Responsibilities
The Internal Audit Service
- carries out some 150 audits annually in the different departments of the Commission
- makes recommendations to those departments on how they can improve their management processes (for risks, controls, governance)
- promotes a culture of efficient and effective management in Commission departments
- audits European agencies and other bodies that receive funding from the EU budget
History
The Internal Audit Service (IAS) of the European Commission was created as a part of administrative reform in the late nineties.
Leadership and organisation
Internal Audit Service - Organisation chart