IV. the court’s findings relate to an audit carried out at the commission and in six participating countries selected for the audit. since leonardo is one of four education and training programmes included in the commission’s lifelong learning programme, many audit findings have relevance that extend to the other lifelong learning programme schemes. the court found that: — In designing the current leonardo da vinci programme (2007–13), the commission took account of its own mandatory evaluations of the predecessor programme, but did not systematically take account of other important studies and reports. — the commission established an appropriate project life cycle management system for leonardo, but the supporting It system had some significant omissions. — the operational elements of the programme, including publicity and promotion of the programme and the annual programming cycle, were generally well managed, but the commission did not address the difficulties of applicants in finding partners and did not ensure the quality of national agencies’ assessments of grant applications. — a system of reporting is in place but it does not yet enable the commission to measure the results and effects of the programme. there are shortcomings in the system for reporting on the results and effects of the leonardo programme. the commission had started but not yet completed the establishment of a comprehensive system for the measurement of the impact of leonardo by the third year of the programme. eXecutIve summary — controls at national agency level complied with commission guidance. — there are weaknesses in the way national authorities carry out their secondary controls of national agencies. — the overall conclusion is that the design and management of the mobility scheme of the leonardo da vinci programme could lead to effective results. the commission had started but not yet completed the establishment of a comprehensive system for the measurement of the impact of leonardo. as a result, the commission cannot yet assess how the objectives are being met three years into the programme — around half of its lifespan. 
Revisionsrättens iakttagelser är resultatet av en revision som utfördes vid kommissionen och i sex deltagande länder som valts ut för revisionen. Eftersom leonardo är ett av fyra utbildningsprogram i kommissionens program för livslångt lärande, gäller många granskningsresultat också de övriga delprogrammen. Revisionsrätten konstaterade följande: — När kommissionen utformade det aktuella leonardo da Vinci-programmet (2007–2013), beaktade den sina egna obligatoriska utvärderingar av det föregående programmet men den beaktade inte andra viktiga studier och rapporter systematiskt. — Kommissionen inrättade ett lämpligt system för förvaltningen under projektens löptid när det gällde leonardo, men IT-stödsystemet hade vissa betydande brister. — de operativa delarna av programmet, till exempel offentlighetsåtgärder och marknadsföring av programmet samt den årliga programplaneringscykeln, sköttes i allmänhet väl, men kommissionen försökte inte lösa de sökandes problem med att hitta partner och garanterade inte kvaliteten på de nationella programkontorens bedömningar av bidragsansökningar. — Ett system för rapportering har införts men det gör det ännu inte möjligt för kommissionen att mäta programmets resultat och verkan. det finns brister i systemet för rapportering av leonardoprogrammets resultat och verkan.