A Conference “Strengthening Corporate Governance in Montenegro: Sustainability Reporting and the Increasing Role of Audit Committees” will be organized on May 24, 2024, in Ulcinj, Montenegro as part of the regional project The Road to Europe: Program of Accounting Reform and Institutional Strengthening for Small and Medium Enterprises in Western Balkans (REPARIS for SMEs).
The Conference aims to build capacity, share knowledge and experience, and offer practical insights on audit committees and sustainability reporting from a local and an international perspective; it will also address the challenges and potential responses related to new provisions of the European Union Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, including new European Sustainability Reporting Standards and the increasing role of audit committees in strengthening confidence in statutory audit and in financial and non-financial information with a particular emphasis on State-owned Enterprises.
The Conference is specifically targeted towards auditors, professional accountants, members of Boards (including members of audit committees of large public interest entities and state-owned enterprises), professional accounting organizations, banking and insurance regulators, academics, and internal auditors from Montenegro.
The Conference is delivered in cooperation with the Institute of Certified Accountants of Montenegro (ICAM) and is part of ICAM’s 9th International Symposium of Accountants and Auditors of Montenegro, organized between May 23 and May 25.