Media advisory

UN report highlights critical role of supreme audit institutions in assessing national action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals

WHAT: Webinar to present the findings of the World Public Sector Report 2025

As countries work to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), supreme audit institutions (SAIs) are emerging as critical partners in assessing countries’ public finance and the effectiveness of national policies for equity, climate action and preparedness on the SDGs. The World Public Sector Report 2025 — a biennial publication of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) —calls for stronger integration of audit findings into national policy and planning.

Given their central role in national accountability systems, SAIs are uniquely positioned to provide evidence-based insights that can help governments strengthen accountability and drive progress on the SDGs.

WHO:

• Navid Hanif, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, UN DESA
• David Le Blanc, coordinator of the report, Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government, UN DESA
• Silke Steiner, Director, General Secretariat of INTOSAI
• Anjali Garg, independent consultant, former Head of the Open Budget Survey
• Archana Shirsat, Deputy Director General, INTOSAI Development Initiative

WHEN: Friday, 30 January 2026, 8:00 a.m. EST

WHERE: Online via Zoom
To register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q0mA-5YSTZyVWahbs11FT  

For more information about the World Public Sector Report 2025
https://publicadministration.desa.un.org/publications/world-public-sector-report-2025

Media Contacts:

Sharon Birch, UN Department of Global Communications, [email protected]

Helen Rosengren, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, [email protected]