On 7 October in Kyiv, EU4PFM held the final session of its internal audit course for State Customs Service specialists. The course was developed at the request of the Service’s Internal Audit Department. The training was practical from start to finish. EU4PFM international experts Manfred van Kesteren and Markus Erlmoser showed how internal audit works…
On 6 October, EU4PFM Public Internal Financial Control (PIFC) experts brought together representatives of the Ministry of Justice, the Coordination Centre for Legal Aid Provision (the pilot institution) and the Ministry of Finance to review the pilot project’s results and practical experience. The participants also shared ideas on priorities for further work and discussed how…
More than 400 participants from different regions of Ukraine discussed how to strengthen internal control in budget spending units in practice, including in the context of Ukraine’s EU accession. Manfred van Kesteren, EU4PFM expert on Public Internal Financial Control (PIFC), discussed priority areas for strengthening internal control, drawing on assessments such as those by OECD/SIGMA…
The EU4PFM summer training series for the State Customs Service’s Internal Audit Department continued with a follow-up session on reporting and quality. EU4PFM experts on Public Internal Financial Control (PIFC) Manfred van Kesteren and Markus Erlmoser led the discussion. Manfred van Kesteren continued with the quality assurance topic. The expert stressed that quality problems usually…
These principles were at the heart of the 5th session of the summer training series on internal audit for the State Customs Service, delivered by EU4PFM Public Internal Financial Control (PIFC) experts Manfred van Kesteren and Markus Erlmoser. As usual, the speakers shared practical experience. The webinar covered continuous communication throughout the audit engagement in…
Over the past year, the EU4PFM Expert Team on Public Internal Financial Control (PIFC) has worked closely with the Ministry of Justice and the Coordination Centre for Legal Aid Provision (the pilot institution) to strengthen internal control within the system for providing free legal aid. Recently, EU4PFM experts discussed the draft final report on the…