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The Greenlines is a newsletter that provides recent updates on the activities by the members of the Working Group on Environmental Auditing (WGEA), the INTOSAI WGEA and other developments in environmental auditing.

 

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Volume 25, Number 1, January 2024

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Volume 21, Number 1, July 2020

Greenlines Volume 21 Number 1 July 2020 edition is here! In this issue, we have a feature story on holding the first virtual INTOSAI WGEA Steering Committee meeting in WGEA history. Also included are …

Volume 20, Number 2, December 2019

Greenlines Volume 20 Number 2 December 2019 edition is here fresh from the oven! In this issue, we have a feature story on circular economy approach to managing plastic. Also here are WGEA News from t…

Volume 20, Number 1, April 2019

Greenlines Volume 20 Number 1 April 2019 edition is here! In this issue, we have a feature story on how learning to apply root cause analysis can increase impact of audits. Also here are WGEA News fro…

Volume 19, Number 2, November 2018

Greenlines Volume 19 Number 2 November 2018 edition is here! In this issue, we have a feature story on SAIs Engaging With Stakeholders in Auditing SDGs. Also here are WGEA News from the Secretariat, R…

Volume 19, Number 1, March 2018

Greenlines Volume 19 Number 1 March 2018 edition is here! In this issue, we have a feature story on Auditing the Sustainable Development Goals : Gender Equality. Also here are WGEA News from the Secre…

Volume 18, Number 2, September 2017

Greenlines Volume 18 Number 2 September 2017 edition is here! In this issue, we have a feature story from AFROSAI-E region on their audits on Coastal and Marine Management.  Also here are WGEA News fr…

Volume 18, Number 1, March 2017

Greenlines Volume 18 Number 1 March 2017 edition is here! In this issue, we have two feature stories, "Greening Supreme Audit Institutions" from SAI India and about the 17th INTOSAI WGEA Assembly Meet…

Volume 17, Number 3, August 2016

Greenlines Volume 17 Number 3 August 2016 edition is here! In this issue, we have a feature story regarding "The Mutually Supportive Role of the Goals of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainabl…

Volume 17, Number 2, January 2016

Dear Colleagues,

In this era, we face many global environmental issues, such as climate change; biodiversity; water quality; and the use of natural resources; as well as regional and local environment…

Volume 17, Number 1, June 2015

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to report that INTOSAI WGEA has made significant progress on the 2014-2016 Work Plan. The working group held the 16th Assembly Meeting in the Philippines in October 2014 …

Volume 16, Number 2, December 2014

Dear Colleagues,

On this occasion, I am pleased to inform you that the 16th INTOSAI WGEA Assembly Meeting, held 29 September to 2 October 2014 in Manila, Philippines, reached a successful conclusion. …

Volume 16, Number 1, June 2014

Dear Colleagues,

The 13th INTOSAI WGEA Steering Committee meeting was held 2-5 April 2014 in Lombok, Indonesia. It was the first Steering Committee meeting of the 2014-2016 work period, and observing …

Volume 15, Number 3, October 2013

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to sincerely thank all the 158 participants from 70 SAIs, and from a number of international organisations, who participated in the WG15 meeting in Tallinn in early June …

Volume 15, Number 2, March 2013

Dear Colleagues,

The year 2012 entailed lots of activities relating to sustainability and environmental issues. Many hoped it would be a milestone to set new goals for sustainable development. While t…

Volume 15, Number 1, January 2012

Dear Colleagues,

The year 2012 has the potential to serve as a remarkable milestone on our way toward sustainable development. In June, world leaders will convene in Rio de Janeiro for the UN Conferen…

Volume 14, Number 1, January 2011

Dear Colleagues,

Recent developments have heightened anxiety over environmental issues, as reflected in kitchen table talk as well as high-level political discussions. The Fukujima nuclear power plant…

Volume 13, Number 1, November 2010

Dear colleagues,

The end of the current year closes another work plan period for the INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing. I believe we can rest assured that this has been a time of product…

Volume 12, Number 2, May 2009

Dear colleagues,

The year 2009 marks an important point in human history. The financial and economic crisis that has affected us all will certainly be remembered.  Another, perhaps even more important…

Volume 12, Number 1, January 2009

It has been some time now since the 12th meeting of the INTOSAI WGEA in Doha. When looking back on the largest gathering in the history of INTOSAI Working Groups, it reassures me that we are on the ri…

Volume 11, Number 1, January 2008

The seventh Steering Committee (SC) meeting of the WGEA was held on 6 to 9 May in Tallinn, Estonia. This meeting was the first of the work period 2008-2010. The main purpose was to approve all project…

Volume 10, Number 1, January 2007

This issue of Greenlines is coming at a very exciting time. The WGEA Steering Committee held its sixth meeting (SC6) in Cape Town, South Africa, in February 2007. Many thanks to our hosts, the Office …

Volume 9, Number 1, January 2006

My message is a message of gratitude.

