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PURPOSE: to present Special Report No 5/2012 from the\nCourt of Auditors on the Common External Relations Information\nSystem (CRIS).
\nCONTENT: the European Court of Auditors (ECA) assessed\nwhether the Common External Relations Information System (CRIS) was\neffective in responding to the Commissions information\nneeds.
\nTo recall, CRIS is the Commissions information\nsystem to support the management of external action. Since this\nsystem became operational in 2002, its functions were continually\nextended. It has now become the main reference information system\nfor management, reporting and documentation of external action,\nfinanced both by the general budget and the EDF.
\nCRIS allows all Commission staff involved in external\naction management, both at headquarters and in EU delegations, to\nwork on a common database. It provides data concerning the\ndifferent phases of management, from programming to preparation and\nmonitoring, covering both operational and financial aspects of the\nactions concerned. It also feeds financial data into the\nCommissions accounting system ABAC.
\nIn particular, the Court assessed whether CRIS had\nbeen designed to respond effectively to the Commissions needs\nand whether the information that it provided was reliable. The\naudit involved a review of the Commissions documentation for\nthe system as well as the performance of substantive tests on CRIS\ndata.
\nConclusions of the Court of Auditors: the ECA concludes that CRIS is mostly effective in\nresponding to the Commission's information needs in the field of\nexternal actions. However, after ten years of development, it is\nstill subject to persistent shortcomings.
\nThese concern in particular:
\nSome of the observations raised corroborate other\nobservations made in previous Court reports.
\nCourts recommendations: in order to make CRIS more effective in responding\nto the Commissions information needs, the following is\nrecommended:
\nPURPOSE: to present Special Report No 5/2012 from the\nCourt of Auditors on the Common External Relations Information\nSystem (CRIS).
\nCONTENT: the European Court of Auditors (ECA) assessed\nwhether the Common External Relations Information System (CRIS) was\neffective in responding to the Commissions information\nneeds.
\nTo recall, CRIS is the Commissions information\nsystem to support the management of external action. Since this\nsystem became operational in 2002, its functions were continually\nextended. It has now become the main reference information system\nfor management, reporting and documentation of external action,\nfinanced both by the general budget and the EDF.
\nCRIS allows all Commission staff involved in external\naction management, both at headquarters and in EU delegations, to\nwork on a common database. It provides data concerning the\ndifferent phases of management, from programming to preparation and\nmonitoring, covering both operational and financial aspects of the\nactions concerned. It also feeds financial data into the\nCommissions accounting system ABAC.
\nIn particular, the Court assessed whether CRIS had\nbeen designed to respond effectively to the Commissions needs\nand whether the information that it provided was reliable. The\naudit involved a review of the Commissions documentation for\nthe system as well as the performance of substantive tests on CRIS\ndata.
\nConclusions of the Court of Auditors: the ECA concludes that CRIS is mostly effective in\nresponding to the Commission's information needs in the field of\nexternal actions. However, after ten years of development, it is\nstill subject to persistent shortcomings.
\nThese concern in particular:
\nSome of the observations raised corroborate other\nobservations made in previous Court reports.
\nCourts recommendations: in order to make CRIS more effective in responding\nto the Commissions information needs, the following is\nrecommended:
\nPURPOSE: to\npresent Special\nReport No 5/2012 from the Court of Auditors on the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS).
\nCONTENT: the\nEuropean Court of Auditors (ECA) assessed whether the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS) was effective in\nresponding to the Commission's information needs.
\nTo recall, CRIS\nis the Commission's information system to support the management of\nexternal action. Since this system became operational in 2002, its\nfunctions were continually extended. It has now become the main\nreference information system for management, reporting and\ndocumentation of external action, financed both by the general\nbudget and the EDF.
\nCRIS allows all\nCommission staff involved in external action management, both at\nheadquarters and in EU delegations, to work on a common database.\nIt provides data concerning the different phases of management,\nfrom programming to preparation and monitoring, covering both\noperational and financial aspects of the actions concerned. It also\nfeeds financial data into the Commission's accounting system\nABAC.
