T22-078CRO Evaluation of the Effectiveness, Governance and Impact of Derry City and Strabane District Councils COVID Response

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Derry City and Strabane District Council is responsible for ensuring that its business is conducted in accordance with the law and proper standards, and that public money is safeguarded and properly accounted for, and used economically, efficiently and effectively. The Council also has a duty under Local Government (Best Value) Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 to make arrangements for continuous improvement in the way in which its functions are exercised, having regard to a combination of economy, efficiency and effectiveness. In discharging this overall responsibility, Derry City and Strabane District Council is responsible for putting in place proper arrangements for the governance of its affairs and facilitating the effective exercise of its functions, which includes arrangements for the management of risk. The Internal Audit team has completed an internal mapping exercise and the range of projects and interventions put in place to assist communities over the COVID 19 Pandemic can be found at Section 9: Mapping Exercise. The work to date has been incredibly resource intensive resulting in significant slippage on work on the approved Annual Audit Plan 2021 / 2022. As a result of this, the Chief Executive has gained approval from Council to requisition an external resource to carry out the following work: 1. To work with relevant stakeholders and undertake an evaluation exercise to determine the effectiveness, governance and impact of all these interventions whether primary or secondary interventions; 2. To undertake a root and branch investigation and review into the above; 3. To assist the Council to review if processes/procedures could be changed to improve effectiveness, governance and impact of the interventions. Please refer to CfT documents for further details.