Course team

Alar Jürgenson, Auditor at the National Audit Office of Estonia

Alar has audited waste, climate change, energy and mining issues for 15 years in the National Audit Office of Estonia. Before joining with the audit office, he worked for the Environmental Inspectorate carrying out control and monitoring duties on various environmental fields/topics (waste, water, air quality etc.). Alar participated in the EUROSAI WGEA cooperative audit on air quality (2019) and he has also taken part of several EUROSAI and INTOSAI seminars and working groups on waste management and circular economy.

Mart Kiis, Auditor at the National Audit Office of Estonia

Mart recently joined the environmental team at the Estonian National Audit Office, where he is responsible for conducting performance audits in the environmental field. Before joining the National Audit Office, Mart worked in the Ministry of Climate, where he helped shape climate policies at both the national and European Union levels.

Kaire Kesküla, Head of International Relations at the National Audit Office of Estonia

Kaire worked at the Secretariat of INTOSAI WGEA (2010-2013) and thereafter also participated in audits conducted by the environmental and infrastructure audit teams of NAOE. She has experience in organising several environment-related training events and meetings as well as international (coordinated) audits. Kaire is also an e-learning specialist certified by the INTOSAI Development Initiative in 2019.

Sigrid Rajangu, Auditor at the National Audit Office of Estonia

Sigrid has been working at the National Audit Office of Estonia for over 15 years, auditing the management of local governments as well as conducting performance audits in the environmental and agricultural fields. She has a Master’s Degree in Environmental Management. Sigrid has been also engaged in international training activities, for example, lecturing waste management basics at the International Centre for Environment Audit and Sustainable Development (iCED) in Jaipur.

Tuuli Rasso, Auditor at the National Audit Office of Estonia

Tuuli has extensive experience in environmental governance and auditing. During her career at the National Audit Office of Estonia (NAOE) she has conducted environmental audits as an auditor and audit manager. She has been an advisor and the head of INTOSAI WGEA secretariat and was formerly also the head of  EUROSAI WGEA secretariat. She has been involved in numerous national and international (coordinated) audits and organised many international training events and seminars on environmental auditing both in INTOSAI WGEA and EUROSAI WGEA and at the International Centre for Environment Audit and Sustainable Development (iCED) in Jaipur, India.

Former team members whom you can see in MOOC videos:

Airi Andresson, former Audit Manager at the National Audit Office of Estonia

Airi worked for the Estonian National Audit Office 2006-2023 as an auditor and audit manager. Her fields of responsibility included environmental and agriculture audits. She was active in the environmental auditing community both on European and international level, taking part in several co-operative audits and projects. Airi taught environmental law for the master students at the Tallinn University and was a board member of an NGO dealing with environmental law issues. Prior to her work as an auditor she had worked in the legal department in the Estonian Ministry of the Environment.

Viire Viss, former Senior Auditor at the National Audit Office of Estonia

Viire worked in the National Audit Office of Estonia in 2009-2023 as senior auditor and audit manager, conducting audits in environmental and agricultural areas. She was a representative of NAOE in INTOSAI WGEA Steering Committee and led INTOSAI WGEA research projects on market based instruments for environmental protection as well as the greening of audit offices. In her previous professional career she had led several projects (incl. creating e-learning courses), trainings and lectures related to environmental management.

Technical design:

Centre for Learning and Teaching, University of Tartu

Contact and feedback

Kaire Kesküla
National Audit Office of Estonia
Kiriku 2/4, 15013 Tallinn
ESTONIA
Tel: +372 640 0100
e-mail: kaire.keskula@riigikontroll.ee

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