\nIn particular,\nthe Court assessed whether CRIS had been designed to respond\neffectively to the Commission's needs and whether the information\nthat it provided was reliable. The audit involved a review of the\nCommission's documentation for the system as well as the\nperformance of substantive tests on CRIS data.
\nConclusions of\nthe Court of Auditors: the ECA\nconcludes that CRIS is mostly effective in responding to the\nCommission's information needs in the field of external actions.\nHowever, after ten years of development, it is still subject to\npersistent shortcomings.
\nThese concern in\nparticular:
\nSome of the\nobservations raised corroborate other observations made in previous\nCourt reports.
\nCourt's\nrecommendations: in order to make\nCRIS more effective in responding to the Commission's information\nneeds, the following is recommended:
\nPURPOSE: to\npresent Special\nReport No 5/2012 from the Court of Auditors on the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS).
\nCONTENT: the\nEuropean Court of Auditors (ECA) assessed whether the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS) was effective in\nresponding to the Commission's information needs.
\nTo recall, CRIS\nis the Commission's information system to support the management of\nexternal action. Since this system became operational in 2002, its\nfunctions were continually extended. It has now become the main\nreference information system for management, reporting and\ndocumentation of external action, financed both by the general\nbudget and the EDF.
\nCRIS allows all\nCommission staff involved in external action management, both at\nheadquarters and in EU delegations, to work on a common database.\nIt provides data concerning the different phases of management,\nfrom programming to preparation and monitoring, covering both\noperational and financial aspects of the actions concerned. It also\nfeeds financial data into the Commission's accounting system\nABAC.
\nIn particular,\nthe Court assessed whether CRIS had been designed to respond\neffectively to the Commission's needs and whether the information\nthat it provided was reliable. The audit involved a review of the\nCommission's documentation for the system as well as the\nperformance of substantive tests on CRIS data.
\nConclusions of\nthe Court of Auditors: the ECA\nconcludes that CRIS is mostly effective in responding to the\nCommission's information needs in the field of external actions.\nHowever, after ten years of development, it is still subject to\npersistent shortcomings.
\nThese concern in\nparticular:
\nSome of the\nobservations raised corroborate other observations made in previous\nCourt reports.
\nCourt's\nrecommendations: in order to make\nCRIS more effective in responding to the Commission's information\nneeds, the following is recommended:
\nPURPOSE: to\npresent Special\nReport No 5/2012 from the Court of Auditors on the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS).
\nCONTENT: the\nEuropean Court of Auditors (ECA) assessed whether the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS) was effective in\nresponding to the Commission's information needs.
\nTo recall, CRIS\nis the Commission's information system to support the management of\nexternal action. Since this system became operational in 2002, its\nfunctions were continually extended. It has now become the main\nreference information system for management, reporting and\ndocumentation of external action, financed both by the general\nbudget and the EDF.
\nCRIS allows all\nCommission staff involved in external action management, both at\nheadquarters and in EU delegations, to work on a common database.\nIt provides data concerning the different phases of management,\nfrom programming to preparation and monitoring, covering both\noperational and financial aspects of the actions concerned. It also\nfeeds financial data into the Commission's accounting system\nABAC.
\nIn particular,\nthe Court assessed whether CRIS had been designed to respond\neffectively to the Commission's needs and whether the information\nthat it provided was reliable. The audit involved a review of the\nCommission's documentation for the system as well as the\nperformance of substantive tests on CRIS data.
\nConclusions of\nthe Court of Auditors: the ECA\nconcludes that CRIS is mostly effective in responding to the\nCommission's information needs in the field of external actions.\nHowever, after ten years of development, it is still subject to\npersistent shortcomings.
\nThese concern in\nparticular:
\nSome of the\nobservations raised corroborate other observations made in previous\nCourt reports.
\nCourt's\nrecommendations: in order to make\nCRIS more effective in responding to the Commission's information\nneeds, the following is recommended:
\nPURPOSE: to\npresent Special\nReport No 5/2012 from the Court of Auditors on the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS).
\nCONTENT: the\nEuropean Court of Auditors (ECA) assessed whether the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS) was effective in\nresponding to the Commission's information needs.
