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ALRAQABA
SAB Organizes a Symposium on Sustainable Development
The State Audit Bureau of Kuwait
organized a symposium on sus-
tainable development presented
by the Director of Economic &
Regularity Affairs Audit Depart-
ment, Mrs. Fatma Al-Bosairi,
Principal Auditor at Economic
&Regularity Affairs Audit Depart-
ment, Mrs. Noura Al-Melhem,
Assistant Auditor, Shamlan Ali,
and Associate Auditor, Mubarac
Al-Subaie, from Performance Au-
dit Department.
The symposium representatives
indicated that sustainable devel-
opment has 232 indicators, 169
objectives, and 17 goals of social,
economic, and environment di-
mensions, which are poverty and
hunger elimination, good health
and education ,welfare, gender
equality, clean water and energy,
hygiene, suitable work, , growth
of economy, industry, innovation,
and main structures.
The symposium discussed sus-
tainable development concept
and its definition as: “The pro-
cess of earth, cities, and societ-
ies development that shall fulfill
the present time needs without
compromising the future genera-
tion ability to fulfil their needs. In
addition, it is the understand-
ing of reality and its changing to
the better, good planning for the
future towards best utilization
of resources human and mate-
rial powers including information,
data, and knowledge”.
The symposium representa-
tives stated that the State of
Kuwait 2035 vision which focus
on transforming the country to a
financial and commercial center
is build om seven pillars, which
are, effective government man-
agement, economy variation, in-
frastructures, sustainable living
environment, health care, edu-
cation, human resource, and the
international statue.
The representatives also assured
that the responsibility is common
for all stakeholders such as gov-
ernment, parliament, citizen, au-
dit organizations, private sector,
and research institutions.
The symposium discussed the
27 topics that SAB have inspect-
ed, which are related to sustain-
able development goals. It also
addressed the functions handled
by the SDGs follow-up team that
are represented in the study and
analysis of the sustainable devel-
opment goals, as well as to the
objectives adopted by the United
Nation 2030 Agenda. Further-
more, the symposium included
the setup of the required plans
and mechanisms to spread audit
education, prepare awareness
program for SAB auditors and
other entities employee`s regard-
ing sustainable development. In
addition, collect and study the
significant SAIs’ experiences re-
garding sustainable development
goals follow up.
The missions of the sustainable
development follow up team in-
clude the prepa-
ration of visuals
relating to the
preparation of a
guideline on the
interrelated indi-
cators, cooper-
ate with the audit
team within the government enti-
ties subject to audit, identify work
mechanisms and the type of the
required data, how to attain them
and their credibility level. Besides,
the preparation of the follow up
results report for every entity sub-
ject to audit, and submitting it to
the competent entities. In addi-
tion, the preparation of the final
report that encloses the results
attained by the SAB including the
preparedness of the entities sub-
ject to audit to apply sustainable
development goals.
It is worth mentioning that the
INTOSAI decided to include sus-
tainable development goals as an
inclusive theme of its (2017-2022)
Strategic Plan. Through the dis-
cussions held in December 2016,
the INTOSAI identified four inputs
by which the INTOSAI and SAIs
can contribute in the achieve-
ment of sustainable development
goals that are to evaluate the pre-
paredness level of the national
systems to report the progress
made towards the achievement
of sustainable development
goals. Afterwards, the INTOSAI
shall review its statics and the
data credibility that they are pro-
ducing, apply performance audit
process to ensure the achieve-
ment of significant economic, ef-
ficient, effective government pro-
grams that contribute in specifics
aspects of sustainable develop-
ment goals. Moreover, evaluate
and support the fulfillment of goal
no. (16) of the sustainable de-
velopment goals that is partially
linked with institutions known for
their transparency, efficiency, and
accountability. The SAIs should
represent good role modules of
transparency and efficiency in
their private operations
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