On September 16, within the frames of the World Bank and the European Union joint Project – Financial Inclusion and Accountability, the World Bank held another webinar for SMPs on Future of SMPs: Practice Marketing and Communications.
Following the webinar Small and Medium-Sized Practices Rising to Coronavirus Challenge on 29 May 2020, the EU and WB joint Georgia Financial Inclusion and Accountability Project, with support from SARAS and the Georgian professional accountancy organizations (PAOs), conducted a survey of small and medium-s
On April 15, within the frames of the European Union-World Bank joint Financial Inclusion and Accountability Project, the World Bank held an online meeting on ‘Future of SMPs: Business Diversification Through Offering New Services’.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN’s) Audit Regulatory Group (AARG) has partnered with the World Bank to build on and support existing efforts to share knowledge and promote good practices of audit oversight within the countries that make up the ASEAN Community. This collaborative workshop in Bangkok continued the establishment of the Audit Oversight Community of Practice for the prospective AARG members (AOCoP) i.e. the Philippines, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam.
The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), with the support of the Small and Medium Sized Practices (SMPs) Committee that acts as its strategic advisor, supports the SMP sector through a number of initiatives. These initiatives are designed to raise the profile and build the capacity of SMPs globally, as well as increase awareness about their role and value, especially in supporting small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
During the first week of May, the regional "Strengthening Auditing and Reporting in the Eastern Partnership" program hosted several knowledge and capacity events aimed at strengthening accounting and auditing profession in Georgia. Joining forces with the Service for Accounting, Reporting and Auditing Supervision (SARAS) and IFRS Foundation, the World Bank’s CFRR delivered two roundtables dedicated to the accounting education and professional development, as well as IFRS Workshop.
The Financial Reporting Community of Practice met on July 3-4, 2019, in Vienna, to take stock of progress on the alignment of the participating countries’ legal frameworks to the EU acquis and the strengthening of institutions.
This Financial Reporting Community of Practice meeting discussed the implementation of accounting and auditing reforms in alignment with the related EU acquis Communautaire, and capacity building initiative in the countries of the Western Balkans.