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Miloslav Kala will lead the Supreme Audit Office of the Czech Republic for further nine years. He was appointed to the post today by Miloš Zeman, President of the Czech Republic.

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 assesses the functioning of the State in its annual report

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.

The financial aid for recreational navigation is lagging. Projects were delayed, burdened by frequent changes and increased costs.

The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) examined the financial aid for recreational navigation between the years 2014 and 2021.

The Ministry of Finance purchased 5,900 licences for the State Treasury Integrated Information System, but it did not use one third of them

The Supreme Audit Office examined how the Ministry of Finance acquired, operated, and developed the ‘State Treasury Integrated Information System’ between 2015 and 2020.

Subsidies for applied research in culture: The supported projects were applied in practice. However, the Ministry of Culture does not evaluate the benefits of the allocated funds

The Supreme Audit Office examined how the Ministry of Culture (MoC) provided targeted aid for applied research and development between the years 2016 and 2020.

Situation in Ukraine: Czech SAO and EUROSAI President Miloslav Kala has summoned an extraordinary meeting of the EUROSAI Governing Board

The Supreme Audit Office of the Czech Republic stands with Ukraine and suspends all cooperation with the supreme audit institutions of Russia and Belarus

The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) expresses its deepest sympathies and support to the Ukrainian people and stands with them in their struggle for freedom.

Road tax collection is administratively burdensome and the tax itself is inefficient. The Czech state collects four times less per one Czech crown in comparison with other taxes

The Supreme Audit Office examined the management of the road tax between 2017 and 2020.

The Czech Republic has long-standing problems in the distribution of EU subsidies in terms of correctly allocating the aid and assessing its impact

The Supreme Audit Office has issued an annual assessment of how the Czech Republic manages money it receives from the EU.

The Ministry of Regional Development planned on building 5,000 social housing units with EU funds. Only less than a half is actually going to be built.

The Supreme Audit Office examined how the Ministry of Regional Development (MoRD) distributed European subsidies from the ‘Integrated Regional Operational Programme’ dedicated to social housing between the years 2016 and 2021.

Transgas operating at a long-term loss, neither fulfils its original purpose, nor ensures significant interests of the Czech state. The Ministry should dissolve the enterprise

The Supreme Audit Office examined the financial management of Transgas, the state enterprise, between the years 2017 and 2021.

Czech embassy buildings are in a poor or emergency condition. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs postpones or changes plans for reconstruction, which leads to additional costs

The SAO examined the financial management of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) between the years 2016 and 2020.

The state reserves of some basic foods are below the limit, crude oil reserves are sufficient only thanks to the economy slowdown

The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) scrutinised the management of the State Material Reserves Administration (SMRA) with state property and funds between the years 2016 and 2021.

Ambiguous rules, allocations of subsidies without evaluating applications, as well as incorrectly set checks on beneficiaries.

The SAO audited funds for food and material assistance to aid financially deprived persons and for reducing food waste.

Errors in the preparation of the reconstruction of the Army Museum Žižkov increased the construction costs by at least CZK 28 million

The SAO focused on how the Ministry of Defence managed funds and assets in connection with the performance of the tasks of the Military History Institute Prague between 2016 and 2020.

The Ministry of Justice corrected a large part of its accounting errors; however, some figures in the 2020 annual accounts are unreliable

The Supreme Audit Office examined the data of the closing account, accounting and preparation of the 2020 annual accounts of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

The changes in the working methods of selected regional offices of the General Financial Directorate did not lead to the planned savings

The SAO examined the way the General Directorate of Finance (GDF) managed state funds and selected state assets in the period 2018 to 2020.

Europe 2020 strategy in the Czech Republic: Low-targets as well as minimal impact assessment of European subsidies

The SAO focused on funds dedicated to monitoring and evaluating the contribution of the European Structural and Investment Funds to the achievement of the EU’s “Europe 2020” strategy.

Energy savings in apartment buildings remain minimal. The Czech state distributed only one third of the funds for this purpose.

The Supreme Audit Office examined aid allocated to improve the energy performance of apartment buildings for the period 2015 - 2020.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade corrected material accounting misstatements. The 2020 accounts thus give a true and fair view of the subject-matter of the accounts.

The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) examined the data of the closing account, management of the accounts and the preparation of the annual account of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) for 2020.