\nTo recall, CRIS\nis the Commission's information system to support the management of\nexternal action. Since this system became operational in 2002, its\nfunctions were continually extended. It has now become the main\nreference information system for management, reporting and\ndocumentation of external action, financed both by the general\nbudget and the EDF.
\nCRIS allows all\nCommission staff involved in external action management, both at\nheadquarters and in EU delegations, to work on a common database.\nIt provides data concerning the different phases of management,\nfrom programming to preparation and monitoring, covering both\noperational and financial aspects of the actions concerned. It also\nfeeds financial data into the Commission's accounting system\nABAC.
\nIn particular,\nthe Court assessed whether CRIS had been designed to respond\neffectively to the Commission's needs and whether the information\nthat it provided was reliable. The audit involved a review of the\nCommission's documentation for the system as well as the\nperformance of substantive tests on CRIS data.
\nConclusions of\nthe Court of Auditors: the ECA\nconcludes that CRIS is mostly effective in responding to the\nCommission's information needs in the field of external actions.\nHowever, after ten years of development, it is still subject to\npersistent shortcomings.
\nThese concern in\nparticular:
\nSome of the\nobservations raised corroborate other observations made in previous\nCourt reports.
\nCourt's\nrecommendations: in order to make\nCRIS more effective in responding to the Commission's information\nneeds, the following is recommended:
\nPURPOSE: to\npresent Special\nReport No 5/2012 from the Court of Auditors on the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS).
\nCONTENT: the\nEuropean Court of Auditors (ECA) assessed whether the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS) was effective in\nresponding to the Commission's information needs.
\nTo recall, CRIS\nis the Commission's information system to support the management of\nexternal action. Since this system became operational in 2002, its\nfunctions were continually extended. It has now become the main\nreference information system for management, reporting and\ndocumentation of external action, financed both by the general\nbudget and the EDF.
\nCRIS allows all\nCommission staff involved in external action management, both at\nheadquarters and in EU delegations, to work on a common database.\nIt provides data concerning the different phases of management,\nfrom programming to preparation and monitoring, covering both\noperational and financial aspects of the actions concerned. It also\nfeeds financial data into the Commission's accounting system\nABAC.
\nIn particular,\nthe Court assessed whether CRIS had been designed to respond\neffectively to the Commission's needs and whether the information\nthat it provided was reliable. The audit involved a review of the\nCommission's documentation for the system as well as the\nperformance of substantive tests on CRIS data.
\nConclusions of\nthe Court of Auditors: the ECA\nconcludes that CRIS is mostly effective in responding to the\nCommission's information needs in the field of external actions.\nHowever, after ten years of development, it is still subject to\npersistent shortcomings.
\nThese concern in\nparticular:
\nSome of the\nobservations raised corroborate other observations made in previous\nCourt reports.
\nCourt's\nrecommendations: in order to make\nCRIS more effective in responding to the Commission's information\nneeds, the following is recommended:
\nPURPOSE: to\npresent Special\nReport No 5/2012 from the Court of Auditors on the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS).
\nCONTENT: the\nEuropean Court of Auditors (ECA) assessed whether the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS) was effective in\nresponding to the Commission's information needs.
\nTo recall, CRIS\nis the Commission's information system to support the management of\nexternal action. Since this system became operational in 2002, its\nfunctions were continually extended. It has now become the main\nreference information system for management, reporting and\ndocumentation of external action, financed both by the general\nbudget and the EDF.
\nCRIS allows all\nCommission staff involved in external action management, both at\nheadquarters and in EU delegations, to work on a common database.\nIt provides data concerning the different phases of management,\nfrom programming to preparation and monitoring, covering both\noperational and financial aspects of the actions concerned. It also\nfeeds financial data into the Commission's accounting system\nABAC.
\nIn particular,\nthe Court assessed whether CRIS had been designed to respond\neffectively to the Commission's needs and whether the information\nthat it provided was reliable. The audit involved a review of the\nCommission's documentation for the system as well as the\nperformance of substantive tests on CRIS data.
