UNICEF will support the rapid expansion of internal audit coverage of headquarters divisions, including in the area of information technology.

(e) The UNDP audit recommendation tracking dashboard will be enhanced to better support management oversight at Headquarters bureaux and regional bureaux.

The Office proposes to include those audits in the comprehensive management audit and to utilize the foreseen resources in the support account budget towards the resource requirements for the comprehensive management audit of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

Audit opinion

Audit process

Audit opinion

External audit

Internal audit

Audit costs

Audit Division

Internal audit is conducted by a dedicated UNHCR Audit Service, which forms part of Internal Audit Division II that is headquartered at Geneva.

The UNHCR Audit Service, in close cooperation with the UNHCR Audit Coordinator in the Controller's Office, vigorously follows up on outstanding audit recommendations.

We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for the audit opinion.

The Audit Services Branch will update the checklist for the 2005 audit exercise.

Internal audit ratings

So we audit.

Audit the Fed?

Internal audit function

Scope of audit

OIOS Audit Service

UNHCR Audit Service

At the present time, audit assignments are shared among the audit staff provided from the audit services of the members of the Board on an equal basis.

The Office of Audit and Performance Review has incorporated procedures in its country office audit guide to ensure that audit clauses are included in all project agreements.

One D 1 post would be redeployed from Internal Audit in New York to Internal Audit in Geneva to strengthen audit operations handled from the Geneva office.

In the support account budget for the period 2005 06, the Office of Internal Oversight Services has proposed to undertake the audit of the supply chain management in the peacekeeping missions for 50,000 and the audit of construction engineering projects in the peacekeeping missions for 15,000.

The working group fully supported the resources requested for external audit ( 479,900) and internal audit ( 1,240,700).

The call for the 2004 audit of nationally executed projects emphasized the requirements for the audit.

Annual report and audit

Audit recommendation tracking dashboard

Independent Audit Advisory Committee

(c) Audit and Inspection

Subprogramme 1 Internal audit

OIOS, UNHCR Audit Service

The regularity audit will be taken forward through a pre final audit in the last quarter of 2005 and a final audit after the closure of the financial period.

These include the implementation of a web based audit recommendation tracking dashboard (http audit dashboard.undp.org) to manage corporate audit issues, and the establishment of a quality assurance function within the Bureau of Management (BOM) to analyze systemic issues arising from audit observations.

To ensure an effective internal audit mechanism, the Coordination Council has adopted a Charter for Internal Audit.

OIOS Audit of UNHCR Procurement (Audit report 03 03) of 6 February 2003, paragraphs 25 and 26.

The audits of Treasury and the relevant specialist areas have been included in the 2005 audit plan of the Internal Audit Section of the Office of Audit and Performance Reviews.

In paragraph 306, the Board recommended that UNICEF support the rapid expansion of the coverage of the Office of Internal Audit of all headquarters areas, including information technology.

(d) Enhancement of the external audit functions of the Fund and expansion of the Fund's internal audit coverage

UNICEF is reviewing alternative audit options with the objective of allocating audit resources to strategically important business units.

Chairman, Philippine Commission on Audit

Management summary audit implementation status

(i) Accountability, audit and oversight

Table 1 Internal audit ratings