The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) has released a report criticizing the Ministry of Regional Development for mismanaging funds intended to increase preparedness for natural disasters. The report found that the ministry had failed to properly assess the needs of firefighters, police and rescue workers in the individual regions before distributing the funds.
The SAO also criticized the ministry for its lack of subsequent monitoring of how the subsidies had been spent. The funds in question were allocated from the European Union and state budget between 2018 and 2022.
The SAO has recommended that the ministry take steps to ensure that funds are distributed in a more effective and transparent manner. It has also suggested that the ministry should improve its monitoring of how the funds are used.
The Ministry of Regional Development has responded to the report, stating that it is taking steps to address the issues raised by the SAO. It has promised to ensure that funds are distributed in a more effective and transparent manner, and that it will improve its monitoring of how the funds are used.