European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)

Two recent conferences titled “Strengthening Corporate Governance: Sustainability Reporting and the Increasing Role of Audit Committees” were organized in Bosnia and Herzegovina under the Road to Europe Program of Accounting Reform and Institutional Strengthening for Small and Medium Enterprises (REPARIS for SMEs) regional project.

The fourth national conference under the Road to Europe Program of Accounting Reform and Institutional Strengthening for Small and Medium Enterprises (REPARIS for SMEs) regional project was held on May 24, 2024, in Ulcinj, Montenegro. The conference was organized in cooperation with the Institute of Certified Accountants of Montenegro (ICAM) as part of ICAM’s 9th International Symposium of Accountants and Auditors of Montenegro.

The Sustainability Reporting and IFRS for SMEs workshop brought together 26 participants to learn and discuss about sustainability reporting in the European Union, including the transposition of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the 12 European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), and the related Assurance Standard in the works.

The third national conference under the Road to Europe Program of Accounting Reform and Institutional Strengthening for Small and Medium Enterprises (REPARIS for SMEs) regional project was held on November 09, 2023, in Skopje, North Macedonia.

On July 4^th, key stakeholders met in Pristina to discuss how to improve the approximation to the EU acquis in the field of accounting and auditing and strengthen the functionality of the public oversight system in Kosovo.