Advocating the Internal Audit Profession

Advocacy is one of the three main objectives of The IIA's strategic plan. 

It signifies encouraging change through organizations and stakeholders that can impact and improve upon corporate governance, internal control, entity risk management and the audit profession globally.

Advocacy happens at the national, regional, and global level. On behalf of the entire audit profession, IIA-Global advocates to organizations and international bodies that have global impact. Current global targets are:

• The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)
• The International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI)
• The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

This global approach is completed by regional, respectively national advocacy initiatives.

In Europe, the ECIIA - through its Advocacy Committee - serves as a regional liaison between the ECIIA member institutes fostering communication and mutual advice on advocacy initiatives/opportunities at both the European and national level.

Key advocates in the Corporate Governance Scenario

1. Government
1.1. European Commission
1.1.1. European Corporate Governance Forum
1.2. European Parliament
1.2.1. Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee
1.2.2. Legal Affairs Committee

2. Regulators/Supervisors
2.1. Committee of European Securities Regulators
2.2. Committee of European Banking Supervisors
2.3. Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors

3. Directors
3.1. European Confederation of Directors' Associations (ecoDa)

4. Senior Management
4.1. European Issuers
4.2. BusinessEurope

5. Supreme Audit Institutions
5.1. European Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (EUROSAI)

6. Risk Managers
6.1. Federation of European Risk Managers Associations (FERMA)

7. External Auditors
7.1. Federation of European Accountants (FEE)