In its opinion on the draft state closing account of the Czech Republic for 2021, the Supreme Audit Office concluded that the Czech Republic had the fastest growing debt among countries of the European Union last year, the state budget deficit exceeded its worst outcome of 2020
The Supreme Audit Office reviewed the financial management of selected organisations of the Ministry of Regional Development between the years 2015 and 2020, specifically the Czech Tourism Centre — CzechTourism, the Centre for Regional Development of the Czech Republic and the Mountain Rescue Service of the Czech Republic.
The Supreme Audit Office focused on how the Ministry of Transport and the Railway Administration distributed national and EU funds for the reconstruction of selected extra-corridor railway lines from 2016 to mid-2021.
The SAO audited how the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Regional Development and the Centre for Regional Development distributed public funds to support social enterprises from two operational programmes between 2015 and 2021.
The Supreme Audit Office focused on the management of contributory organisations of the Ministry of Culture — the National Gallery in Prague (NGP) and the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague (MoDA) — between 2018 and 2020.
The SAO examined how the Ministries of the Interior, Culture and Health allocated State funds to the system of protection of soft targets (e.g. schools and public spaces, hospitals or cultural facilities) from terrorism and other types of attacks between the years 2016 and 2021.
The SAO examined the management of the Ministry of Finance between 2019 and 2020.
The SAO examined the state and European Union funds earmarked for the promotion of agricultural products and foodstuffs between 2016 and 2020 worth a total of CZK 1.4 billion.
The Supreme Audit Office examined the use of European and national subsidies for the humanisation of psychiatric care in the Czech Republic between 2016 and 2020.
The Supreme Audit Office examined whether the Czech Development Agency had correctly kept its accounts and prepared the 2020 annual accounts.
The Supreme Audit Office carried out an audit of the Ministry of the Environment and the State Environmental Fund of the Czech Republic, in order to verify how the subsidies helped to the waste prevention, to the proper waste management and to achieving other set goals.
The Supreme Audit Office examined how the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs used the funds of the Czech state and the European Union for the development, advancement, and operation of the information system of the European Social Fund — ESF 2014+ between 2015 and 2021.
The international conference “EUROSAI Prague Post-Congress Get-Together”, which brought together more than 200 delegates of supreme audit institutions (SAIs) from 37 – mostly European - countries at the Grandium Hotel in Prague, is over.
The Supreme Audit Office focused on European subsidies for the restoration of selected cultural monuments.
The Supreme Audit Office focused on the General Health Insurance Company of the Czech Republic (VZP), mainly in the period between 2018 and 2019.
The Supreme Audit Office examined the funds spent on visitors’ infrastructure projects from the Operational Programme Environment (OPE) in the period 2012-2020.
The Supreme Audit Office focused on how the state spent funds on IT support for anti-epidemic activities between the years 2017 and 2021.
The Supreme Audit Office examined whether the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) had correctly drawn up its closing account and how it kept its accounts for the year 2020.
Miloš Zeman, President of the Czech Republic, appointed Miloslav Kala as President of the Supreme Audit Office at the Prague Castle on 6 April 2022.
The SAO issued its annual report for 2021, in which it summarises its findings from a total of 29 audits, but also evaluates the progress of the State in selected policies as well as the State's financial management and economic situation.