Around 40 experts and practitioners from Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Armenia took part in this regional workshop focusing on accounting education reforms. This was the sixth workshop to have been organized by the STAREP education community since 2014. Previous workshops have focused on the content of undergraduate accounting degree programs.

During the workshop, participants identified several "champions" from the Accounting and Auditing Education Community of Practice who will share their expertise in different areas of accounting and audit education with their peers in the future.

Participants made significant progress towards finalizing the Regional Curriculum, and shared the outcomes of the diagnostics completed to date as well as reviewing the reforms that have been undertaken in the region.

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STAREP EduCoP: Past achievements and future directions

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Looking ahead: linking university education with professional examinations

The workshop also helped set the course for future activities, which will address professional-level accounting and audit education programs. Participants agreed to use a competency framework model to link university education with professional examinations, and expressed an interest in focusing on modern teaching techniques, including the development of a competency-based test and case-studies.

The University Profiling Tool: What we set out to achieve and where we are
Benchmarking
The University Profiling Tool Results: Identification of Subject Area Champions
Competency-based Programs: The Common Thread for PAOs
The Common Core: Setting Base Line Levels of Competency
The Common Core: Subject Areas Covered by the UPT
The Common Core: Law and Tax Subject Areas
Curriculum Accreditation for Universities
Questionnaire results – where do we stand
Past Achievements and future directions – Closing Remarks