The total number of audits to be conducted by the NIK in 2012, including state budget execution audits, exceeds 200. Half of them will be new audits, while the rest will be the continuation of those commenced in 2011. NIK departments in the Central Office will have from two to seven new audits on average, while the Regional Branches of the NIK (located in 16 administrative regions of Poland) - from one to five.
The year 2012 is the first year for which audit priorities are set in a new manner: there will be one main priority and several additional priorities.
Main priority
Ensure current and long-term financial stability of the State
Additional priorities
Improve the effectiveness of the education system
Ensure available and effective medical care
Preserve national heritage, natural resources and effective town and country planning
Within the main priority, the NIK will examine, for example, the debt of the institutions form the governmental and self-governmental sector, the development of the gas transmission network and the implementation of the electronic system for collecting road charges. The NIK will also audit how customs chambers collect amounts due, and how the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP) conducts competitions and concludes agreements upon granting subsidies from the Structural Funds.
Additionally, as for 2012, follow-up audits aimed at checking the implementation of recommendations resulting from audits completed in the years 2009 - 2011 have been included in the list of planned audits.
The new Work Plan of the NIK for 2012 comprises 202 audits: 95 audits of the state budget execution, 94 new audits and 13 audits that were started in 2011 to be completed over 2012.
