Internal Audit Service

The Internal Audit Service (IAS) advises the Institute on dealing with risks, by issuing independent opinions on the quality of management and control systems, and by issuing recommendations to improve the conditions of the implementation of operations and to promote sound financial management.

The Internal Auditor is responsible for assessing the suitability and effectiveness of internal management systems and the performance of the services, and for carrying out ex post checks by means of sampling or selection.

The Service prepares the audit certificates for projects financed by the European Commission under the Sixth and Seventh Framework Programmes.

It also maintains contacts with the external auditors throughout the year, and provides them with assistance during their visits to the Institute.

The role, duties, independence and operational standards for the IAS are established in the Institute’s Financial Rules (Chapter 7) and in the Principal’s Decision 25/2004.

The Internal Auditor has also been appointed as Secretary of the Organ of First Instance and of the Appeals Board and, and will be responsible for the work of the Secretariat.