Multiple Framework-Contract in the field of external audit of programs and projects of external aid

CC AUDIT 2006/S 1-000094 Annex I Framework-Contract covering independent audits of external aid programmes and projects funded by the European Commission from the European Development Fund (EDF)° and the general budget of the European Communities (EC budget) Global Terms of Reference Lot 1 : financial audits and systems audits 1 Introduction EuropeAid Co-operation Office is in charge of the implementation of 1Commission ’s external aid instruments, funded from the general budget of the European Communities or the European Development Fund, in an efficient and effective way, ensuring a high quality and rapidity level for the implementing of the projects, contributing therefore to the visibility of the European community aid. EuropeAid Co-operation Office is responsible for all phases of the project cycle which ensure the operational translation and the realisation of the objectives defined by the programming adopted by the Commission (identification, instruction, preparation of financial decisions, implementation, monitoring and evaluation) maximising the quality, pertinence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, durability and appropriation by beneficiaries of all the actions. The main activity areas of external aid are: - Relations with oriental Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia; - Relations with the Middle East and South Mediterranean; - Relations with Asia; - s with Latin America; - Relations with Sub-Saharan Africa, Caribbean, Pacific and ...