Strategic Objectives

In order to comply with its mission statement the Committee will • strive for clarification of the roles and responsibilities under Article 274 of the Treaty of all actors dealing with EU funds, both at Community and national level • continue to encourage the Commission and the EU-Member States to manage the implementation of the EU budget and the internal control framework of the EU in a way which will allow the Court to issue a positive Statement of Assurance • strive to improve its strategic partnership with the European Court of Auditors respecting both institutions' independence in order to create greater synergy between the two institution's activities • encourage the Court to continue developing performance audits (also known as value for money audits) and detailed information on the results of its audits in individual Member States • critically support progress in the implementation of the Commission's Action Plan towards an integrated internal control framework • strengthen its external relations, in particular with national parliaments in order to increase support for the implementation of national management declarations covering all Community funds under shared management at political level • continue to strongly encourage the Commission to comply with the requirements of Article 274 of the Treaty as regards the governance structure in the Commission • continue to strive for a political agreement for a better balance between costs and benefits of controls by establishing a tolerable risk of error on a proposal from the Commission • continue to stress the need for improvements in the Commission's internal control framework • concentrate its participation on legislative work on the most important dossiers in order to focus on core tasks; • seek a flexible and coherent cooperation with other committees in the Parliament on subjects which might have a significant impact on the implementation of the budget of the Union