EX.CL/Dec.814(XXV)
Page 1 DECISION ON INSTITUTIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL AUDIT REPORT OF ECOSOCC
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The Executive Council,
1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Sub Committee on Audit Matters on the Audit Report of ECOSOCC;
2. REQUESTS the Commission to address the issues contained in the Audit Report and implement the recommendations contained therein.
3. CALLS UPON the Board of External Auditors to carry out a verification exercise to clarify/check the under-listed areas which were observed as still grey by the Sub Committee:
a) The personal moneys spent by the Presiding Officer for pre-financing of ECOSOCC activities and the annual budget amounts (50,000) allotted to ECOSOCC.
b) The unsettled amount of USD 25,000 given to the Presiding Officer for ECOSOCC sectoral mission activities;
c) The accountability of the French Grant amounting to 270,000 EUROS for diaspora and African Civil Society activities.
4. REQUESTS:
i) the Commission to conduct a revision of the ECOSOCC Statutes, Rules of Procedures as well as the administrative arrangements of ECOSOCC secretariat with a view to harness its function and increase participation;
ii) The Board of External Auditors to report back to the Sub-Committee on Audit Matters the status of implementation of the recommendations on ECOSOCC audit report as well as verification exercise of the grey areas.