Share audit techniques on severe accidents, disasters

Support cross-audits on facility construction, procurement, contracts

Pursue joint education, research on AI-based audit techniques

Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (Courtesy of Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency)
Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (Courtesy of Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency)

The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, the Korea National Park Service and the Korea Tourism Organization will share audit expertise in specialized fields such as severe accident prevention, disaster response and facility construction.

KOSHA said Thursday it signed a memorandum of understanding titled "Strengthening Internal Control and Realizing Public Value at Public Institutions" with the two other agencies. The signing took place at the Korea National Park Service headquarters in Wonju, Gangwon Province.

Attending the signing were Jung Hye-sun, standing auditor of KOSHA; Cho Chang-bae, standing auditor of the Korea National Park Service; and Kim Byung-chan, standing auditor of the Korea Tourism Organization.

The three organizations agreed to share their respective expertise and audit techniques, and to build a cooperative framework to strengthen the professionalism and internal control of their audit operations.

Key areas of cooperation include exchanging audit techniques on severe accident prevention and safety and disaster management, and strengthening eco-friendly management, environmental, social and governance practices, and internal control capabilities. They also include supporting audits and cross-audits in large-scale facility construction, procurement and contracting, and sharing field-based anti-corruption and integrity policies along with cases of organizational culture improvement.

The three agencies will also pursue joint education, case studies and workshops to enhance audit expertise, including audit techniques that utilize artificial intelligence.

Through the agreement, KOSHA plans to incorporate the two agencies' best audit practices and specialized audit techniques into its own audit operations.

"This will serve as an opportunity to jointly enhance audit capabilities by sharing each organization's expertise and audit know-how," said Jung, the standing auditor of KOSHA. "Through continued information exchange and cooperation, we will create audit outcomes that the public can genuinely feel," she added.


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