A new regional program Enhancing Accounting, Auditing, and Sustainability Reporting (EAASURE) was launched in Vienna, Austria on May 28-29, 2024 as part of a two-day Knowledge Sharing Event “Responding to New Requirements and Challenges in Corporate Financial and Sustainability Reporting” attended by about 80 participants from the 11 beneficiary countries.
A two-day Knowledge Sharing Event “Responding to New Requirements and Challenges in Corporate Financial and Sustainability Reporting” was held for more than 80 participants on May 28-29, 2024 in Vienna, Austria.
The second Audit Quality Assurance Forum convened on November 7-8 in Skopje, North Macedonia, bringing together 51 representatives from competent authorities in the field of audit public oversight across Western Balkan countries. Ministries of finance and professional accounting associations, which play a crucial role in this domain, were also present.
The knowledge sharing event on "Good Practices in Audit Oversight and Enforcement: Insights from the Polish Agency for Audit Oversight" took place on October 3-4, 2023, in Warsaw. This event, organized by the World Bank Centre for Financial Reporting Reform, was part of the regional project The Road to Europe Program of Accounting Reform and Institutional Strengthening for Small and Medium Enterprises (REPARIS for SMEs).
The inaugural meeting of the Regional Audit Quality Assurance Forum was held in Vienna on May 16-17, 2023. The event was organized under the Road to Europe Program of Accounting Reform and Institutional Strengthening for Small and Medium Enterprises (REPARIS for SMEs) and for representatives of competent authorities responsible for public oversight and quality assurance in the Western Balkans countries. The event was attended by 60 participants including from public oversight bodies, professional accounting organizations (PAOs), and ministries of finance.
As part of the Strengthening Quality of Auditing and Reporting Project (SQARP) for the Republic of Albania the Albanian Public Oversight Board benefited from an exchange of experience with the Austrian Audit Oversight Authority. A two-day workshop was delivered on March 23-24, 2023, in Tirana, Albania.
During the week of March 21, 2016, the World Bank’s CFRR team held a series of events in Tbilisi to demonstrate the World Bank’s commitment to ongoing reform in audit regulation and support Georgia on its reform path in this important policy area. The key highlights of these events were:
A joint Accounting and Auditing Community of Practice (A&A CoP) workshop took place in Vienna, Austria on December 01, 2022. The event was organized under two flagship programs of the World Bank Centre for Financial Reporting Reform (CFRR): Strengthening Auditing and Reporting in the Eastern Partnership (STAREP) and the Road to Europe Program of Accounting Reform and Strengthening Institutions for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (REPARIS for SMEs).
“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.
Three webinars were held between 8 June and 10 June 2021 under STAREP regional program and these were attended by about 40 participants each day.
The overall aim of the experience exchange webinars was to learn from Slovenian experience related to the establishment of an independent public oversight function, entry requirements and registration of auditors and audit firms; monitoring of continuing professional development; quality assurance inspections and enforcement procedures, as well as cooperation with foreign audit regulators.