Seminar on Evaluation of Internal Control Systems (Prague, 26 – 28 May 2003)

INSTITUTION	PERSON	TOPIC
Opening session
Czech SAO	Mr. Lubomír Voleník	Introductory remarks
Czech SAO	Mr. Václav Peřich	General introduction
Belgian Court of Audit	Mr. Ignace Desomer and Mr. Robert Devos	Work of the INTOSAI Internal Control Standards Committee
*General methodological issues*
The Netherlands Court of Audit	Mr. Ed Elferink	EU Trend Report 2003
SAI of Denmark	Mr. Ingolf Clausen	IT support in connection with audit of Internal Control Systems IDEA
*The perspectives of EU institutions*
EC IA Service	Mr. Matthias Will	Internal Control Systems in the European Commission
EC DG REGIO	Mr. Ricardo García Ayala	Internal Control and Audit of EU Structural Funds
ECA	Mr. Léon Kirsch	ECA Audit of the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS)

INSTITUTION	PERSON	TOPIC
*Experience of EU Member States case studies*
FCA Germany	Mr. Joachim Romers	Case study 1 Auditing Internal Control Systems - Lessons from audits in state-owned enterprises
NAO UK	Mr. Mark Babington	Case study 2 - Internal Control in Audit 21 DAO Letter 13-00 DAO Letter 13-97
French SAI	Ms. Marie-Thérese Cornette	Case study 3 Implementation of Internal Control System in the State Unemployment Insurance Scheme Excerpt from the 2001 Annual public report by the French Court of Accounts
Austrian SAI	Mr. Helmut Berger	Case study 4 Audit of the Internal Audit Function in the Federal Ministries
*Situation in candidate countries*
SIGMA	Mr. Francois-Roger Cazala	SIGMA presentation on PIFC Peer Review experience in candidate countries General considerations on the situation of (internal) financial control in the candidate countries to the European Union in the light of the SIGMA peer reviews
DG Budget, EC	Mr. Robert De Koning	PIFC and the link to Supreme Audit Institutions Annex: Overview of PIFC Progress in Acceding and Applicant Countries: Organisation and PIFC Policy Paper
SAI of Croatia	Ms. Lidija Pernar	Auditing Internal Control Systems in Central and Eastern European Countries, Cyprus, Malta an Turkey

INSTITUTION	PERSON
*Panel discussions*
SAI of Ireland	Mr. Andrew Harkness	PowerPoint Presentation
SAI of the Netherlands	Mr. Maickel Creemers	PowerPoint Presentation
SAI of Portugal	Ms. Maria Isabel Cabaco Antunes	PowerPoint Presentation
SAI of Spain	Ms. Carmen de Vicente	PowerPoint Presentation; Document MS Word
SAI of Poland	Mr. Andrzeja Kubiak	PowerPoint Presentation; Document MS Word
SAI of Malta	Mr. Paul Borg	PowerPoint Presentation
SAI of Hungary	Mr. Endre Akos	PowerPoint Presentation; Document MS Word
SAI of Czechia	Mr. Vaclav Perich	PowerPoint Presentation
*EUROSAI Training Committee Information & Conclusions*
French Court of Audit & ETC Chairman	Mr. Christophe Perron	EUROSAI and Training - Milestones and Prospects
OECD / SIGMA European Court of Auditors	Mr. Francois-Roger Cazala Mr. Colin Maynard	Conclusions