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Table: Internal Audits (2007-2008)

Name of Audit	Audit Type	Status	Completion Date (actual or expected completion date)
Entrepreneurship and Business Skills Development	Transfer payment	Completed	December 2007
Community Economic Development – Community Development Resources	Transfer payment	Ongoing	October 2008
Data Integrity	IM/IT	Ongoing	October 2008
Infrastructure Canada Program and Municipal and Rural Infrastructure Fund	Transfer payment	Ongoing	November 2008
Tourism	Transfer payment	Ongoing	September 2008
Trade	Transfer payment	Ongoing	September 2008
Investment	Transfer payment	Ongoing	September 2008
Expense Management Tool Controls	Financial Management Controls	Ongoing	August 2008

The audit of Entrepreneurship and Business Skills Development concluded that, on an overall basis, ACOA exercises due diligence in the delivery of Entrepreneurship and Business Skills program activities.  Recommendations were made to improve some of the current processes, as follows:

• Overall, the audit concluded that projects met eligibility requirements, the projects were properly assessed against evaluation criteria, and that information critical to project decisions was consistently and accurately documented.  Recommendations were made to improve certain elements of the assessment process to ensure consistent documentation of applicant and project eligibility.
• The payments system was examined and solid management processes were found to be in place.
• Project monitoring and evaluation of project benefits were examined and the audit noted some areas in which performance could be improved.  Recommendations were made to improve the monitoring process and emphasize the importance of formally documenting project achievements.

Further information on audit reports and, where applicable, their corresponding Management Action Plans is available on ACOA’s website at http://www.acoa-apeca.gc.ca/e/library/index.shtml.

Table: Evaluations (2007-2008)

The following is the status of Evaluation projects as scheduled for the year 2007-2008 in the Report on Plans and Priorities.

1.        Name of Evaluation	2.        Program Activity	3.        Evaluation Type	4.        Status	5.        Completion Date	6.        Electronic Link to Report
Strategic Community Investment Fund (SCIF)	Community Development	Impact	Final Report Near Approval (not yet published on website)	N/A	N/A
Advocacy Evaluation	Policy, Advocacy, Coordination	Impact	Rescheduled to be included in 2009-2010 Impact Evaluation of Policy, Advocacy and Coordination	N/A	N/A
International Business Development Program (IBDP)	Enterprise Development	Implementation	Cancelled (see below)	N/A	N/A
Saint John Shipyard Adjustment Initiative (SJSAI)	Community Development	Impact	Rescheduled to 2010/2011 at end (see below)	N/A	N/A
Community Futures (CF) Program	Community Development	Impact	Ongoing	September 2009	N/A
7.        Electronic Link to Evaluation Plan

International Business Development Program (IBDP):

Saint John Shipyard Adjustment Initiative:

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