Austrian Court of Audit and Court of Audit of the Republic of Slovenia have agreed to engage in a joint project focusing on reading literacy in children in Austria and Slovenia in the period from 2014 to 2018. To address the relevant issues and concerns in the field of children's literacy in their respective countries better, the Supreme Audit Institutions have each designed and performed a separate performance audit but agreed on a set of common reference points.
On September 30, 2020, President of the Austrian Court of Audit Margit Kraker and President of the Court of Audit of the Republic of Slovenia Tomaž Vesel held a meeting by videoconference. The results of the joint project on developing reading literacy in children in Austria and Slovenia in the period from 2014 to 2018 were discussed.
Both Austria and Slovenia pledged to ensure that all youth achieve literacy by 2030 within the scope of the UN sustainable development goal 4 (ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all).
With respect to the identified national challenges and risks, the emphasis of the respective audit reports are slightly different. Austrian Court of Audit has looked closely at the promotion of reading skills in primary and lower secondary schools in the school years 2014/15 to 2017/18. The Court of Audit of the Republic of Slovenia chose a system-based approach to identify the factors and their impact on developing reading literacy in children in Slovenia in the period from 2014 to 2018.
Detailed information on audits and both audit reports are available at the institutions websites:
- Promotion of Reading Skills in Schools (in German)
- Reading literacy in children in the Republic of Slovenia (in English)
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