Translation of "Strategic Management Review " (English → French) :

13. Acknowledges from the Authority that in February 2012, the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) carried out an in-depth risk assessment in the Authority with the aim of determining its audit priorities for the coming years; notes that the IAS defined the most important risks related to the Authority’s processes and defined a Strategic Audit Plan for 2013-2015, which includes a list of future audit topics; notes that the Authority developed an action plan to address the identified high risk areas and that this plan was discussed with, and agreed upon, by the IAS; observes that the relevant actions undertaken by the Authority a ...[+++]re to be followed up by the IAS during the next in-depth risk assessment; notes that the IAS Strategic Audit Plan for 2013-2015 was approved by the Authority's Director and its Management Board; notes that in future, the IAS has decided to carry out a limited review on the implementation of internal control standards by the Authority, in line with its Strategic Audit Plan for 2013-2015;

13. Acknowledges from the Authority that in February 2012, the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) carried out an in-depth risk assessment in the Authority with the aim of determining its audit priorities for the coming years; notes that the IAS defined the most important risks related to the Authority’s processes and defined a Strategic Audit Plan for 2013-2015, which includes a list of future audit topics; notes that the Authority developed an action plan to address the identified high risk areas and that this plan was discussed with, and agreed upon, by the IAS; observes that the relevant actions undertaken by the Authority a ...[+++]re to be followed up by the IAS during the next in-depth risk assessment; notes that the IAS Strategic Audit Plan for 2013-2015 was approved by the Authority's Director and its Management Board; notes that in future, the IAS has decided to carry out a limited review on the implementation of internal control standards by the Authority, in line with its Strategic Audit Plan for 2013-2015;

– (DE) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in spite of the good atmosphere in which we worked on the Second Strategic Energy Review, I regret to say that we did not manage to obtain the corrections to the Commission’s proposal that I believed necessary.

The main activities in 2007 have been the provision of strategic and administrative support to the Scientific Council, implementation of the first call for ERC Starting Grants, including the operational development of the call management and peer review systems, preparation of the first ERC Advanced Grants call, communication with the scientific community and assurance of the integrity of procedures and processes.

Therefore, the four Funds will operate according to common implementation and management rules, in accordance with the same strategic calendar, and be the subject of coordinated evaluation and review processes (see section 3).

Therefore, the concept of the Common Unit proposed by the Commission in its Communication of 2002 and endorsed by the European Council should be reviewed: certain more strategic co-ordination tasks could remain with SCIFA +; the more operational tasks could be entrusted to a new permanent Community structure able to exercise this day-to-day management and co-ordination tasks and to respond in time to emergency situations.