EU acquis communautaire

Key stakeholders involved in public oversight from Bosnia and Herzegovina convened in Sarajevo on October 1, 2024, to discuss ways to strengthen audit public oversight at both the country and entity levels to ensure better alignment with the European Union (EU) acquis. The event was attended by 30 participants, including representatives from relevant institutions and professional accounting associations from Republika Srpska, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brčko District, as well as the state-level Ministry of Finance and Treasury.

Building trust in financial information, improving access to credit, and attracting investment

On 26 April 2016, around 100 senior officials leading accounting and auditing reforms in countries taking part in two programs being implemented by the Centre for Financial Reporting Reform (CFRR) converged in Vienna, Austria.

Professional accounting/auditing associations (PAOs) from Moldova met on March 10 to discuss how to improve cooperation and build a strong and sustainable accounting and auditing profession.

This regional workshop in Kyiv aimed to increase understanding of European Union (EU) accounting requirements for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Building on previous Accounting and Auditing Standards Communities of Practice (A&ACoP) events, this workshop was organized by the World Bank Centre for Financial Reporting Reform (CFRR), as part of the “Strengthening Auditing and Reporting in the Countries of the Eastern Partnership” (STAREP) program.

A two-day workshop in Vienna on 26 and 27 April, 2018 convened together participants from each of the countries of two regional CFRR projects: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine as part of the Strengthening Auditing and Reporting in the Countries of the Eastern Partnership (STAREP) and Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia as part of the Road to Europe: Program of Accounting Reform and Institutional Strengthening (EU-REPARIS).

On 26 November, 2018, the World Bank’s Centre for Financial Reporting Reform (CFRR) held the Senior Officials’ Workshop in Vienna, including senior officials from the Ministries of Finance and audit oversight institutions from the six Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia), to discuss and reflect upon the status and implementation of their financial reporting reforms.