Canada Council for the Arts releases Auditor General's Special Examination Report / Le Conseil des Arts du Canada publie le rapport de la vˆ©rificatric

Canada Council for the Arts releases
Auditor General's Special Examination Report

In its first special examination of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Office of the Auditor General of Canada reports the Council is doing a good job of managing its affairs, announced the Board of the Council today.

The special examination found that the Council's systems and practices in "grant management, governance, strategic planning, performance measurement and reporting and human resources provide it with reasonable assurance that its assets are safeguarded and controlled, that its resources are managed economically and efficiently, and that its operations are carried out effectively."

The Auditor General concluded that the Council's "systems and practices had no significant deficiencies. In fact, the Canada Council's systems and practices have contributed to its success in several areas."

A copy of the news release and the full report is available at www.canadacouncil.ca

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Le Conseil des Arts du Canada publie
le rapport de la vˆ©rificatrice gˆ©nˆ©rale sur son examen spˆ©cial

Aujourd'hui, le conseil d'administration du Conseil des Arts du Canada a annoncˆ© que, selon le Bureau de la vˆ©rificatrice gˆ©nˆ©rale, son rapport sur le premier examen spˆ©cial du Conseil est positif et que cette sociˆ©tˆ© d'ˆâtat autonome fait du bon travail en ce qui concerne la gestion de ses activitˆ©s.

L'examen spˆ©cial a rˆ©vˆ©lˆ© que ¬´ les systˆ®mes et les pratiques du Conseil des Arts du Canada en matiˆ®re de gestion de subventions, de gouvernance, de planification stratˆ©gique, de mesure et de communication des rˆ©sultats ainsi que de gestion des ressources humaines lui donnent l'assurance raisonnable que ses ˆ©lˆ©ments d'actif sont protˆ©gˆ©s et contrˆ¥lˆ©s, que la gestion de ses ressources est ˆ©conomique et efficiente, et que ses activitˆ©s sont menˆ©es efficacement. ¬ª

La vˆ©rificatrice gˆ©nˆ©rale a conclu son rapport en disant que le Conseil ne prˆ©sentait ¬´ aucune lacune importante. En fait, les systˆ®mes et pratiques du Conseil des Arts ont contribuˆ© ˆÝ son succˆ®s dans plusieurs domaines. ¬ª

Vous pouvez consulter le communiquˆ© et le rapport intˆ©gral au www.conseildesarts.ca.