Revision of the Internal Control Framework in the European Commission PEMPAL Internal Audit Community of Practice (IACOP) Brussels, 27th February 2017.

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Revision of the Internal Control Framework in the European Commission PEMPAL Internal Audit Community of Practice (IACOP) Brussels, 27th February 2017

Organisations can fail……

Scope of internal control Governance Risk management Human resources Monitoring Performance management Values Effective services and structures Culture Effective planning and reporting mechanisms Behaviours Anti fraud strategies . . .

(College of Commissioners 28) Council European Parliament European Commission (College of Commissioners 28) DG X DG Y DG … Budget DG Service X Service Y Audit Serv. Internal European Court of Auditors 33 Directorates-General 11 Services Budget of150 billion EUR Member States Contractors / Beneficiaries Third Countries

AOD/Director-General (management responsibility) Guidance AAR quality Assurance and consultancy assurance Central services IAS Units + Directorates (management controls) Director (risk management and internal control) (internal audit) EP and Council College (political responsibility) AAR AOD/Director-General (management responsibility) APC   3 lines of defence AMPR Art. 99.5 Report Accountability Art. 99.3 Report Overall Opinion Reports significant issues;

Background 1999 Fraud Cases and Collective Resignation of Commissioners April 2017: Adoption of the new Internal Control Principles (17) 2001 Set-up of the Internal Audit Service 2001 First Internal Control Standards (24) 2000 White Paper of the Reform 2007 (Updated in 2014) Revision of IC Standards (16) 2001 White Paper of the European Governance

Internal control concepts Management tool Principles not rules Must be driven by context Must relate to objectives … and to risks Proportionate Use common sense and professional judgement!

EC internal control framework Components Principles Control environment 1. Demonstrates commitment to integrity and ethical values 2. Exercises oversight responsibility 3. Establishes structure, authority and responsibility 4. Demonstrates commitment to competence 5. Enforces accountability Risk assessment 6. Specifies suitable objectives 7. Identifies and analyses risk 8. Assesses fraud risk 9. Identifies and analyses significant change Control activities 10. Selects and develops control activities 11. Selects and develops general control over technology 12. Deploys through policies and procedures Information and communication 13. Uses relevant information 14. Communicates internally 15. Communicates externally Monitoring activities 16. Conducts ongoing and/or separate assessments 17. Assesses and communicates deficiencies

What is COSO? Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission Purpose: “COSO is a voluntary private-sector organization. COSO is dedicated to guiding executive management and governance entities toward the establishment of more effective, efficient, and ethical business operations on a global basis. It sponsors and disseminates frameworks and guidance based on in-depth research, analysis, and best practices”. source: www.COSO.com

The aim of the revision Ensure robust internal control, with a more flexible framework. Clarifying and reinforcing responsibilities. Facilitate efficient and effective implementation in all Commission departments.

More robust and flexible internal control Moving from a compliance to a principle-based system. DGs to adapt the framework to their specific characteristics and circumstances.

Efficient and effective implementation across the Commission Ongoing vs Specific assessments Ongoing assessments consist of continous monitoring at all levels of the organisation by formal and informal means. Specific assessment through a consistent methodology and reporting. Both are linked and mutually feed each-other.

Internal Control Monitoring Cycle Annual assessment (Stocktaking and reporting) Ongoing monitoring (Supervision, meetings, scoreboards, KPIs, IT tools, …) Strengths Deficiencies Actions Other sources OLAF reports Audit findings Exceptions & non- compliance events Annual assessment (Stocktaking and reporting) Ongoing monitoring (Supervision, meetings, scoreboards, KPIs, IT tools, …) Strengths Deficiencies Actions

Questions? Thank you for your attention !