\nConclusions of\nthe Court of Auditors: the ECA\nconcludes that CRIS is mostly effective in responding to the\nCommission's information needs in the field of external actions.\nHowever, after ten years of development, it is still subject to\npersistent shortcomings.
\nThese concern in\nparticular:
\nSome of the\nobservations raised corroborate other observations made in previous\nCourt reports.
\nCourt's\nrecommendations: in order to make\nCRIS more effective in responding to the Commission's information\nneeds, the following is recommended:
\nPURPOSE: to\npresent Special\nReport No 5/2012 from the Court of Auditors on the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS).
\nCONTENT: the\nEuropean Court of Auditors (ECA) assessed whether the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS) was effective in\nresponding to the Commission's information needs.
\nTo recall, CRIS\nis the Commission's information system to support the management of\nexternal action. Since this system became operational in 2002, its\nfunctions were continually extended. It has now become the main\nreference information system for management, reporting and\ndocumentation of external action, financed both by the general\nbudget and the EDF.
\nCRIS allows all\nCommission staff involved in external action management, both at\nheadquarters and in EU delegations, to work on a common database.\nIt provides data concerning the different phases of management,\nfrom programming to preparation and monitoring, covering both\noperational and financial aspects of the actions concerned. It also\nfeeds financial data into the Commission's accounting system\nABAC.
\nIn particular,\nthe Court assessed whether CRIS had been designed to respond\neffectively to the Commission's needs and whether the information\nthat it provided was reliable. The audit involved a review of the\nCommission's documentation for the system as well as the\nperformance of substantive tests on CRIS data.
\nConclusions of\nthe Court of Auditors: the ECA\nconcludes that CRIS is mostly effective in responding to the\nCommission's information needs in the field of external actions.\nHowever, after ten years of development, it is still subject to\npersistent shortcomings.
\nThese concern in\nparticular:
\nSome of the\nobservations raised corroborate other observations made in previous\nCourt reports.
\nCourt's\nrecommendations: in order to make\nCRIS more effective in responding to the Commission's information\nneeds, the following is recommended:
\nPURPOSE: to\npresent Special\nReport No 5/2012 from the Court of Auditors on the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS).
\nCONTENT: the\nEuropean Court of Auditors (ECA) assessed whether the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS) was effective in\nresponding to the Commission's information needs.
\nTo recall, CRIS\nis the Commission's information system to support the management of\nexternal action. Since this system became operational in 2002, its\nfunctions were continually extended. It has now become the main\nreference information system for management, reporting and\ndocumentation of external action, financed both by the general\nbudget and the EDF.
\nCRIS allows all\nCommission staff involved in external action management, both at\nheadquarters and in EU delegations, to work on a common database.\nIt provides data concerning the different phases of management,\nfrom programming to preparation and monitoring, covering both\noperational and financial aspects of the actions concerned. It also\nfeeds financial data into the Commission's accounting system\nABAC.
\nIn particular,\nthe Court assessed whether CRIS had been designed to respond\neffectively to the Commission's needs and whether the information\nthat it provided was reliable. The audit involved a review of the\nCommission's documentation for the system as well as the\nperformance of substantive tests on CRIS data.
\nConclusions of\nthe Court of Auditors: the ECA\nconcludes that CRIS is mostly effective in responding to the\nCommission's information needs in the field of external actions.\nHowever, after ten years of development, it is still subject to\npersistent shortcomings.
\nThese concern in\nparticular:
\nSome of the\nobservations raised corroborate other observations made in previous\nCourt reports.
\nCourt's\nrecommendations: in order to make\nCRIS more effective in responding to the Commission's information\nneeds, the following is recommended:
\nPURPOSE: to\npresent Special\nReport No 5/2012 from the Court of Auditors on the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS).
\nCONTENT: the\nEuropean Court of Auditors (ECA) assessed whether the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS) was effective in\nresponding to the Commission's information needs.
\nTo recall, CRIS\nis the Commission's information system to support the management of\nexternal action. Since this system became operational in 2002, its\nfunctions were continually extended. It has now become the main\nreference information system for management, reporting and\ndocumentation of external action, financed both by the general\nbudget and the EDF.
