Online Seminar of the EUROSAI Working Group on the Audit of Funds Allocated to Disasters and Catastrophes dedicated to the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction "Disaster Risk Reduction and Response" (13 October 2025)

Agenda

List of Participants

Presentations:

• Disaster risk reduction to strengthen national auditing
  Mr. Animesh Kumar – Headof the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Office in Bonn (UNDRR)
   
• Hydrometeorological Hazard Monitoring and Early Warning Systems
  Mr. Davit Loladze – Head of Early Warning Division within the Meteorology Departmentthe National Environment Agency of Georgia
   
• Actions of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) in Wartime Conditions
  Mr. Yevhen Prit – Chief Specialist of the Emergency Response Division, Rescue Forces Directorate, Department of Emergency Response, State Emergency Service of Ukraine
   
• Improving the Public Warning System for Emergencies
  Mr. Ivan Subotin – Chief Specialist, Bilateral Cooperation Division, Directorate for European Integration and International Cooperation, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine
   
• Early Warning, Early Action: Audits from the State Audit Office of Georgia
  Mr. Giorgi Khitarishvili – Deputy Head of Defense of the Public Order and Security Audit Department of the State Audit Office of Georgia
   
• Performance Audit on the Effectiveness of Using Meteorological, Hydrological and Geological Data for Early Warning Systems
  Ms. Maka Chikhoria – Chief Auditor of the Economic Activities Audit Department of the State Audit Office of Georgia
   
• Disaster Risk Reduction –Climate Change Adaptation Actions
  Ms. Iryna Yurshevska – State Auditor, the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine
   
• ECA’s Audit on the EU Funding to Tackle Forest Fires: audit approach and main conclusions
  Ms. Liia Laanes –Senior Auditor, Chamber 1 Directorate of Sustainable use of natural resourcesof the European Court of Auditors