Roads & Transport Authority - The Internal Audit Department at the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has recently briefed a delegation from the Dubai Aviation City about the best practices and work flow in the Internal Audit Department; which adopts sophisticated audit programs aligned with the highest global standards of the industry.
According to Abdullah Al Jawi, Director of RTA Internal Audit, the continued visits between RTA Internal Audit Department and various external bodies concerned with internal audit offered a positive opportunity for exchanging expertise with the aim of achieving better deliverables and upgrading the business performance to the highest levels, particularly as the exchanging of views and concepts revolved around a common issue that had a crucial impact on improving the business conduct.
"The Internal Audit Department is seeking to apply the best local & global practices of the industry with the aim of enhancing the corporate governance through raising reports about the main deliverables of the inspection processes that include recommendations backing various departments to realize their operational objectives, and accordingly RTA's strategic objectives. The Dep't will continue despatching its employees to various international institutes specialized in internal audit and control in order to achieve the planned objectives. We are aware of the importance of keeping abreast of all developments that take place as regards the principles and nature of the business conduct, which have always to be adopted in order to uplift our scope and performance level.
The meeting was interceded by a video presentation documenting RTA's achievements over the past years which merited it to rank among the distinguished government departments and agencies at the UAE and international levels. Afterwards, Aysha Al Sulaiti, Manager of Governance Audit at the Internal Audit Dep't, made a visual presentation about the Internal Audit expertise covering a review of the Department's Organizational Chart, and its core strategic drivers. It also reviewed the key processes such as drawing up the annual risk-based audit plan such that risks could be classified according to the probability of their occurrence and their impact on resetting audit priorities, besides screening the technological systems used in managing audit processes.
A brief account was made about the key initiatives rolled out by the Internal Audit Dep't including stepping up internal control with a view to supporting the monitoring environment of the RTA and assisting the diffusion of the corporate governance concepts. It also launched an initiative about the corruption policy (Harees Program) which contributes to raising employees awareness, and nurturing a healthy environment through opening a safe communication channel that maintains the confidentiality of the reporter in order to foster a model business environment.
At the end of the meeting, the officials of the Department and the visiting delegation members engaged in discussions and inquiries in order to share expertise & skills capable of helping the improvement of work processes and delivering better services.
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© Press Release 2011
