Financial data and reports for audit purposes

In 2005, the UNFPA Audit Services Branch carried out an audit of the data transfer from IMIS to Atlas.

The UNFPA internal audit will review and verify the data during the third quarter of 2005.

In the third quarter of 2005, the UNFPA Audit Services Branch performed an audit of the conversion of data from the integrated management information system (IMIS) to Atlas.

Data from Ministry of Labour and Social Protection.

Data from Ministry of Labour and Social Protection.

The Investment Management Service will be easily able to use retained historical data from all data sources and will be better positioned to proactively verify data and perform in depth analysis and internal audit.

Since the audit, the Departmentivision of International Protection (DIP) has realigned its protection training learning strategy to cater to four levels induction, intermediate, advanced thematic and management.

Given that data integrity is a significant risk at UNOPS, the implementation of an audit trail as a control tool could assist in identifying data errors and irregularities in a timely manner.

This fact raises the issue of confidentiality of the institution's data and the protection of that data from interference by third parties.

UNFPA intends to develop a web based data system accessible by country offices to monitor the implementation of audit recommendations for nationally executed projects.

INSTRAW stated that it had consolidated the data from its old website and posted it on the new website since the audit in December 2004.

A first phase involved UNHCR collecting data, consulting stakeholders and analysing protection and assistance gaps .

The Committee wishes to receive statistical data, disaggregated by nationality, relating to temporary protection visas.

The quantification of the financial effect of audit qualifications made in respect of national expenditures requires a complex set of data that must be standardized for analysis.

Consolidation of audit, evaluation, control, monitoring, data integrity and other related functions into one Office has resulted in synergies for better and improved oversight coverage of the Organization.

Regrettably, the Management Systems Renewal Project (MSRP) has not so far provided the data and reports required for audit purposes that were previously available under UNHCR's legacy systems.

Target 1 Indicators and data gathering for selected child protection areas and improved quality of situation analyses

Objective 4 follow ISO 17799 guidelines to support the security system for data protection and business continuity.

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.

In preparation of audit assignments, the UNHCR Audit Service requires access to various UNHCR financial and other reports. This is required for sample selection, for assurance as to the completeness and accuracy of data, for variance analysis and for the detection of unusual transactions, trends and or fluctuations in expenditure patterns.

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.

1997 2003 Consultant for the European Union funded projects on data protection, antidiscrimination law, refugee law, and migration problems.

Internal audit ratings

So we audit.

Audit the Fed?

Internal audit function

Scope of audit

OIOS Audit Service

UNHCR Audit Service

In paragraph 136 of the report, UNFPA agreed with the Board's recommendation that its internal audit verify the validity and accuracy of journals posted as a result of the data cleansing exercise.

In paragraph 145 of the report, UNOPS agreed with the Board's recommendation that UNOPS internal audit verify the validity and accuracy of journals posted as a result of the data cleansing exercise.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) attempted to integrate indicators related to child protection in its regular data collection activities.

The Board examined how the Department of International Protection defined priorities, promoted refugee laws and managed country and legal information and analysis. It included an audit of the Refworld management.

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.