Coordinated Parallel Audit on Protection of the Black Sea against Pollution

The participants of audit included SAIs of: Republic of Turkey, Republic of Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russian Federation and Georgia. The audit coordinator: SAI of Ukraine.

Common Audit Questions were to:

− establish main pollution sources of the waters in the Black Sea catchment area;

− identify the common legal framework for the cooperating countries that falls within this audit and assess the compliance level;

− assess and compare the systems for control, prevention and consequences elimination of the marine environment pollution;

− assess the activities of the authorities regarding the protection of waters in the Black Sea basin;

− determine and assess the implementation efficiency of international, national and regional programs as within the frames of this audit;

− determine the dynamics of the qualitative composition of the Black Sea waters.

Joint Report