\nCRIS allows all\nCommission staff involved in external action management, both at\nheadquarters and in EU delegations, to work on a common database.\nIt provides data concerning the different phases of management,\nfrom programming to preparation and monitoring, covering both\noperational and financial aspects of the actions concerned. It also\nfeeds financial data into the Commission's accounting system\nABAC.
\nIn particular,\nthe Court assessed whether CRIS had been designed to respond\neffectively to the Commission's needs and whether the information\nthat it provided was reliable. The audit involved a review of the\nCommission's documentation for the system as well as the\nperformance of substantive tests on CRIS data.
\nConclusions of\nthe Court of Auditors: the ECA\nconcludes that CRIS is mostly effective in responding to the\nCommission's information needs in the field of external actions.\nHowever, after ten years of development, it is still subject to\npersistent shortcomings.
\nThese concern in\nparticular:
\nSome of the\nobservations raised corroborate other observations made in previous\nCourt reports.
\nCourt's\nrecommendations: in order to make\nCRIS more effective in responding to the Commission's information\nneeds, the following is recommended:
\nPURPOSE: to\npresent Special\nReport No 5/2012 from the Court of Auditors on the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS).
\nCONTENT: the\nEuropean Court of Auditors (ECA) assessed whether the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS) was effective in\nresponding to the Commission's information needs.
\nTo recall, CRIS\nis the Commission's information system to support the management of\nexternal action. Since this system became operational in 2002, its\nfunctions were continually extended. It has now become the main\nreference information system for management, reporting and\ndocumentation of external action, financed both by the general\nbudget and the EDF.
\nCRIS allows all\nCommission staff involved in external action management, both at\nheadquarters and in EU delegations, to work on a common database.\nIt provides data concerning the different phases of management,\nfrom programming to preparation and monitoring, covering both\noperational and financial aspects of the actions concerned. It also\nfeeds financial data into the Commission's accounting system\nABAC.
\nIn particular,\nthe Court assessed whether CRIS had been designed to respond\neffectively to the Commission's needs and whether the information\nthat it provided was reliable. The audit involved a review of the\nCommission's documentation for the system as well as the\nperformance of substantive tests on CRIS data.
\nConclusions of\nthe Court of Auditors: the ECA\nconcludes that CRIS is mostly effective in responding to the\nCommission's information needs in the field of external actions.\nHowever, after ten years of development, it is still subject to\npersistent shortcomings.
\nThese concern in\nparticular:
\nSome of the\nobservations raised corroborate other observations made in previous\nCourt reports.
\nCourt's\nrecommendations: in order to make\nCRIS more effective in responding to the Commission's information\nneeds, the following is recommended:
\nPURPOSE: to\npresent Special\nReport No 5/2012 from the Court of Auditors on the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS).
\nCONTENT: the\nEuropean Court of Auditors (ECA) assessed whether the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS) was effective in\nresponding to the Commission's information needs.
\nTo recall, CRIS\nis the Commission's information system to support the management of\nexternal action. Since this system became operational in 2002, its\nfunctions were continually extended. It has now become the main\nreference information system for management, reporting and\ndocumentation of external action, financed both by the general\nbudget and the EDF.
\nCRIS allows all\nCommission staff involved in external action management, both at\nheadquarters and in EU delegations, to work on a common database.\nIt provides data concerning the different phases of management,\nfrom programming to preparation and monitoring, covering both\noperational and financial aspects of the actions concerned. It also\nfeeds financial data into the Commission's accounting system\nABAC.
\nIn particular,\nthe Court assessed whether CRIS had been designed to respond\neffectively to the Commission's needs and whether the information\nthat it provided was reliable. The audit involved a review of the\nCommission's documentation for the system as well as the\nperformance of substantive tests on CRIS data.
\nConclusions of\nthe Court of Auditors: the ECA\nconcludes that CRIS is mostly effective in responding to the\nCommission's information needs in the field of external actions.\nHowever, after ten years of development, it is still subject to\npersistent shortcomings.
\nThese concern in\nparticular:
\nSome of the\nobservations raised corroborate other observations made in previous\nCourt reports.
