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ALRAQABA . ISSUE 15
Audit Institutions
Organizations and
SAB Participates in the Second
Meeting of WGSDG KSDI
The State Audit Bureau of Kuwait (SAB)participated in the second meeting of the Working Group on
SDGs and Key Sustainable Development Indicators (WGSDG KSDI), which was held virtually on 30
March 2021. The meeting was organized by the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, with
the participation of 101 representatives from different INTOSAI members and other organizations.
Mr. Mubarak Al-Subaie, Auditor at the Performance Audit Department, participated in the meeting
representing the State Audit Bureau of Kuwait.
The meeting explored several aspects, such as the 2020-2021 activity report of the WGSDG
and the experiences of some WG’s members. In addition to presenting some information on
topics relating to the SDGs indicators, this meeting had featured presentations by the WG’s new
members.In addition, the meeting showcased updates on GUID-5202, guidelines on auditing the
reliability of macroeconomic forecasts, and the survey results of auditing SDG 4 and SDG 8. The
meeting agenda also included showing a survey on the assessment of macroeconomic forecasts,
as well as discussing the topics of the INTOSAI conference on SDGs audit and the Action Plan of
WGSDG KSDI for 2021-2022.
The Head of the WGSDG KSDI Secretariat, Mr. Dmitry, discussed the annual report of the Working
Group, which focused on five pillars. Namely, practicability, effective communication, openness
and inclusiveness, project management, and innovation. In addition, Mr. Dmitry reviewed the
WG’s activities, which included a seminar on “SDGs implementation in Russia: challenges and
opportunities” held in October 2020 under the 2020-2021 Strategic Planning Leaders Forum, and
the WGSDG KSDI Webinar on PFM Reporting framework and Guidance on the audit of reliability of
macroeconomic forecasts. Moreover, the meeting recalled the results of the WGSDG KSDI Survey
on the Experience of SDG4 (Quality Education) and SDG8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth)
Audit. This survey demonstrated that SAIs have already been conducting or plan to conduct an
audit of SDG4 and SDG8 implementation.
Most of the responded SAIs had already carried out an audit of SDG8, including an audit on
innovative development institutions, and are planning to continue their audit activities in 2021.
In addition, the SAI of the Philippines presented a working paper showcasing the SAI’s experience
with auditing SDGs, pointing out that the adopted methodology within the SAI of Philippines was
based on performance audits and continuous correlative audits. The working paper had also
