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Group Exercise: Agreed-Upon Procedures

Teaching material | 2018

The Agreed-Upon Procedure (AUP) engagement can be used in a variety of circumstances that involve both financial and non-financial information engagements and cover public and private sector entities. More recently, due to the increasing audit thresholds for smaller entities, the AUP engagement may affect the demand of stakeholders seeking alternatives to audit, such as lenders, and because of the flexibility this type of engagement offers, it can be tailored to different circumstances and focused on individual items of financial data.

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Group Exercise: Fraud Risk Assessment

Teaching material | 2018

This group exercise further builds on the facts presented in the practical case study “Orotavia Capital City Municipality”, that is used throughout the Internal Audit Training of Trainers modules and aims to enhance participants knowledge about performing fraud risk assessments by following a structured framework including elements of fraud risk identification, assessment, and response.

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Internal Audit Key Performance Indicators

Publication | 2018

It is important for an Internal Audit function to put in place performance metrics to measure its effectiveness, boost its value proposition and enhance credibility via-a-vis stakeholders. This publication provides insight on performance measurement in the internal audit in public sector context and offers examples of performance measures that can useful for internal audit teams and regulators.

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PULSAR Infrographics

Brochure | 2018

The PULSAR team developed two infographics to support awareness raising activities of PULSAR member countries. The first visual tool focuses on the benefits arising from implementing accruals-based public sector accounting. The second one explains how the promotion of public sector accrual accounting based on international standards and good practice correlates with the twin development goals of the World Bank Group and contributes to development.

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Reporting by Public Oversight Bodies

Publication | 2018

A key goal of independent oversight is to provide relevant and reliable information to investors, lenders, audit committees, regulators, other stakeholders, and the general public about auditors and the audit market, among other matters.

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Roadmap to Public Sector Accounting Reform: Good Practice Template

Publication | 2018

This roadmap template addresses the fundamental questions to be answered in undertaking public sector accounting reforms. It recognizes that reforms are complex and require a multi-layered approach. The roadmap process should be repeated as reform progresses to take account of reform implementation and changing circumstances.

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Toolkit: Public Sector Accounting Education Plan

Publication | 2018

The purpose of this toolkit is to assist countries integrate public sector accounting (PSA) into educational curricula by developing a pathway for the development of PSA professionals that is achievable and appropriate for the needs of individual countries. The toolkit is based on International Education Standards (IES) issued by the International Accounting Education Standards Board (IAESB) which serve as an international benchmark of good practice.

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Croatia’s EU Accession: Case Studies on Reform and the Transposition of the Community Acquis

Publication | 2017

The genesis for this publication was conceived within the context of the EU Road to Europe – Program of Accounting Reform and Institutional Strengthening (EU-REPARIS) regional program, which aims to provide assistance to the countries of Central and South East Europe on corporate financial reporting reform, particularly candidate countries to European Union (EU) accession.

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EU-REPARIS Audit Training of Trainers Program

Success Story | 2017

Focused on enhancing lifelong learning and supporting improvements in continuing education systems for professional accountants, the EU-REPARIS Audit Training of Trainers Program explores ways of modernizing the skills of the profession to provide effective financial reporting support to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and private sector enterprises.

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Knowledge Paper: Key Accounting and Auditing Reforms

Publication | 2017

The purpose of this Knowledge Paper focusing on Key Accounting and Auditing Reforms is to assist the Macedonian Government to make informed decisions for future reform actions following the publication of the Macedonian Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC) on Accounting and Auditing (A&A) in 2014.

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