NIK on privatisation of the pharmaceutical sector
15 May 2012 10:48
Despite an unfavourable economic situation, the Ministry of Treasury managed to privatise 14 out of 18 pharmaceutical plants. The revenue from their sale amounted to PLN 560 million. However, NIK critically evaluates the Minister’s decision to prolong activity of the Polish Pharmaceutical Holding. Entrusting it with privatisation-related tasks did not accelerate sale of the companies but entailed some additional costs. Until 2011, the costs reached PLN 19 million, of which nearly a half was the employees’ salaries.
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NIK on children's homes
14 May 2012 10:12
Only 3 percent of kids at children’s homes are orphans. 17 percent of children have a single parent and 80 percent have both of them. At the same time the percentage of kids returning to their biological families falls (currently it is between 25 and 30 percent). The efforts of social care institutions, children’s homes or Poviat Centres for Family Support do not give expected effects. Employees of those institutions explain that they cannot get in touch with a half of the families at all (parents are avoiding contact or staying abroad). Other families show little inclination to cooperate. As a result, work with them is mainly on paper.
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NIK on sewage disposal
09 May 2012 10:58
Only 8 percent of wastewater is treated in the communes that do not have any sewage system. This is much too little. Poland-wide, it means that the sewage of a volume larger than Lake Śniardwy [0.65 km³] is disposed in the environment every year.
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Supreme Audit Institutions Discuss Internal Control Standards
02 May 2012 15:50
Members of the INTOSAI Subcommittee on Internal Control Standards met on 24-25 April in Warsaw, Poland to discuss the progress of the Subcommittee’s works to date, draft questionnaires developed with a view to elaborating new guidelines, and plans for the future.
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Disasters know no borders
16 April 2012 10:18
National borders are neither able to stop natural disasters nor the repercussions of large catastrophes. There is a rising awareness, that in order to fight them successfully international cooperation is necessary. Auditors from several European countries met in Wrocław, to plan a joint audit of funds destined to spend on preventing cataclysms and reducing their effects.
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Poles' positive evaluation of the NIK increases
26 March 2012 12:07
According to recent CBOS (Public Opinion Research Center) research 45% Poles positively evaluate the NIK's activity. 17% of the respondents think the opposite. Remaining are those who have trouble saying what the NIK's responsibilities are. Since March 2009 positive reviews of the NIK have increased by 5%.
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Anti-corruption Standards. The NIK in the First Place
09 March 2012 15:39
In the publication entitled Anti-corruption Mechanisms in Poland. A Monitoring Report, developed by the Institute of Public Affairs and Transparency International, the Supreme Audit Office is in the first place among public institutions with regard to anti-corruption standards applied.
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The First Step Taken towards the EUROSAI Communication Policy
09 March 2012 15:25
Colleagues from Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain met in Warsaw on 8-9 March 2012 to hold a brainstorming session and discussion on the most important issues of the EUROSAI communication.
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Interview with Henryk Otbo, former Auditor General of Denmark
05 March 2012 13:52
In reply to the crisis that we have, European institutions, including supreme audit bodies, should cooperate more closely, claims Henrik Otbo, former Auditor General of Denmark who on 1 March became a member of the European Court of Auditors.
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NIK to Check whether Public Offices Pay Licence Fees
05 March 2012 13:49
Within its state budget execution audit, the NIK is to verify whether ministries, central public offices and self-governmental entities have paid radio and television licence fees.
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