On Wednesday 31 May 2023, Members of the Chamber of Deputies elected Mr Jan Málek, former member of the Board of the Office, as the new Vice-President of the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) by secret ballot.
The Supreme Audit Office verified how the Ministry of Finance, the General Financial Directorate and three selected tax offices handled state funds earmarked for paying out the compensation bonus, particularly to self-employed persons, who were banned or restricted by the State to carry out their business activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic between the years 2020 and 2022.
The Supreme Audit Office verified how the Ministry of Regional Development, the Ministry of the Interior and nine selected beneficiaries spent funds from the European Union and the state budget earmarked to increase the preparedness for addressing and managing risks and disasters.
The Supreme Audit Office examined how the Ministry of Defence handled State budget funds earmarked for automobiles of the Army of the Czech Republic between the years 2018 and 2022.
The SAO reviewed the modernisation of the D1 motorway on a 160.8 km long section between the towns Mirošovice and Kývalka, which was to bring improvements in safety and comfort for users.
The SAO audited how the Ministry of the Environment and the Agency for Nature and Landscape Protection managed State and European Union funds intended for nature and landscape conservation and care between 2019 and 2021.
The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) issued its annual report for 2022. Apart from summarising the findings of 33 audits, it also describes the main problems in the management of public funds in the Czech Republic.
The SAO verified state budget funds earmarked between 2015 and 2021 for the preparation and provision of the system of protection of the population, which includes in particular warning systems, evacuation, providing shelter and emergency survival of the population.
The SAO examined the use of subsidies earmarked for so-called gender audits between the years 2014 and 2021 and the implementation of their recommendations.
The Supreme Audit Office verified how the Ministry of Transport, the State Fund for Transport Infrastructure and the state-owned enterprise CENDIS manage funds earmarked for the preparation, construction, operation and development of the Electronic Motorway Vignette System (so called EDAZ).
The SAO carried out an audit of state funds spent between 2015 and 2020 on the management of assets frozen, encumbered, seized, forfeited and sold in criminal and tax proceedings.
The SAO examined how the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and the National Pedagogical Institute of the Czech Republic spent state and EU funds to support digital education between 2019 and 2021.
The SAO examined how the Ministry of Regional Development and the Centre for Regional Development of the Czech Republic spent EU funds from the ‘Integrated Regional Operational Programme’ and funds from the State budget on aid for regional healthcare infrastructure between the years 2014 and 2022.
The SAO reviewed how the Ministry of Agriculture and the State Agricultural Intervention Fund treated state and EU funds spent on the processing of agricultural products, between the years 2018 and 2021.
The SAO focused on how the Czech Telecommunication Office handled state funds and property between the years 2018 and 2022.
The SAO focused on auditing the funds spent by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA) from the state budget and EU funds on family policy aid.
The SAO verified whether the Ministry of Justice and the Probation and Mediation Service managed state and EU funds economically, efficiently and effectively in the years 2016 to 2021
Today, the SAO issued a report on the financial management of EU funds in the Czech Republic, the so-called EU Report.
The SAO examined how the state budget money intended for targeted support of industrial research, development and innovation was distributed.
The fourth edition of the Hackathon of the Public Administration took place on Friday and Saturday, 7-8 October, at the headquarters of the Supreme Audit Office in Prague.