\nCourt's\nrecommendations: in order to make\nCRIS more effective in responding to the Commission's information\nneeds, the following is recommended:
\nThe Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report\nby Jean-Pierre AUDY (EPP, FR) on Special\nReport No 5/2012 (Discharge 2011) The Common External\nRelations Information System (CRIS).
\nThe CRIS: Members recall\nthat the Common External Relations Information System (CRIS)\nhas become a key component of the\nCommissions internal control system for the management of\nexternal actions. At its inception in 2000, CRIS was expected to\nprovide instant financial information about projects and programmes\nin the external actions field and, in particular, give an accurate\noverview of the breakdown of commitments and payments between\ncountries and sectors in various geographical regions. The CRIS\nalso supplies the accrual-based accounting system of the Commission\n(ABAC) with financial data.
\nHowever, with the passage of time, CRIS has become\ninefficient and costly since the total budget requested for its\ndevelopment, maintenance and support had reached EUR 13 million by\n2011.
\nThe Courts recommendations: noting the CRISs weaknesses, as described in\nthe Courts Special Report (please refer to the summary of\nthe Courts Report dated 04/05/2012), Members support the\nCourts recommendations and call on the Commission to\nimplement them as soon as possible. They\nconsider that any change in the role and modification of CRIS\nshould reflect the new challenges of the Union's external policy\nintroduced by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union\nand emphasise the need to adapt the reporting functions of CRIS to\nthe competences of Parliament in the fields of external policy and\nbudgetary control.
\nIn terms of the recommendations to be implemented,\nMembers call for the intended role of CRIS as an information\nsystem to be set out, notably with regard to ABAC. They\nconsider that an improvement in data integrity between CRIS and\nABAC is imperative in order to report on the Union's external\nactivities in a coherent, transparent, updated and reliable\nmanner.
\nEfficiency and effectiveness of CRIS: Members are concerned in regard to the\nCourts observations in respect of\ndata transfer and the systems poor user-friendliness. Because\nof the weaknesses, the information provided to Parliament as\ndischarge authority may be unreliable. They note\nfurthermore, that the functionality of CRIS should be updated in\norder to provide aggregated information on beneficiary countries,\npolicy areas and financial instruments.
\nOther observations: overall, Members regret the lack of information on the\ncost-effectiveness of CRIS and the long-term strategy establishing CRISs objectives and functioning.\nThey call for the CRIS to have a standard mechanism for layering\nthe confidentiality of data and users' access rights. Lastly,\nthey highlight the systems lack of security and call for a\nmechanism to be established in order to ensure adequate\nconfidentiality and data integrity.
\nPURPOSE: to\npresent Special\nReport No 5/2012 from the Court of Auditors on the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS).
\nCONTENT: the\nEuropean Court of Auditors (ECA) assessed whether the Common\nExternal Relations Information System (CRIS) was effective in\nresponding to the Commission's information needs.
\nTo recall, CRIS\nis the Commission's information system to support the management of\nexternal action. Since this system became operational in 2002, its\nfunctions were continually extended. It has now become the main\nreference information system for management, reporting and\ndocumentation of external action, financed both by the general\nbudget and the EDF.
\nCRIS allows all\nCommission staff involved in external action management, both at\nheadquarters and in EU delegations, to work on a common database.\nIt provides data concerning the different phases of management,\nfrom programming to preparation and monitoring, covering both\noperational and financial aspects of the actions concerned. It also\nfeeds financial data into the Commission's accounting system\nABAC.
\nIn particular,\nthe Court assessed whether CRIS had been designed to respond\neffectively to the Commission's needs and whether the information\nthat it provided was reliable. The audit involved a review of the\nCommission's documentation for the system as well as the\nperformance of substantive tests on CRIS data.
\nConclusions of\nthe Court of Auditors: the ECA\nconcludes that CRIS is mostly effective in responding to the\nCommission's information needs in the field of external actions.\nHowever, after ten years of development, it is still subject to\npersistent shortcomings.
\nThese concern in\nparticular:
\nSome of the\nobservations raised corroborate other observations made in previous\nCourt reports.
