PEM-PAL Internal Audit Comunity of Practice

PEMPAL: Internal Auditors Community of Practice (COP) What is it? A network of Internal Audit professionals sustained by the valuable exchange of ideas, techniques, experiences and problems.

IA COP - objectives Focus on public expenditure management (PEM) Improve effectiveness and transparency of public resources spending with the internal audit assistance.  Proper understanding of IA from managers and partnership building for the quality of public services.

What have we done? Plenary sessions: Workshop for Internal Audit Officials, CEF Slovenia, December 12 - 14, 2006 2nd Internal auditors’ COP Workshop Chisinau, Moldova, June 20-22 2007 3rd Plenary and COP Workshops - 24-28 February 2008, Istanbul, Turkey 4th IA COP T&C and Internal Audit Sampling, Ljubljana, April 2009, 5th IA COP Plenary Meeting, Yerevan, Armenia October 21-23, 2009 6th PEMPAL IA COP T&C Group Meeting, CEF - Ljubljana, Slovenia, December 10-11, 2009 Materials and details on the www.pempal.org

IA COP - SWOT analysis Strengths: Threats Weaknesses: Opportunities The network of this type new for members Three years of existence Sustainable budget Logistical support - CEF Rules of procedures Two level leadership Threats Topics not in line with expectations Voluntarily work Lack of management support Weaknesses: Turnover of members Language preventing communication / sharing of information Weak link with other COP-s Opportunities New sponsors Wikispaces Institutional support (WB, EC, SIGMA, IIA, CIPFA, etc.)

PEM-PAL organisation PEM-PAL Steering Committee Coordinates/manages Task Team Leader for WB Budget Coordinates/manages IA Executive Committee Secretary/ Treasurer Supports Secretariat - CEF IA COP members (country representatives) World Bank (WB) logistical support Group 1. IA Training and Certification Group 2. IA Strategy and Legislation Professionalsupport Finances Reports Reports Sponsors (Inwent, WB, etc) Organizations and professional associations (EC, IIA, SIGMA, CIPFA)