Our initial year of accomplishments in the 2005–07 work plan has given us an exceptional first year. During the fall of 2005, we held our most successful meeting …

Volume 8, Number 1, January 2005

I hope you will enjoy the new format of our Greenlines. As members, you can look forward to short news briefs from our international community and feature stories that bridge the challenges of environ…

Volume 7, Number 1, October 2004

 

This edition of Greenlines celebrates our success in implementing the INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing (WGEA) work plan for 2002-04. Members involved in the implementation have worke…

Volume 6, Number 2, December 2003

 

Greenlines is a resource that updates the members of the Working Group on Environmental Auditing (WGEA) on the status of their activities and other developments in environmental auditing. It also p…

Volume 6, Number 1, May 2003

Greenlines is a resource that updates the members of the Working Group on Environmental Auditing (WGEA) on the status of their activities and other developments in environmental auditing. It also prov…

Volume 5, Number 4, December 2001

 

Information bulletin
for the members of the Intosai Working Group on Environmental Auditing

Volume 5, Number 4, December 2001

 

 

Agenda
Date Event Organization by Locati…

Volume 5, Number 3, October 2001

 

Information bulletin
for the members of the Intosai Working Group on Environmental Auditing
Volume 5, Number 3, oktober 2001

Introduction

As you know, the INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental…

Volume 5, Number 2, July 2001

Information bulletin
for the members of the Intosai Working Group on Environmental Auditing
Volume 5, Number 2, 4 July 2001

Introduction

As you can see this is only the second Green Lines of this …

Volume 5, Number 1, January 2001

Happy 2001!!

Dear colleagues,

The millennium year has passed and we find ourselves at the beginning of the year 2001. This year is going to be an important year for us. In October 2001 the Working G…

Volume 4, Number 2, June 2000

 

After the 6th meeting of the INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing in
Cape Town …………..

Dear colleagues,When I returned to the Netherlands after our meeting in Cape Town, it was immediate…

Volume 4, Number 1, April 2000

Welcome to the 6th meeting of the INTOSAI Working Group on Environmental Auditing, 10-12 April 2000, Cape Town, South Africa!

Dear colleagues,

In 1998, in Peru and Uruguay the strategy of regionalis…

Volume 3, Number 3, December 1999

Environmental auditing in the new millennium ….. Dear colleagues,

When we enter a new year we always tend to reflect on certain more or less fundamental issues for ourselves, for our families, but al…

Volume 3, Number 2, July 1999

On our way to Cape Town …..

In the previous Green Lines we announced that the Sixth meeting of the Intosai Working Group on Environmental Auditing would be held in South Africa. Mr. Kluever, the Audi…

Volume 3, Number 1, March 1999

Happy 1999

Looking back upon a most successful year in which we had an excellent meeting in Peru, an interesting and useful OLACEFS’ course and - top of the bill - a very well received presentation i…

Volume 2, Number 2, July 1998

Meeting Peru/Visa

In the previous issue of the Green Lines we have already announced Mr. Victor Enrique Caso Lay’s invitation to the INTOSAI Working Group on environmental auditing to held its fifth …

Volume 2, Number 1, March 1998

HAPPY 1998 AND THANKS ONCE AGAIN MR MERI AND STAFF

Let me take this somewhat late opportunity to wish you a happy and healthy 1998.

We would like to update you all on the progress made since Tallinn…

Volume 1, Number 4, July 1997

PREPARATIONS FOURTH MEETING WORKING GROUP IN TALLINN

At the fourth meeting of the Working Group in Tallinn not only the documents which are prepared according to the Work Plan will be discussed, but …

Volume 1, Number 3, June 1997

SAI of Canada calls upon Working Group

Dan Rubenstein of the Canadian SAI, has asked the Members of the Working Group on Environmental Auditing for public and private sector examples of other jurisdi…

Volume 1, Number 2, March 1997

Fourth meeting in Estonia

Mrs. Saskia J. Stuiveling has set the date of the fourth meeting of the INTOSAI Working Group for the 8th and 9th of September 1997. On the invitation of Mr. Hindrek Meri, A…

Volume 1, Number 1, December 1996

New!

This is the first issue of Green Lines. By means of this bulletin the members of the Working Group on Environmental Auditing can keep each other up to date on the state of affairs of their activi…

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