The CFRR produces regular reports for its main programs to inform donors, participants and other stakeholders of how the programs are developing. These progress reports summarize the activities carried out under the program and outline how the experience gained will be used to improve the design of the next stages of the program.
As part of the Joint Economic Research Program (JERP), the CFRR has published a report summarizing the options for continuing the reform of financial reporting for small- and medium-sized enterprises in Kazakhstan.
The Accounting and Auditing Reform Momentum Forum on March 17, 2025, aimed to update participants on recent developments in financial reporting and auditing in the private and public sectors and explain the rationale for reforms amid climate and artificial intelligence (AI) challenges.
The sixth Best Annual Report and Transparency Award (BARTA) ceremony was held in Tbilisi, Georgia on February 28, 2025 under the Enhancing Accounting, Auditing, and Sustainability Reporting (EAASURE) program, implemented by the World Bank Centre for Financial and Sustainability Reporting Reform. The event was attended by 114 participants.
The World Bank Center for Financial and Sustainability Reporting Reform (CFRR) held its 9th Ministerial Conference Financial and Sustainability Reporting Reforms: Navigating Green and Digital Agendas on March 18, 2025, in Vienna, Austria, organized under its three flagship regional programs: EAASURE, PULSAR, and REPARIS for SMEs with support from donors, including the Austrian Government, the Austrian Ministry of Finance, the Austrian Development Cooperation, the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, and the European Union (EU).
On 26 April 2016, around 100 senior officials leading accounting and auditing reforms in countries taking part in two programs being implemented by the Centre for Financial Reporting Reform (CFRR) converged in Vienna, Austria.
“Trust, sustainability, finance, development, communication, and success.” These were the most frequently used words during three high-level events in Vienna from 26 to 28 April, according to Samia Msadek, Practice Director, Governance Global Practice at the World Bank.
Local community of practice from Azerbaijan benefited from a five-day workshop, delivered by the CFRR on May 23-27, 2022, in Baku on implementation of the International Financial Reporting Standard for Small and Medium-sized Entities (IFRS for SMEs). The event was organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Finance of Azerbaijan.
Representatives of over 20 Professional Accountancy Organizations (PAOs) met in Vienna on 28 April 2016 with experts from the World Bank, the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), to discuss the contribution of PAOs to economic growth.
Five-day workshop was delivered by the CFRR on May 16-20, 2022, in Yerevan, Armenia on the IFRS 17 “Insurance Contracts” Implementation for Armenian Regulators and Insurance Industry. The event was organized in cooperation with the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA).