Applying COSO Internal Control Framework to Disaster Management Evaluation According to Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) In Iraq

Khawla Hussein Hamdan, Lecturer at Post Graduate Institute for Accounting and Financial Studies, University of Baghdad, Iraq

Abstract

The research aims to study at introducing internal control components of COSO framework and the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) ; evaluating internal control components namely (control environment, risk assessment, control activities , information , communication and monitoring )to manage disasters in the Iraqi environment according to the core indicators of the five priorities adopted in Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) Building the resilience of Nations and communities to disasters 2005-2015 .with their activities under each indicator. Framework application report results 2013-2015 were used According to an answer for Ministry of the Environment in Iraq to the questions from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction .The study comes up with results concerning internal control components. Control environment, risk assessment, control activities, information , communication and monitoring scored 50%, 17%,63%,35%and 20% respectively ).

Recommended Citation

Hamdan, Khawla Hussein (2019) "Applying COSO Internal Control Framework to Disaster Management Evaluation According to Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) In Iraq," Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences: Vol. 9 : Iss. 2 , Article 6.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.52113/6/2012-2-4/1-92

المستخلص

The research aims to study at introducing internal control components of COSO framework and the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) ; evaluating internal control components namely (control environment, risk assessment, control activities , information , communication and monitoring )to manage disasters in the Iraqi environment according to the core indicators of the five priorities adopted in Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) Building the resilience of Nations and communities to disasters 2005-2015 .with their activities under each indicator. Framework application report results 2013-2015 were used According to an answer for Ministry of the Environment in Iraq to the questions from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction .The study comes up with results concerning internal control components. Control environment, risk assessment, control activities, information , communication and monitoring scored 50%, 17%,63%,35%and 20% respectively ).