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.
Internal Audit Service (IAS) history
Transparency
As part of the Commission's commitment to transparency, Commission staff holding management functions publish information on and minutes of all meetings they hold with interest representatives.
Meetings of the Directorate-General for Internal Audit Service
Leadership and organisation
Internal Audit Service - Organisation chart