Quality audit is the process of systematic examination of a quality system carried out by an internal or external quality auditor or an audit team.

The aim of the assessment is to appraise the quality of the audit work performed by the UNHCR Audit Service, as well as to determine opportunities for improvements.

Donors will need to ensure that a credible audit and quality control mechanism is introduced to maintain public confidence.

Implementation of an audit recommendation tracking dashboard atnc (http audit dashboard.undp.org) and Establishment of a quality assurance function with responsibility for working with country offices and the audit office to address emerging issues proactively, to analyse trends and to address systemic issues.

In paragraph 317, the Board recommended that the UNICEF Office of Internal Audit take steps to improve its internal quality assurance processes.

(d) The existing quality assurance function will continue to advise the management team on emerging audit trends, root cause analysis and possible actions

The corporate structure will comprise the executive office, audit, a strategic analysis unit and a product service performance unit responsible for assessment and quality control.

Integrated into the internal audit and business divisions, regional bureaux and country offices, the quality assurance function complements internal and external audits in the following ways

To ensure compliance with the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing, an internal quality assessment of the UNHCR Audit Service is being conducted in 2005.

In line with the increasing focus on improving organizational effectiveness and responsiveness to audit recommendations, UNDP recently established the quality assurance function currently embedded in the structure of BOM.

The IIA standards require a quality assurance and improvement programme to be developed and maintained, to cover all aspects of the internal audit activity and to continuously monitor its effectiveness.

Audit Recommendations

Internal audit

Audit opinion

Audit process

Internal audit

Audit opinion

External audit

Internal audit

Audit costs

A consultant on government regulation of vaccine and biological product development presented aspects and procedures of inspecting and auditing biotechnology and vaccine facilities through paper audit, quality assurance verification and interviews.

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.

Audit the Fed?

Internal audit ratings

Audit services 10.0

Internal audit function

Scope of audit

OIOS Audit Service

UNHCR Audit Service

Annual report and audit

Audit recommendation tracking dashboard

Independent Audit Advisory Committee

(c) Audit and Inspection

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.

An information security audit is an audit on the level of information security in an organization.

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

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.

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.

(a) Audit services 10 000

Chairman, Philippine Commission on Audit

Management summary audit implementation status