs performance methodology)
- Human and financial resource requirements
- Practical example of an evaluation undertaken (in the area of agriculture, investment in public infrastructure, climate or environment): objective, evaluation methodology and techniques, impact of the evaluation, lessons learned
Sufficient time is foreseen for Q&A: questions can also be transmitted on line (through social media) during the conference