The International Seminar on “Sustainable Development Goals and Oversight” held in Santiago, Chile, on December 14, 15 and 16, came to a successful conclusion. Its aim was twofold – to serve as a platform to disseminate the UN´s 2030 Agenda and to encourage discussion on the role external control should play in implementing the goals. In addition the seminar provided an opportunity to launch the OLACEFS Coordinated Audit on preparing governments for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America.
The event was organized jointly by COMTEMA and by the SAI of Chile and was supported by GIZ, IDB, UNDP and the World Bank, along with technicians from the SAIs of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela, who will participate in the coordinated audit.
Participating experts included Vilma Castillo, Auditor General of Argentina; Diana Marcos, Minister of the Court of Accounts of Uruguay; Anga Timilsina, Coordinator of the UNDP’s Global Anti-Corruption Initiative (GAIN); Chris Mihm, Director of Strategic Issues at the US Government Accountability Office (GAO); Svetlana Klimenko, Senior Financial Management Specialist for the World Bank (WB); Silvia Rucks, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations System and Representative of United Nations Development Program in Chile; Blucer Welington Rajagukguk, Comptroller General of Indonesia, Senior Advisor on Environmental Auditing and Sustainable Development and member of the INTOSAI Working Group on the Environment; Camilo Benitez, Comptroller General of the Republic of Paraguay and President of the OLACEFS Commission on Citizen Participation; Eve Crowley, Deputy Regional Representative of the Regional Office of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Office (FAO) for Latin America and the Caribbean; and Peter Kronstrøm, President of the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies for Latin America.
Below you will find the event documentation:
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| SDG 16: PROMOTE PEACEFUL AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR ALL AND BUILD EFFECTIVE, ACCOUNTABLE AND INCLUSIVE INSTITUTIONS AT ALL LEVELS. SDGs and their implications for governance. MODERATOR: MIRKO MACARI, DIRECTOR EL MOSTRADOR NEWSPAPER |
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| Juan Somavía Director of the Diplomatic Academy – Chile |
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| Heidi Berner Assistant Secretary for Social Evaluation and Technical Secretary for the National Council for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda – Chile |
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| Marta Bonet Deputy Director of Multilateral Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Chile |
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| Pablo Collada Executive Director of Fundación Ciudadano Inteligente |
| INAUGURATION DISCUSSION Corruption: An obstacle to achieving sustainable development goals. MODERATOR: CONSTANZA SANTA MARÍA, JOURNALIST CANAL 13 |
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| Jorge Bermúdez Comptroller General of the Republic of Chile Executive Secretary of OLACEFS |
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| Edgardo Riveros Assistant Secretary for Foreign Affairs |
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| Silvia Rucks UNDP Representative in Chile |
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| SDG 17: STRENGTHEN THE MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION AND REVITALIZE THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MODERATOR: JONAS PRELLER, DIRECTOR OF PULSO NEWSPAPER AND QUÉ PASA MAGAZINE |
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| Miguel Santibáñez Executive Secretary of the Association of Non Governmental, Acción AG |
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| Claudio Ternicier Assistant Secretary for Agriculture – Chile |
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| Marcelo Mena Assistant Secretary for the Environment – Chile |
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| Osvaldo Urrutia Professor of International Law and Director of the Center for Law of the Sea, Law Faculty, PUC Valparaiso – Chile |
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| SDG 4: ENSURE INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE QUALITY EDUCATION AND PROMOTE LIFELONG LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL. Results of OLACEFS coordinated audit on education indicators. MODERATOR: JESSICA HENRÍQUEZ, ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR, LA SEGUNDA NEWSPAPER |
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| Priscila Jara Head of the Administrative Audit Division – CGR Chile |
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| Edgardo Maya Comptroller General of the Republic of Colombia |
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| Luz María Budge Advisor to the Education Quality Agency – Chile |
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| Aldo Casali Historian and Teacher – Chile |
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| Carlos Kaiser Executive Director NGO Inclusiva |
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| Valentina Quiroga Assistant Secretary for Education – Chile |
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| PANEL 1: OBJECTIVES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND OVERSIGHT. MODERATOR: CONY STIPICIC, JOURNALIST AND PRESENTER RADIO DUNA.. |
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| Jorge Bermúdez Comptroller General of the Republic of Chile Executive Secretary of OLACEFS |
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| Marcela Ríos Coordinator of the UNDP Democratic Governance Program in Chile |
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| Dorothy Pérez Deputy Comptroller General of the Republic of Chile Executive Secretary of OLACEFS |
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| Cristián Franz Superintendent of the Environment – Chile |
| PANEL 2: DISSEMINATION AND APPROPRIATION OF SDGs MODERATOR: ELENA MARTÍNEZ, HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE |
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| Karen Calcagno Press Officer, Under Secretariat for Social Services, Social Development Ministry – Chile |
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| Cristián Zegers Director of El Mercurio de Santiago Newspaper |
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| Soledad Onetto Journalist and Presenter at Mega (TV Channel) |
