Annual report to the Discharge Authority on internal audits carried out in 2017

Summary:

This report is to inform the European Parliament and Council of the work carried out by the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS). It is based on the report drawn up by the Commission’s Internal Auditor regarding Internal Audit Service audit and consulting reports completed in 2017 on Commission Directorates-General, Services and Executive Agencies. In line with its legal base it contains a summary of the number and type of internal audits carried out, the recommendations and the action taken on those recommendations.

Further information:

The mission of the Internal Audit Service is to provide to the Commission independent, objective assurance and consulting services designed to add value and improve the operations of the Commission. The Internal Audit Service helps the Commission accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach in order to evaluate and make recommendations for improving the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes.

Its tasks include assessing and making appropriate recommendations for improving the governance process in its accomplishment of the following objectives: promoting appropriate ethics and values within the organisation, ensuring effective organisational performance management and accountability and effectively communicating risk and control information to appropriate areas of the organisation. Thereby it promotes a culture of efficient and effective management within the Commission and its departments.

EUR-Lex: SWD(2018)429: Internal audit engagements finalised by the IAS in 2017: Summary of executive summaries https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2018:429:FIN

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