What’s new

The National Audit Office of Finland (NAOF) is changing its organization. The aim is to clarify the management model and strengthen the audit and monitoring activities.

The National Audit Office of Finland (NAOF) expects administrative reforms and policy measures to be planned and steered more strongly. The NAOF has submitted its annual report to Parliament. The annual report provides a summary of the results of the NAOF's audit and monitoring activities.

We thank all those interested in public finances and governance for the past year. Season’s Greetings and Happy New Year 2023!

The EU Contact Committee of the European Supreme Audit Institutions has published a parallel audit of medium-term budgetary frameworks (MTBF).

The right to a clean environment is enshrined in the constitutions of Finland and many other countries. Nevertheless, the resolution the UN passed in July to recognise it as a human right is significant. Arguably, there is an unexplored connection between environmental auditing and many human rights such as the right to a healthy environment. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) may have a key role in incorporating human rights perspectives into environmental auditing. In addition, environmental audits can have a role in realising the right to a healthy environment.

Complex problems require examining phenomena from a broader perspective than that of individual administrative sectors. Therefore, Supreme Audit Institutions both in Finland and around the world are focusing more and more attention on policy coherence. The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) should also be examined in the light of the dynamics between them.