IA CoP will work in Sofia, Bulgaria

1. At the 14th meeting of IA CoP, on April 17 - 18, the IA Manual working group will focus on risk assessment for the strategic planning of internal auditing in the public sector. The following topics will be addressed:
-    Finalization of  the good practices for the IA Manual content template,
-    Risk assessment - differences between traditional, control-based risk assessment and a new, risk-based approach,
-    Common terminology on risk assessment, IPPF standards and guidance related to risk assessment, and
-    Building up the risk assessment methodology model of PEM PAL countries.Planned final output of the meeting is a risk assessment methodology for the strategic planning in internal audit, consisting of the following chapters:
-    Document-methodology as annex to the IA Manual,
-    Recommendations, and
-    Glossary of terms review and development.

2. At the 15th meeting of IA CoP, on April 19 – 20, the IA Training and Certification working group will discuss mentoring in the certification process.