2. Identify and evaluate the risks for the audit programme; 3. Establish audit responsibilities; 4. Establish procedures for audit programmes; 5. Determine necessary resources; 6. Ensure the implementation of the audit programme, including the establishment of audit objectives, scope and criteria of the individual audits, determining audit methods, selecting the audit team and evaluating auditors; 7. Ensure that appropriate audit programme records are managed and maintained; 8. Monitor, review and improve the audit programme; 9. Inform top management of the contents of the audit programme, and request its approval from the Regional Executive Director.
B. Internal Quality Audit Team Leader and Assistant
1. Initiate and conduct the audit until the audit is completed by establishing initial contact with the auditee and determining the feasibility of the audit; 2. Prepare the audit activities, review documents, prepare the audit plan; 3. Assign work to the audit team; 4. Prepare work documents; 5. Prepare audit report in accordance with the audit programme procedures and issue the report within an agreed period of time; 6. Conduct audit follow-up. C. Internal Quality Audit Team Members 1. Perform the conduct of the individual audit under the supervision of the audit team leader; 2. Collect and verify information relevant to the audit objectives , scope and criteria , including information relating to interfaces between functions, activities and processes by means of appropriate sampling methods during the audit; 3. Prepare audit conclusions and submit audit findings within agreed period of time.