The event convened stakeholders of accountancy education from STAREP and PULSAR beneficiary countries from European Union (EU) Eastern Partnership and Western Balkan countries.
Building on the success of the previous event on May 19, this SIT continued the discussion by exploring additional international models for Public Sector Accounting education and reviewing the local and regional approaches to promoting accounting education in the Public Sector from PAOs prospective. During the session, members had the opportunity to learn from one country outside of the region (Zambia) as well as two PULSAR countries (Albania and Georgia) and compare these experiences to other relevant models in the CoP member countries.
This SIT aimed at exploring different international models for Public Sector Accounting education and reviewing the local and regional approaches to promoting accounting education in the Public Sector from PAOs prospective. During the session, members had the opportunity to learn from a number of countries outside of the region (specifically South Africa, Philippines and Vietnam) and compare them to relevant models in the CoP member countries.
On June 21-22, 2017, the World Bank’s CFRR organized the Workshop on the National Initiatives for Strengthening Accounting Education in Georgia. 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.
A CFRR workshop in Moscow on October 17 highlighted the changing role and requirements of professional accountants and auditors, and the strategic benefit in ensuring they acquire and maintain relevant knowledge, skills, and experience for a successful career in an increasingly global marketplace.
A roundtable involving key stakeholders was organized by the World Bank and the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan under Joint Economic Research Program (JERP) on March 30, 2021. The event was attended by about 45 participants.
The key objective of the event was to discuss the content of the provisions of the new model of audit oversight function in Kazakhstan.
The 3rd Public-Sector Accounting and Reporting (PULSAR) Education Community of Practice (EduCoP) took place in Vienna from November 28-29, 2018 with the aim to improve training, education, and continuous professional development aligned with international standards and good practice in public sector accounting and reporting.
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.