County Audit Committee

According to the Act on Wellbeing Services Counties, the following are the tasks of the County Audit Committee:

1. prepare the administrative and financial audit matters to be decided by the County Council;
2. assess whether the operational and financial objectives set by the County Council in the wellbeing services county and the wellbeing services county group have been realised and whether the activities have been organised in an effective and appropriate manner;
3. assess the achievement of financial balancing during the financial year and the adequacy of the objectives and measures set out in the financial plan with regard to financial balancing;
4. ensure the coordination of the inspection of the wellbeing services county and its subsidiaries;
5. monitor compliance with the obligation to declare the interests laid down in section 89 and notify the County Council of the notifications;
6. prepare a draft of the administrative rules concerning the County Audit Committee’s duties and a budget for the evaluation and audit for the County Board;
7. prepare an evaluation plan and submit an evaluation report to the County Council for each year, outlining the results of the evaluation.

Additionally, the County Audit Committee’s duties include the following:  

8. monitor the implementation of the audit plan of the auditor as well as the performance of the auditor's duties and, as necessary, make proposals for the development of the audit;
9. ensure that the resources necessary for auditing are available to enable auditing to be carried out to the extent necessary for the sound auditing procedure concerning public administration;
10. submit initiatives and proposals for coordinating the tasks of the committee, the auditor and the external and internal audit services in the most appropriate manner;
11. submit a draft budget and plan for the committee and approve the committee's evaluation programme and the annual report;
12. assess the administration and finances of the wellbeing services county group entities;
13. decide on the procurement of reports and inspections within the committee's budget;
14. be the controller of the asset declaration register in accordance with the Act on Wellbeing Services Counties and submit the notifications to the County Council each year and ensure that the public information in the asset declaration register is published on the website of the wellbeing services county.

Administrative regulations 14.12.2022 § 46 (external link)in Finnish

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