The Round table, organized by Governance GP Global Unit, is an activity of the FASE program whose objective is to develop more accounting technicians in Africa to support growth, accountability, and efficiency in the public and private sectors in Africa. The Program (2018-2025), funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance, includes two streams of activities.
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.
Two workshops organized by the World Bank Centre for Financial Reporting Reform (CFRR) to improve audit quality in Eastern Partnership countries — Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine — took place in Minsk, Belarus, from 10 to 12 October.
On April 5-6, 2017, the World Bank’s CFRR jointly with the Kyiv National Economic University organized the Workshop on the National Initiatives for Strengthening Accounting Education in Ukraine. The event was organized within the Strengthening Auditing and Reporting in the Countries of the Eastern Partnership (STAREP) regional program, which is aimed to create a transparent policy environment and effective institutional framework for corporate reporting within the countries that make up the European Union’s Eastern Partnership: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
On May 30, 2017, the World Bank’s CFRR organized a Workshop on Strategies for Greater Compliance with International Education Standards in Vienna. The event was organized within the Strengthening Auditing and Reporting in the Countries of the Eastern Partnership (STAREP) regional program, which is aimed to create a transparent policy environment and effective institutional framework for corporate reporting within the countries that make up the European Union’s Eastern Partnership: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
National initiatives for improving accounting education and strengthening professional accounting organizations (PAO) in Azerbaijan were discussed at a workshop organized by the World Bank’s CFRR on November 22-23.
Supporting the development of accountants & finance professionals in its beneficiary countries is one of the main objectives of PULSAR Education Community of Practice (EduCoP). Between October 2019 and early 2020, an IPSAS Training of Trainers (ToT) Program for the core group of trainers from PULSAR participating countries was completed and formed the basis for further scaling up IPSAS training in beneficiary countries.
Recognizing that high quality financial information is supported by sound accountancy education systems that develop and improve the competence of professional accountants, accountancy education providers (both academic and professional education providers) met in Vienna on 1 June 2017 to presented the findings of the Regional “Accountancy Education Benchmarking Study”, developed under the Education Community of Practice (EduCoP) of the Road to Europe: Program of Accounting Reform and Institutiona
Over 50 stakeholders, including policymakers, representatives from the academia, the profession, regulators, private and public sector employers, business community, as well as development partners, met in Skopje on June 27, 2017 with a view to building consensus on, and facilitating in-county accountancy education reforms.
Policymakers, representatives from the academia, the profession, regulators, business community, as well as development partners, met in Pristina on July 5, 2017 with a view to building consensus on, and facilitating in-county accountancy education reforms.