INTOSAI Working Group on the Audit of Privatisation

Papers for the Ninth Meeting
Oslo, 10 and 11 June 2002


Agenda

Monday, 10 June 2002

0930 Introductory remarks by Sir John Bourn, Chairman of the Working Group, and Mr Bjarne Mørk Eidem, Auditor General of Norway. Adoption of Agenda.
0945 The experience of privatisation (Mr Tormod Hermansen, Chief Executive Officer, Telenor)
1030 Using the guidelines (Note by the Chairman)
1115 Coffee/tea
1145 Bus company privatisation (Denmark – Mr Henrik Otbo)
1215 Auditing the successors to the Treuhandanstalt (Germany – Mr Klaus-Jochen Stein)
1245 Lunch
1445 The Norwegian experience on the audit of privatisation (Norway - Mrs Tove Skjevestad)
1515 The role of the SAI in the privatisation of state activities (Zambia – Mr Ron Mwambwa)
1545 Tea/coffee
1615 Draft guidelines on best practice for the audit of risk in public/private partnerships (Note by the Chairman)
1715 Conclusion of Day 1
1800-1930 Reception at British Ambassador's residence

Tuesday, 11 June 2002

0930 Managing the state’s interests in partly privatised companies (Poland – Mr Krzysztof Szwedowski)
1000 The role of Partnerships UK (Mr Derek Higgs, Chairman, Partnerships UK)
1045 Coffee/tea

1115

Alternatives to state-imposed regulation (UK – Mr Edward Humpherson)

1145 Future meetings and Any Other Business
1215 Conclusions of Ninth Meeting
1230 Closing remarks
1245 Lunch