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After three years, the Supreme Audit Office hands over the EUROSAI Presidency to Israel

After three years of chairing the European Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions, the Supreme Audit Office President Miloslav Kala will hand over the Presidency to the Supreme Audit Institution of Israel on Monday 27 May 2024.

The expected benefits of the establishment of the National Sports Agency have not materialised: billions in subsidies are not transparent and lack efficiency examination

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and the National Sports Agency have spent a total of CZK 26.5 billion from the state budget between 2019 and 2022 to support sport.

The engineer troops are working with outdated and malfunctioning equipment, pontoon bridges cannot support new tanks, but the MoD has postponed most investments in modernisation

The engineer troops play an irreplaceable role in the combat support of the Czech Armed Forces. However, some of their equipment is obsolete, long past its service life, malfunctioning or lacks the required technical parameters.

SAO Annual Report 2023: Czech Republic Not Sufficiently Prepared for Crises

Amidst the deteriorating security situation in the world, the Czech Republic is not sufficiently prepared for crises and emergencies.

CZK 431 million worth of support for tourism in the regions: even inefficient and uneconomical projects subsidised

More than CZK 431 million were spent from the state budget on the National Programme for Supporting Tourism in Regions 2016-2023 from 2016 to July 2023.

Almost CZK 16 billion for rural development: impact of the support cannot be assessed, projects supported without specific objectives, incorrect data in reports from beneficiaries

The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) focused on the state and EU funds spent on the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020.

The Ministry of Defence has not purchased the necessary equipment for the Chemical Army. It has not even completed the construction of the Těchonín Biological Protection Centre

The Ministry of Defence did not ensure the necessary renewal and modernisation of the Czech Armed Forces’ chemical equipment in 2018-2022.

European subsidies were the main topic of the regular meeting of the Supreme Audit Office representatives with EU Ambassadors

Member of the Board of the Supreme Audit Office Roman Procházka has died

We are deeply saddened to announce that a Member of the Board of the Supreme Audit Office(SAO), Roman Procházka, has suddenly passed away at the age of fifty-five

Removal of old environmental burdens is still slow, it has not accelerated even in recent years and the state has already paid CZK 66.2 billion for it

Last year, after six years, the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) resumed auditing old environmental burdens caused by the activities of former state-owned enterprises in the period before their privatisation.

European auditors discussed in Prague about possible global threats

Is it possible to learn from previous crises, for example from the COVID crisis, in auditing? Auditors from all over Europe discussed this as well as other topics, on Monday and Tuesday, 22 and 23 January 2024, at the new headquarters of the Supreme Audit Office in Prague.

The Ministry of the Interior projects worth CZK 200 million have not led to the modernization of public administration

The Ministry of the Interior projects worth CZK 200 million have not led to the modernization of public administration: the authorities have not simplified their work, citizens still have to report to them what the state already knows.

The project for exchanging information among auditors from different SAIs enhances the quality of national audits

On Monday 22 January 2024, the President of the Supreme Audit Office and EUROSAI, Miloslav Kala, met with the Comptroller and General Auditor of the National Audit Office of the United Kingdom, Gareth Davies, at the new headquarters of the SAO.

The 5th edition of the Public Administration Hackathon has brought applications that help, inform, but also entertain

Winner of winners was the motto of the 5th edition of the Public Administration Hackathon www.hackujstat.cz, which took place on Friday and Saturday 19 and 20 January 2024 at the Prague headquarters of the event organiser - the Supreme Audit Office.

State support for housing: billions spent, only marginal impact on the housing market, problems with affordability and quality persist

Over the last seven years (2016 to 2023), the SAO has already carried out five audits focused on funds earmarked for housing support.

The tax authorities did not respect the ruling of the Constitutional Court and withheld the entire excessive VAT deduction from entrepreneurs, including the unexamined part

The SAO audited how the Ministry of Finance, the General Financial Directorate and selected Tax Offices managed excessive value added tax deductions in the years 2019-2022.

SAO warns: construction of the D4 motorway in the form of a PPP project may not be as profitable for the state as expected

The SAO auditors examined how the Ministry of Transport and the Road and Motorway Directorate used state funds earmarked for the preparation, construction and operation of the D4 motorway.

EU Contact Committee Statement on the constitutional role, mandate and independence of the Supreme Audit Office of Poland

Billions to keep jobs in the COVID-19 era were also given by the state to companies whose profits and number of employees grew

Support from the Antivirus programme, the main purpose of which was to mitigate the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on employment in the Czech Republic, was also given to companies whose net sales and profits were growing and whose number of employees was increasing at the time of the spread of the disease.

The extensive subsidy system is costly and difficult to manage. The administration of European programmes from 2014 to 2020 cost almost CZK 30 billion

Today, the SAO publishes its 16th report on the financial management of EU funds in the Czech Republic - the EU Report.