Buletin 3_4-2010 web.pdf - Curtea de Conturi a Republicii Moldova

ImplementatIon of InformatIon
teChnologIeS In the Court of aCCountS –
an opportunity to increase business efficiency and a step
towards its transformation into a modern audit institution
Court of Accounts comprises the human and material assets that
are oriented toward achieving a set of business processes that must
correspond to all its activities . Modern technologies come to facilitate
internal and external management, to automate as many processes
as possible and provide safe and effective tools for employees . Thus,
upon the approval of the Strategic Development Plan, the CoA has
recognized and acknowledged the importance and necessity of information
technologies in all its areas of activity . Due to international
consultancy and following a thorough feasibility study, target areas
have been prioritized and selected for implementation of information
technologies . Thus the main objectives have been set:
1 . Each employee must have his /her own computer with access
to internet, email, standard office programs, and other basic
facilities and be trained to use available information technologies
.
2 . Auditors should be given a more complete set of data relevant
to their work .
3 . Auditors must be equipped with modern instruments for
analysis of financial data from entities .
4 . The whole audit process has to be automated, along with
documentation and historisation of all steps and activities .
5 . Recording of working time and calculation of the cost of activities
require automation .
6 . A modern system for human resource management should
be implemented .
To streamline the implementation and save funds, several areas of
automation have been merged . Therefore:
automation of the audit process will be performed based on a
standard system for automation of electronic document flow
and will cover secretariat processes as well .
due to the low level of automation of the business of key spenders
of state budget and institutions audited by the CoA, we
have given up the idea of creating a complex database for storing
and analyzing data needed for audit . Thus, it was decided to
implement a universal instrument, flexible and easily adaptable
to cope with changing conditions and standards .
On February 5, 2010, the tenders for buying the “Integrated solution
of information and communication technologies for the CoA”
were opened . The detailed results of the evaluation of bids from all
participants in this tender were sent to the World Bank for review and
acceptance . On 6 May 2010, the no objection was received for the
evaluation report and for the conclusion of the contract with the winner
company . On June 2, 2010, the contract was signed with the winning
company for the delivery of «Integrated solution of information
George Antoci
head of iT division
75
projects running at the Court of Accounts