The mandate of the Internal Audit and Risk Management Directorate is to coordinate risk management activities, and provide assurance on the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control environment within the Secretariat to mitigate identified risks and enable the achievement of strategic objectives. The role of the Directorate under its mandate is to assist Management and Council with oversight of the SADC Secretariat in accomplishing its objectives by providing a systematic and disciplined approach of evaluating and improving the effectiveness of SADC’s risk management, control and governance processes. Another key objective is to assist SADC Secretariat accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes.
Functions
- Responsible for providing assurance on internal controls within the Secretariat.
- Ensures coordination of risk management, internal controls and internal audit.
