The report describes the South-South Curricula Improvement Exchange Program for Moldova, which was completed in 2013 and resulted in ASEM producing revised university curricula for implementation from the academic year beginning in 2014, by which time they also aimed to be ACCA accredited.
The document provides a detailed overview of the Audit Training of Trainers program including the content and composition of the modules and sessions.
Around 40 experts and practitioners from Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Armenia took part in this regional workshop focusing on accounting education reforms. This was the sixth workshop to have been organized by the STAREP education community since 2014. Previous workshops have focused on the content of undergraduate accounting degree programs.
Two workshops organized by the World Bank Centre for Financial Reporting Reform (CFRR) to improve audit quality in Eastern Partnership countries — Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine — took place in Minsk, Belarus, from 10 to 12 October.
The purpose of this one-day workshop was to disseminate the lessons learned at the regional Accounting and Auditing Education Community of Practice (EduCoP) with the local community of practice from Moldova, and to identify practical and workable solutions to strengthen education in accounting and auditing at both the university and professional levels.
On May 30, 2017, the World Bank’s CFRR organized a Workshop on Strategies for Greater Compliance with International Education Standards in Vienna. The event was organized within the Strengthening Auditing and Reporting in the Countries of the Eastern Partnership (STAREP) regional program, which is aimed to create a transparent policy environment and effective institutional framework for corporate reporting within the countries that make up the European Union’s Eastern Partnership: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
The Accounting and Auditing Education Community of Practice of the regional Strengthening Auditing and Reporting in the Countries of the Eastern Partnership (STAREP) program took part in a virtual seminar on November 28, 2017. The seminar focused on the implementation of competency-based accounting education, including providing feedback on a new education and training guide book being produced as part of the STAREP program.
While significant progress was demonstrated by the Moldovan authorities in aligning the audit and accounting legislation to the EU acquis requirements, there is still a room for a better alignment of the requirements and process related to Professional Auditor Qualification to the provisions of the International Education Standards (IES) and good international practices.
The PULSAR program is a regional and country-level program targeting the Western Balkans and the EU Eastern Partnership countries to support the development of public sector accounting and financial reporting frameworks in line with international standards and good practice. It was established to scale up World Bank support for Public Financial Management reform and improve government accountability, transparency, and performance.