STAREP Brochure
Strengthening Auditing and Reporting in the Countries of the Eastern Partnership (STAREP) is a regional program aimed at creating a transparent policy environment and effective institutional framework for corporate reporting within the countries that make up the EU's Eastern Partnership: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The six countries have made significant progress in modernizing their systems of corporate financial reporting but face several outstanding common challenges, especially as regards institutional capacity.
EU-REPARIS Brochure
As candidates, or potential candidates, for EU enlargement the countries of Southeast Europe, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, are integrating more closely with the EU and the EU's internal market, and aligning their legislative frameworks with the EU acquis communautaire.
EU-REPARIS has been designed to help and encourage this process of integration. It
Audit Oversight to Enhance Trust and Transparency in Corporate Financial Statements: Challenges in Developing Countries
Beginning with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the United States and the creation of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) in 2003, a global movement has developed to require independent oversight of corporate auditors. The movement is premised on the notion that independent oversight of auditors is critical for investor confidence, stronger corporate governance, and more financial transparency. A signal event in this movement was the EU’s Statutory Audit Directive of 2006, which required independent oversight to be developed in all EU member countries. Similar strong commitmen
Republic of Armenia Country Strategy and Action Plan for Enhancing Corporate Financial Reporting
This Country Strategy and Action Plan (CSAP) published in November 2014 sets out a comprehensive short to medium term reform program for corporate financial reporting in the Republic of Armenia.
Guide to Corporate Sector Accounting and Auditing in the Acquis Communautaire
This Guide outlines the European Union (EU) legislative framework governing corporate sector accounting and auditing. It is primarily intended for policymakers, regulators, and other stakeholders in countries in Member States, enlargement countries, countries within the "European Neighbourhood" and others interested in understanding the EU regulatory model.