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Audit Reports

Internal audit reports of the Office of the Inspector General are disclosed in accordance with the Oversight Reports Disclosure Policy approved by the Executive Board. The list below shows all reports that are disclosed to the public in line with this Policy.

Please note that the status of 'agreed actions' shown in the reports corresponds to the status at the time the report was issued.

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Internal Audit of WFP Operations in Bangladesh - December 2023

Reference: AR-23-19

As part of its annual workplan, the Office of Internal Audit conducted an audit of WFP operations in Bangladesh that focused on key controls under priority focus areas informed by a risk-based approach. These areas included governance, programme management, non-governmental organization management, cash-based transfers, monitoring, budget management and security. The Country Strategic Plan for 2022–2026 is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for Bangladesh and the Government of Bangladesh’s five-year plan. Through four strategic outcomes, the country strategic plan aims to strengthen country capacities, resilience-building programmes and, upon request by the government, respond to crises through the provision of food and nutrition assistance to affected people and through coordination and common services to humanitarian partners. The country office reached 1.7 million beneficiaries. The audit focused on strategic outcome 1: Populations affected by crisis in Bangladesh are able to meet basic food, nutrition and other essential needs during and after crises. Based on the results of the audit, the Office of Internal Audit reached an overall conclusion of Major improvement needed.

Internal Audit of WFP Operations in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela - December 2023

Reference: AR-23-16

As part of its annual workplan, the Office of Internal Audit conducted an audit of WFP operations in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The audit focused on governance and risk management, programme delivery, management of cooperating partners, supply chain – logistics, monitoring, and partnerships management. In Venezuela, WFP supports children in pre-primary schools, students with disabilities enrolled in special education schools, and school personnel through its school meals programme. The country office’s Interim Country Strategic Plan 2023-2025 was approved in February 2023 with a budget of USD 574 million. Prior to that, WFP operated under a Transitional Interim Multi-Country Strategic Plan for Latin American countries impacted by the situation in Venezuela, with a total budget of USD 216 million. The audit focused on the implementation of activity 3 under strategic outcome 1 of the Transitional Interim Multi-Country Strategic Plan: ’In food insecure areas, provide school meals for targeted children' which accounted for 91 percent of the total expenditure in 2022 (USD 48 million) and 95 percent of total beneficiaries assisted during the same year (519,000). Based on the results of the audit, the Office of Internal Audit reached an overall conclusion of some improvement needed.

Internal Audit of Digital Advisory and Solution Services (DASS) Project Management - November 2023

Reference: AR-23-15

As part of its annual workplan, the Office of Internal Audit audited digital advisory and solution services (DASS) project management in WFP. WFP country offices see digital support to national systems as a critical pathway to achieve country strategic plan outcomes and contribute to broader national and global goals. In recent years, WFP received requests to provide digital technology support to host governments,including national social safety and assistance programmes. As of July 2023, the Technology and Programme Humanitarian and Development Divisions reported approximately 180 ongoing or closed projects to provide or support the development of technology capabilities in all six WFP regions. This level of engagement indicates a great need for digitalization and technological innovation in digital assistance services and provides an opportunity for WFP to support the changing lives agenda of national governments. The present audit assessed the extent to which management has established project management governance, processes and controls for the effective delivery of digital advisory and solution services to governments. Based on the results of the audit, the Office of Internal Audit has come to an overall conclusion of major improvement needed.

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WFP internal audit reports are made publicly available in accordance with decisions of the WFP Executive Board. Readers should understand that the publication of these reports does not constitute a waiver, express or implied, of WFP's immunities as set out in the Convention on the Privileges and immunities of the United Nations, 1946, the Convention on the Privileges and immunities of the Specialized Agencies, 1947, customary international law, other relevant international or national agreements, or under domestic law.

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