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| Nicolás Copano Journalist and Presenter at UCV TV |
| PANEL 3: MODELS OF PUBLIC GOVERNANCE AND THE ROLE OF EXTERNAL CONTROL. MODERATOR: MARIO ANTONIO GUZMÁN, GENERAL DIRECTOR OF RADIO ADN. |
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| Chris Mihm Manager of Strategic Affairs – Government Accountability Office (GAO) – United States of America. |
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| Gastón Blanco World Bank Resident Representative in Chile |
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| Svetlana Klimenko Senior Specialist on Financial Management at the World Bank |
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| Mariano Lafuente (videoconferencia) Senior Specialist in Public Management, Inter-American Development Bank |
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| Anga Timilsina Coordinator of the United Nations Development Programme’s Global Anti Corruption Inititiative (GAIN) |
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| SDG 3: ENSURE HEALTHY LIVES AND PROMOTE WELL-BEING FOR ALL AT ALL AGES. How do we improve public spending on health to contribute to sustainable development? MODERATOR: EUGENIO SIERRALTA, GENERAL EDITOR OF RADIO COOPERATIVA |
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| Pedro Berrios Head of Health Department of the Administrative Audit Division – CGR Chile |
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| Javier Uribe PAHO/WHO Representative in Chile |
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| Jaime Burrows Assistant Secretary for Public Health – Chile |
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| COORDINATED AUDIT ON SDGS IN OLACEFS INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR AUDITS ON SUSTAINABILITY. |
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| Blucer Welington Rajagukguk Deputy Comptroller General of Indonesia – Senior Advisor on Environmental Auditing and Sustainable Development INTOSAI Working Group on Environment |
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| David O’Connor (videoconferencia) Representative – World Resources Institute |
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| Camilo Benítez Deputy Comptroller General of the Republic of Paraguay |
| COORDINATED AUDIT ON SDGS IN OLACEFS SUBJECT OF THE AUDIT: GOAL 2.4 – SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION AND FOOD SYSTEMS MODERATOR: PATRICIA VILDÓSOLA, EDITOR OF DEL CAMPO MAGAZINE, EL MERCURIO DE SANTIAGO NEWSPAPER |
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| Eve Crowley FAO Representative in Chile |
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| Claudia Carbonell Director of the Office of Agricultural Studies and Policies, ODEPA – Chile |
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| Alejandra Alarcón Expert at the UNDP Environment and Energy Unit, Coordinator of the Joint UNDP/EU Program to Combat Desertification |
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| SDG 5: ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER ALL WOMEN AND GIRLS | SEE |
| Elizabeth Guerrero Gender Specialist for the United Nations Development Program – UNDP – Chile |
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| Fabián Forestieri Coordinator at the Citizen Oversight Center Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Paraguay and OLACEFS Commission for Citizen Participation Presidency |
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| Trinidad Inostroza Director of ChileCompra and Chairperson of the Inter-American Government Procurement Network |
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| Vilma Castillo General Audit Office of Argentina |
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| Marisol Peña Minister of the Constitutional Court – Chile |
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| Diana Marcos Minister of the Court of Auditors of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay |
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| SDGs 9 and 11 INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE/CITIES AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES How can we ensure that public works contribute to sustainable development? | SEE |
| Jorge Bermúdez Comptroller General of the Republic of Chile Executive Secretary of OLACEFS |
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| Ricardo Sánchez Officer in Charge of the Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division ECLAC |
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| Azhar Jaimurzina Officer in Charge of Economic Affairs at the Infrastructure Services Unit of the Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division ECLAC |
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| Juan Manuel Sánchez Director General of Public Works, Minstry of Public Works – Chile |
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| COORDINATED AUDIT ON SDGS IN OLACEFS | SEE |
| Paula Picasso Expert in Environmental Management Audit, General Audit Office of Argentina |
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| Chris Mihm Manager of Strategic Affairs – Government Accountability Office (GAO) – United States of America. |
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| Maria Lucia Lima Capacity Development Manager, INTOSAI Dvelopment Initiative (IDI) |
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| Carlos Lustosa / Dashiell Velasque Representatives of the Court of Auditors of Brazil |
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| Peter Kronstrøm Chairman – Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, Latin America |
| COORDINATED AUDIT ON SDGS IN OLACEFS PREPAREDNESS OF LATIN AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS IN TERMS OF SDGS National experiences |
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| Presentation: General Audit Office of Argentina | |
| Presentation: Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Chile | |
| Presentation: Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Costa Rica | |
| Presentation: Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Ecuador | |
| Presentation: Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Guatemala | |
| Presentation: Superior Audit Office of the Federation of Mexico | |
| Presentation: Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Paraguay | |
| Presentation: Chamber of Accounts of the Dominican Republic | |
| Presentation: Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Venezuela | |