\nCourt's\nrecommendations: in order to make\nCRIS more effective in responding to the Commission's information\nneeds, the following is recommended:
\nPURPOSE: to present Special Report No 5/2012 from the Court of Auditors on the Common External Relations Information System (CRIS).
\nCONTENT: the European Court of Auditors (ECA) assessed whether the Common External Relations Information System (CRIS) was effective in responding to the Commission’s information needs.
\nTo recall, CRIS is the Commission’s information system to support the management of external action. Since this system became operational in 2002, its functions were continually extended. It has now become the main reference information system for management, reporting and documentation of external action, financed both by the general budget and the EDF.
\nCRIS allows all Commission staff involved in external action management, both at headquarters and in EU delegations, to work on a common database. It provides data concerning the different phases of management, from programming to preparation and monitoring, covering both operational and financial aspects of the actions concerned. It also feeds financial data into the Commission’s accounting system ABAC.
\nIn particular, the Court assessed whether CRIS had been designed to respond effectively to the Commission’s needs and whether the information that it provided was reliable. The audit involved a review of the Commission’s documentation for the system as well as the performance of substantive tests on CRIS data.
\nConclusions of the Court of Auditors: the ECA concludes that CRIS is mostly effective in responding to the Commission's information needs in the field of external actions. However, after ten years of development, it is still subject to persistent shortcomings.
\nThese concern in particular:
\nSome of the observations raised corroborate other observations made in previous Court reports.
\nCourt’s recommendations: in order to make CRIS more effective in responding to the Commission’s information needs, the following is recommended:
\nPURPOSE: to present Special Report No 5/2012 from the Court of Auditors on the Common External Relations Information System (CRIS).
\nCONTENT: the European Court of Auditors (ECA) assessed whether the Common External Relations Information System (CRIS) was effective in responding to the Commission’s information needs.
\nTo recall, CRIS is the Commission’s information system to support the management of external action. Since this system became operational in 2002, its functions were continually extended. It has now become the main reference information system for management, reporting and documentation of external action, financed both by the general budget and the EDF.
\nCRIS allows all Commission staff involved in external action management, both at headquarters and in EU delegations, to work on a common database. It provides data concerning the different phases of management, from programming to preparation and monitoring, covering both operational and financial aspects of the actions concerned. It also feeds financial data into the Commission’s accounting system ABAC.
\nIn particular, the Court assessed whether CRIS had been designed to respond effectively to the Commission’s needs and whether the information that it provided was reliable. The audit involved a review of the Commission’s documentation for the system as well as the performance of substantive tests on CRIS data.
\nConclusions of the Court of Auditors: the ECA concludes that CRIS is mostly effective in responding to the Commission's information needs in the field of external actions. However, after ten years of development, it is still subject to persistent shortcomings.
\nThese concern in particular:
\nSome of the observations raised corroborate other observations made in previous Court reports.
\nCourt’s recommendations: in order to make CRIS more effective in responding to the Commission’s information needs, the following is recommended:
\nPURPOSE: to present Special Report No 5/2012 from the Court of Auditors on the Common External Relations Information System (CRIS).
\nCONTENT: the European Court of Auditors (ECA) assessed whether the Common External Relations Information System (CRIS) was effective in responding to the Commission’s information needs.
\nTo recall, CRIS is the Commission’s information system to support the management of external action. Since this system became operational in 2002, its functions were continually extended. It has now become the main reference information system for management, reporting and documentation of external action, financed both by the general budget and the EDF.
\nCRIS allows all Commission staff involved in external action management, both at headquarters and in EU delegations, to work on a common database. It provides data concerning the different phases of management, from programming to preparation and monitoring, covering both operational and financial aspects of the actions concerned. It also feeds financial data into the Commission’s accounting system ABAC.
\nIn particular, the Court assessed whether CRIS had been designed to respond effectively to the Commission’s needs and whether the information that it provided was reliable. The audit involved a review of the Commission’s documentation for the system as well as the performance of substantive tests on CRIS data.
\nConclusions of the Court of Auditors: the ECA concludes that CRIS is mostly effective in responding to the Commission's information needs in the field of external actions. However, after ten years of development, it is still subject to persistent shortcomings.
