MANY FINAL REPORTS ON OIG AUDITS AND DIAGNOSTIC REVIEWS HAVE YET TO BE PUBLISHED
Author:
Bernard Rivers
Article Type:Article Number: 2
ABSTRACT The Global Fund's Office of the Inspector General has still not published reports on 28 audits and diagnostic reviews that it was due to have undertaken by the end of 2011, despite the fact that the protocol between the OIG and the Global Fund Secretariat states that the OIG will strive to produce each such report within six months of the completion of the fieldwork.
The Global Fund’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has still not published reports on 28 audits and diagnostic reviews that it was due to have undertaken by the end of 2011. This is despite the fact that the protocol between the OIG and the Global Fund Secretariat states that the OIG will strive to produce each such report within six months of the completion of the fieldwork.
In the last four years, the OIG has published a total of 20 audit reports. The table below provides information on the status of the 28 as-yet-unpublished reports.
Table: OIG audit reports not yet published, showing latest known status
| Country | Audit or Diagnostic Review (DR) | Latest known status | Source: OIG Progress Report for period shown |
| Bangladesh | Audit | Due undertaken by end 2011 | April to Oct. 2011 |
| Burundi | Audit | Due undertaken by end 2011 | April to Oct. 2011 |
| Chad | Audit | Scheduled / underway in 2010Q4 | March to Oct. 2010 |
| China | DR | Due completed by end 2011. Due for release early 2012. | April to Oct. 2011 |
| Cote d’Ivoire* | Audit | Scheduled / underway in 2010Q4 | March to Oct. 2010 |
| Cuba | DR | Due completed by end 2011. Due for release early 2012. | April to Oct. 2011 |
| Djibouti* | Audit | Fieldwork completed by Oct. 2010 | March to Oct. 2010 |
| Ethiopia | Audit | Due undertaken by end 2011 | April to Oct. 2011 |
| Gambia | DR | Due completed by end 2011. Due for release early 2012. | April to Oct. 2011 |
| Georgia | DR | Due completed by end 2011. Due for release early 2012. | April to Oct. 2011 |
| Ghana | Audit | Scheduled / underway in 2010Q4 | March to Oct. 2010 |
| Kazakhstan | Audit | Due undertaken by end 2011 | April to Oct. 2011 |
| Kenya* | Audit | Fieldwork completed by Oct. 2010 | March to Oct. 2010 |
| Kyrgyz Republic* | Audit | Fieldwork completed by Oct. 2010 | March to Oct. 2010 |
| Laos | Audit | Fieldwork completed by Oct. 2010 | March to Oct. 2010 |
| Malawi* | Audit | Fieldwork completed by Oct. 2010 | March to Oct. 2010 |
| Mali* | Audit | Fieldwork completed by Oct. 2010 | March to Oct. 2010 |
| Mozambique | Audit | Due completed by end 2011. Due for release early 2012. | April to Oct. 2011 |
| Myanmar | DR | Due completed by end 2011. Due for release early 2012. | April to Oct. 2011 |
| Namibia | Audit | Due undertaken by end 2011 | April to Oct. 2011 |
| Nepal** | Audit | Due undertaken by end 2011 | April to Oct. 2011 |
| Peru | DR | Due completed by end 2011. Due for release early 2012. | April to Oct. 2011 |
| PNG* | Audit | Scheduled / underway in 2010Q4 | March to Oct. 2010 |
| Senegal | Audit | Due undertaken by end 2011 | April to Oct. 2011 |
| South Africa | DR | Due undertaken by end 2011 | April to Oct. 2011 |
| Ukraine* | Audit | Scheduled / underway in 2010Q4 | March to Oct. 2010 |
| Uzbekistan* | Audit | Fieldwork completed by Sept. 2009 | Jan. to Sept. 2009 |
| Zimbabwe (follow-up) | Audit | Fieldwork completed by Feb. 2010 | Oct. 2009 to Feb. 2010 |
* Indicates countries where the audit was followed by an investigation.
** This is different from the Nepal audit report that was published in February 2010.
Source: The OIG issues two progress reports per year. These are normally posted on the OIG pages of the Global Fund’s website here. However, the progress reports for November 2010 to March 2011 and April to October 2011 have not been posted there, even though they were made available to Board delegations in May and November 2011 respectively.
