Conference on

Public Internal Control in the EU

DG Budget, in conjunction with the
Ministry of Finance of the
Netherlands
Rijksacademie voor
Financin, Zeestraat 86,
Den Haag,
15 / 16 May 2014
CD 01 Agenda
Day 1 Thursday 15 May 2014
08:30 09:00 Registration

09-00 09:15 Welcome address Ms J. Schuiling,
Director General of the
Budget, the Netherlands
09:15 09-30 Opening address Mr M. Kraff
Deputy Director General,
DG Budget
09:30 09:45 Stakeholder expectations Mr L. Wagenknecht
Deputy Minister of Finance
Czech Republic
09:45 10:00 Challenges of Budgetary Policies Mr P. van den Berg,
Director Budget Affairs,
the Netherlands
10:00 10:15 Input and expected output of the
conference
Chair Mr R. Gielisse,
Head of PIC Department,
DG Budget
10:15 10:50 Group Photo and Coffee Break
10:50 11:15 Internal Control overview Mr J. Diamond,
Global IC expert
11:15 11:25 Presentation of Discussion Paper 1 -
Optimising Internal Control through
Performance Management
Mr J. Rieser, Austria,
PIC Working Group Member
11:25 11:35 Presentation of Discussion Paper 2 -
Continual organisational improvement
by integrating Internal Control into the
management cycle
Ms M. Kos, Poland,
PIC Working Group Member
11:35 12:00 Internal Audit overview Mr T. Smit,
President ECIIA
12:00 12:10 Presentation of Discussion Paper 3 -
Quality Assurance for Internal Audit
Ms S. Simeonova, Bulgaria,
PIC Working Group Member
12:10 12:20 Presentation of Discussion Paper 4 -
Role of Audit Committees for Internal
Audit in the Public Sector
Mr S. Roudil, France,
PIC Working Group Member
12:20 12-30 Discussion Papers summary and
instructions on the Workshop Groups
Chair

2
Day 1 Thursday 15 May 2014 (continued)
12:30 14:00 Lunch
14:00 15:15 Workshops
First round of Workshop Groups, covering the challenges
identified in the Discussion Papers.

15:15 15:30 Gathering information from Workshops

15:30 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 17:15 Workshops
Second round of Workshop Groups, covering the challenges
identified in the Discussion Papers.

17:15 17:30 Gathering information from Workshops

19:00 Dinner hosted by the Ministry of Finance of the Netherlands
Day 2 Friday 16 May 2014
09:00 10:15 Reporting back on Workshops and
general debate on Discussion Papers
Workshop Reporters
10:15 10:45 Plenary discussion on participant
questions
Chair

10:45 11:10 Coffee Break
11:10 11:25 Possible European approach to Internal
Auditor certification
Mr M. Dees, the Netherlands
PIC Working Group Member
11:25 12:15 Interactive Voting session Chair

12:15 13:00 Wrap up and discussion on the way
forward
Chair

13:00 14:30 End of Conference - Lunch