Upcoming internal audits and evaluations over the next three fiscal years

Internal Audits

A Service Level Agreement has been established between the Internal Audit Sector of the Office of the Comptroller General of Canada (OCG) and the federal regional development agencies (RDAs), including ACOA. This agreement became effective April 1, 2012. It details the provision of internal audit services by the OCG to the RDAs.

The updated three-year risk-based RDA audit plan was approved in October 2014. The OCG has identified a series of audit priorities for all RDAs for the 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 fiscal years.

As they become available, all completed audit reports are accessible through ACOA’s website.

Evaluations

Link to Departmental Program Alignment Architecture	Title of the Evaluation	Planned Evaluation Start Date[1]	Planned Deputy Head Approval Date
1.1.2 Productivity and Growth	Evaluation of Productivity and Growth	September 2014	August 2015
1.1 Enterprise Development; 1.2 Community Development	Meta Evaluation of Tourism	April 2015	December 2015
1.1 Enterprise Development; 1.2 Community Development; 1.3 Policy, Advocacy and Coordination	Evaluation Synthesis of ACOA Impact	September 2015	May 2016
1.2.1 Community Investment	Evaluation of Community Investment	April 2017	March 2018

[1] During fiscal years 2016-17 and 2017-18, the Evaluation and Risk Directorate will conduct evaluation planning activities including evaluability assessments as well as performance measurement and data reviews to identify and establish Agency evaluation needs, plans and approaches for upcoming years.