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09  \nSeptember 2017  \nPRODUCTION  \nRédacteur en chef / Editor in Chief: Gaston Moonen  \nTél. / tel.:  \n00352 4398-45716  \nE-mail :  \nantonius.moonen@eca.europa.eu  \nMise en page, diffusion / Layout, distribution :  \nDirection de la PrésidenceDirectorate of the Presidency  \nPhotos :  \nReproduction interdite / Reproduction prohibited © ECA  \nPast editions of the Journal can be found on ECA’s website:  \n[http://eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/](http://eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/)[ ](http://eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/)Journal.aspx  \n© European Union, 2017  \nReproduction autorisée à condition de mentionner la source/ Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged  \nThe contents ofthe interviewsand the articles are the sole responsibility of the interviewees and authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Court of Auditors  \nFOR MORE INFORMATION AND PAPER COPIES :  \nEuropean Court of Auditors  \n12, rue Alcide De Gasperi  \n1615 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG eca-journal@eca.europa.eu  \neca.europa.eu  \n@EUAuditors  \nEUAuditorsECA  \n3  \n TABLE OF CONTENTS  \n04  \n05  \n08  \n11  \n15  \n17  \n20  \n22  \n30  \n37  \n39  \nEditorial  \nThe ECA strategy for 2018-2020 : Fostering trust through independent audit  \nBy Andreas Bolkart and Gaston Moonen, Directorate of the Presidency, ECA  \nBringing governments closer to citizens and business – ACCA event hosted by the ECA  \nBy Lazaros S. Lazarou, ECA Member  \nHow to select an audit task-the ECA’s new programming procedures  \nBy Sandra Diering, Directorate of the Presidency, ECA  \nTowards a more continuous dialogue  \nBy Mark Rogerson, Directorate of the Presidency, ECA  \nCommunicating with the press and stakeholders – in & beyond Brussels  \nBy Damijan Fišer, Directorate of the Presidency, EC  \nECA in social media: the challenge of being on every screen  \nBy Juan Blanco Arellano, Directorate of the Presidency, ECA  \nText mining: making sense of unstructured data  \nBy Zsolt Varga, Directorate Translation and Language Services, ECA  \nStrategic challenges in audit : private and public sector experiences  \nBy Gaston Moonen, Directorate of the Presidency, ECA  \nTowards implementing harmonised public sector standards in Member States: following a slow moving train?  \nBy Peter Welch, Directorate Sustainable use of natural resources, ECA  \nFOCUS  \nSpecial reports N° 11/2017  \nMeaning and purpose 4  \nStrategy is the central theme of this Journal. Which course do we want to set for the future? Or which course do we have to sail in order to survive the upcoming storms? These are questions all organisations face and have to decide upon, either with reason and after research, or haphazardly. For the ECA, as a public institution, and even more so as a public audit institution, there is another, even more important question: with which course can we add the most value to society, particularly the European Union?  \nDuring the past year the ECA has been through a soul searching exercice to find the best focal point and objectives for our new strategy. To find such a point is crucial because, as a saying goes, what is the use of running if you are not on the right road? We are in the business of providing assurance-be it whether rules have been complied with or performance or intended effects have been achieved. For this the ECA chose as purpose“Fostering trust through independent audit“(see page 5).  \nBut what is the meaning of this strategy; what does it imply? Only when an auditor is trusted he or she can be relevant for society. So credibility is key and this requires, first and foremost, an identifiable adherence to a number of values. This is highlighted by ECA Member Lazaros S. Lazarou (see page 08) when he speaks about bringing governments closer to citizens and «ethical conscience» . The latter may be self-evident for many of us within the ECA but what counts is how EU citizen see us in the light of values such as objectivity, integrity and moral courage (see","cbCaivR3jvx0kaNJ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivR3jvx0kaNJ","pdf",4969065,"English","# Editorial\n## The ECA strategy for 2018-2020 : Fostering trust through independent audit\n## Bringing governments closer to citizens and business – ACCA event hosted by the ECA\n## How to select an audit task-the ECA’s new programming procedures\n## Towards a more continuous dialogue\n## Communicating with the press and stakeholders – in & beyond Brussels\n## ECA in social media: the challenge of being on every screen\n## Text mining: making sense of unstructured data\n## Strategic challenges in audit : private and public sector experiences\n## Towards implementing harmonised public sector standards in Member States: following a slow moving train?\n# FOCUS\n## Special reports N° 11/2017","[{\"question\":\"What is the core purpose highlighted for the ECA strategy 2018-2020?\",\"answer\":\"The strategy’s purpose is fostering trust through independent audit, positioning credibility and trust as prerequisites for societal relevance.\"},{\"question\":\"Which values are described as guiding how the audit profession is perceived by EU citizens?\",\"answer\":\"Objectivity, integrity, and moral courage are presented as key values that shape how the ECA’s audit work should be guided and understood.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the journal describe moving from strategy to concrete audit work?\",\"answer\":\"It explains that after strategy comes planning, where new programming procedures translate objectives into specific audit topics aligned with the strategic objectives.\"}]","Journal European Court of Auditors - No 09 - September 2017 - Editorial Focus | PDF",101]