\nThese concern in particular:
\nSome of the observations raised corroborate other observations made in previous Court reports.
\nCourt’s recommendations: in order to make CRIS more effective in responding to the Commission’s information needs, the following is recommended:
\nPURPOSE: to present Special Report No 5/2012 from the Court of Auditors on the Common External Relations Information System (CRIS).
\nCONTENT: the European Court of Auditors (ECA) assessed whether the Common External Relations Information System (CRIS) was effective in responding to the Commission’s information needs.
\nTo recall, CRIS is the Commission’s information system to support the management of external action. Since this system became operational in 2002, its functions were continually extended. It has now become the main reference information system for management, reporting and documentation of external action, financed both by the general budget and the EDF.
\nCRIS allows all Commission staff involved in external action management, both at headquarters and in EU delegations, to work on a common database. It provides data concerning the different phases of management, from programming to preparation and monitoring, covering both operational and financial aspects of the actions concerned. It also feeds financial data into the Commission’s accounting system ABAC.
\nIn particular, the Court assessed whether CRIS had been designed to respond effectively to the Commission’s needs and whether the information that it provided was reliable. The audit involved a review of the Commission’s documentation for the system as well as the performance of substantive tests on CRIS data.
\nConclusions of the Court of Auditors: the ECA concludes that CRIS is mostly effective in responding to the Commission's information needs in the field of external actions. However, after ten years of development, it is still subject to persistent shortcomings.
\nThese concern in particular:
\nSome of the observations raised corroborate other observations made in previous Court reports.
\nCourt’s recommendations: in order to make CRIS more effective in responding to the Commission’s information needs, the following is recommended:
\nThe Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report\nby Jean-Pierre AUDY (EPP, FR) on Special\nReport No 5/2012 (Discharge 2011) The Common External\nRelations Information System (CRIS).
\nThe CRIS: Members recall\nthat the Common External Relations Information System (CRIS)\nhas become a key component of the\nCommissions internal control system for the management of\nexternal actions. At its inception in 2000, CRIS was expected to\nprovide instant financial information about projects and programmes\nin the external actions field and, in particular, give an accurate\noverview of the breakdown of commitments and payments between\ncountries and sectors in various geographical regions. The CRIS\nalso supplies the accrual-based accounting system of the Commission\n(ABAC) with financial data.
\nHowever, with the passage of time, CRIS has become\ninefficient and costly since the total budget requested for its\ndevelopment, maintenance and support had reached EUR 13 million by\n2011.
\nThe Courts recommendations: noting the CRISs weaknesses, as described in\nthe Courts Special Report (please refer to the summary of\nthe Courts Report dated 04/05/2012), Members support the\nCourts recommendations and call on the Commission to\nimplement them as soon as possible. They\nconsider that any change in the role and modification of CRIS\nshould reflect the new challenges of the Union's external policy\nintroduced by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union\nand emphasise the need to adapt the reporting functions of CRIS to\nthe competences of Parliament in the fields of external policy and\nbudgetary control.
\nIn terms of the recommendations to be implemented,\nMembers call for the intended role of CRIS as an information\nsystem to be set out, notably with regard to ABAC. They\nconsider that an improvement in data integrity between CRIS and\nABAC is imperative in order to report on the Union's external\nactivities in a coherent, transparent, updated and reliable\nmanner.
\nEfficiency and effectiveness of CRIS: Members are concerned in regard to the\nCourts observations in respect of\ndata transfer and the systems poor user-friendliness. Because\nof the weaknesses, the information provided to Parliament as\ndischarge authority may be unreliable. They note\nfurthermore, that the functionality of CRIS should be updated in\norder to provide aggregated information on beneficiary countries,\npolicy areas and financial instruments.
\nOther observations: overall, Members regret the lack of information on the\ncost-effectiveness of CRIS and the long-term strategy establishing CRISs objectives and functioning.\nThey call for the CRIS to have a standard mechanism for layering\nthe confidentiality of data and users' access rights. Lastly,\nthey highlight the systems lack of security and call for a\nmechanism to be established in order to ensure adequate\nconfidentiality and data integrity.
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