The changing face of internal audit in Europe: (re)focus on basics
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The ECIIA's 2017/2018 Annual Report is out! ECIIA presented the document and the advocacy plans for 2019, at the last General Assembly, in Madrid
MOREInternal auditing is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organisation’s operations. It helps an organisation accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes.
MOREThe ECIIA's mission is to enhance corporate governance through the promotion of the professional practice of internal auditing. Be the voice of the profession at a European level and promote the profession in economically emerging countries.
MORE05/2/2019 NEW
ECIIA has welcomed the European Commission’s latest proposals on the reporting requirements for businesses relating to how their activities impact the climate. In particular, the document – published by the Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance– says that organisations’ reporting methods should depend on how far they are...
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Boards of directors are exposed to a wider range of risks and carry more accountability than they did only a decade ago, according to a recent webinar hosted by the directors’ body Ecoda “Mitigating risks at board level”. The speakers agreed that boards’ exposure to risks now goes...
more19/12/2018
Sustainability is likely to be a major focus for the next wave of corporate reporting reform for the European Commission, according to speakers at a recent Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG Fisma) conference. “Sustainability is the issue of the day and will impact...
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The associations have called for organisations to create dedicated internal cyber risk governance groups to address digital risks across the whole enterprise as the threats evolve. A new version of the publication has been issued.
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The European Commission (EC) is planning to update its non-binding guidance on how to implement the Non-Financial Reporting Directive and set out proposals for consultation in June 2020. The directive, which affects about 6000 companies in Europe, sets out how organisations can effectively communicate the environmental, social and ethical impacts...
more16/10/2018
ECIIA welcomes the Commission’s fitness check initiative on the EU framework for public reporting by companies. We believe that the objective of this fitness check on corporate reporting should be to simplify and better tailor the information provided to the need of creditors, investors, and shareholders, instead of creating...
more08/10/2018
The ECIIA General Assembly took place on October 6 in Madrid. The Board of Directors has welcomed a new representative for Italy: Gianfranco Carolia, Chief Audit Executive of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A., Member of the Audit Committee of FAO, Founding member of AITRA, Member of the Audit...
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The European Banking Authority’s (EBA) draft Guidelines on outsourcing (EBA/CP/2018/11) should give more emphasis on the role of the first and second lines of defence in the oversight of outsourced activities, ECIIA has said in its written response to the consultation. More specifically speaking, the response continued, management should...
more03/9/2018
We are happy to share the third edition of Risk in Focus defining hot topics for Internal Auditors. This edition is the result of a collaborative effort between seven European institutes of internal auditors in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK and Ireland. As...
more22/6/2018
Insurance regulators and supervisors across Europe are increasingly looking to internal auditors to help their organisations achieve the necessary compliance requirements, according to a recent meeting of ECIIA’s insurance committee in Stockholm, Sweden. While trends in supervision and regulation differ across Europe, many authorities are looking for insurers...
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