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.
Amidst the deteriorating security situation in the world, the Czech Republic is not sufficiently prepared for crises and emergencies.
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.
The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) focused on the state and EU funds spent on the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020.
The Ministry of Defence did not ensure the necessary renewal and modernisation of the Czech Armed Forces’ chemical equipment in 2018-2022.
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
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Over the last seven years (2016 to 2023), the SAO has already carried out five audits focused on funds earmarked for housing support.
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.
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.
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.
Today, the SAO publishes its 16th report on the financial management of EU funds in the Czech Republic - the EU Report.
The new headquarters of the SAO in Prague Holešovice won the title of Construction of the Year 2023 in this year's 31st edition of the competition of the Foundation for the Development of Architecture and Construction.
The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) audited the data of the final account, accounting and financial statements of the Ministry of the Environment (MoE) for the year 2022.
Although the D35 motorway between Hradec Králové and Olomouc is one of the most important parts of the Czech motorway network, its construction is delayed and more expensive.