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Competency-based Accounting Education, Training & Certification: Implementation Guide

Publication | 2019

The guide supports transitioning accounting education, training, and certification from a knowledge-based approach to a competency-based approach. Underlying this shift is the expanding expectation for accountants to professional judgment in response to greater transaction complexity, interconnectedness of entities, and broader global influences.

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National Education Initiatives – Moldova

Publication | 2019

This publication summarizes the results of the diagnostic activities that have been conducted in Moldova throughout the STAREP Program. It also documents the direction of future reforms and substance of capacity-building activities required to support greater compliance with international best practices in accounting education and International Education Standards (IESs) published by the International Accounting Education Standards Board (IAESB).

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National Education Initiatives – Azerbaijan

Publication | 2019

This publication summarizes the results of the diagnostic activities that have been conducted in Azerbaijan throughout the STAREP Program. It also documents the direction of future reforms and substance of capacity-building activities required to support greater compliance with international best practices in accounting education and International Education Standards (IESs) published by the International Accounting Education Standards Board (IAESB).

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National Education Initiatives – Armenia

Publication | 2019

This publication summarizes the results of the diagnostic activities that have been conducted in Armenia throughout the STAREP Program. It also documents the direction of future reforms and substance of capacity-building activities required to support greater compliance with international best practices in accounting education and International Education Standards (IESs) published by the International Accounting Education Standards Board (IAESB).

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National Education Initiatives – Ukraine

Publication | 2019

This publication summarizes the results of the diagnostic activities that have been conducted in Ukraine throughout the STAREP Program. It also documents the direction of future reforms and substance of capacity-building activities required to support greater compliance with international best practices in accounting education and International Education Standards (IESs) published by the International Accounting Education Standards Board (IAESB).

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National Education Initiatives – Belarus

Publication | 2019

This publication summarizes the results of the diagnostic activities that have been conducted in Belarus throughout the STAREP Program. It also documents the direction of future reforms and substance of capacity-building activities required to support greater compliance with international best practices in accounting education and International Education Standards (IESs) published by the International Accounting Education Standards Board (IAESB).

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National Education Initiatives – Georgia

Publication | 2019

This publication summarizes the results of the diagnostic activities that have been conducted in Georgia throughout the STAREP Program. It also documents the direction of future reforms and substance of capacity-building activities required to support greater compliance with international best practices in accounting education and International Education Standards (IESs) published by the International Accounting Education Standards Board (IAESB).

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PULSAR Progress Reports

Report | 2019

PULSAR program produces regular reports 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.

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Regional Education Study for STAREP Countries

Publication | 2019

The study used a range of information sources and data developed, completed, or provided by representatives of STAREP countries and others involved in the STAREP Program to provide a comprehensive overview of accounting education programs and challenges in the six STAREP countries.

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Accrual Based Accounting Core Competency Framework for Public Sector Finance Professionals

Publication | 2018

The Core Competency Framework presented in this document has been prepared to support Governments in implementing and sustaining reforms toward the adoption of accrual based accounting by defining the necessary competencies required by finance professionals to carry out such reforms. In doing so, the Framework provides guidance to the fundamental questions of “Who to train?”, “What to train?” and “To what extent to train?” when embarking on accrual based accounting reforms.

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