"Audit activities in a central bank: new challenges and new perspectives after the pandemic experience"20-21 September 2021

The objective of the webinar is to share insights and discuss experiences of the role and functions of internal audit in a central bank both during and after the COVID outbreak. What are the main pillars and the key features and objectives of a modern internal audit unit? What role could it play in the organization's response to the COVID-19 crisis? Has its mission changed? Are its techniques and approaches still valid in the current scenario?

Banca d'Italia's Internal Audit Directorate illustrates its experience, discussing how its role has evolved, and the methods and techniques that could best be employed in such a complex environment.

Specific sessions are devoted to the discussion of practical experiences and the key aspects of internal auditing in the new normal (e.g. building a strategy and an advocacy policy for internal audit; improving accountability through a sound Quality Assurance Improvement Programme; and IT innovation).