Internal Audit Key Performance Indicators
It is important for an Internal Audit function to put in place performance metrics to measure its effectiveness, boost its value proposition and enhance credibility via-a-vis stakeholders. This publication provides insight on performance measurement in the internal audit in public sector context and offers examples of performance measures that can useful for internal audit teams and regulators.
Knowledge Paper: Key Accounting and Auditing Reforms
The purpose of this Knowledge Paper focusing on Key Accounting and Auditing Reforms is to assist the Macedonian Government to make informed decisions for future reform actions following the publication of the Macedonian Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC) on Accounting and Auditing (A&A) in 2014.
Corporate Financial Reporting in Austria: an Overview
An introduction into Austria’s corporate financial reporting environment, with a particular focus on SMEs and specific features of the Austrian environment, intended for policy makers, regulators and practitioners looking for examples of how to formulate or implement the corporate financial reporting elements of the EU acquis communautaire.
Financial reporting in Austria: the views of SMEs and local banks
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a particularly important role in the Austrian economy, with commercial banks acting as their main sources of external finance. As SMEs are also very important in the REPARIS countries, analyzing how SMEs and their banks view the operation of financial reporting in Austria could produce some useful pointers for the design of financial reporting frameworks in the REPARIS countries.
Sharing Practices in Audit Oversight: Insights from Serbia
The EU-funded REPARIS for SMEs program hosted a knowledge sharing event in Belgrade, titled “Sharing Practices in Audit Oversight: Insights from Serbia”. Representatives from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the World Bank participated, aiming to help Bosnia and Herzegovina align its audit oversight frameworks with EU standards.
Challenges and Achievements of Public Oversight in Improving Audit Quality and Financial Reporting
A conference “Challenges and Achievements of Public Oversight in Improving Audit Quality and Financial Reporting” organized by the Public Oversight Board of Albania on November 19, 2024, in Tirana, Albania convened about 200 participants, representing professional accountants and auditors, academia, professional accounting associations, and various regulators, including the Ministry of Finance, Bank of Albania, Financial Supervisory Authority, and National Accounting Council.
Third Regional Audit Quality Assurance Forum: Improving Audit Quality through Cooperation
The third Forum of Public Oversight Bodies (POB Forum) convened 63 participants from the beneficiary countries on October 22-23, 2024, in Bucharest Romania. The POB Forum is organized jointly under two regional programs of the World Bank Centre for Financial and Sustainability Reporting Reform (CFRR) based in Vienna, Austria: the Road to Europe Program of Accounting Reform and Strengthening Institutions for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (REPARIS for SMEs) and the Enhancing Accounting, Auditing, and Sustainability Reporting (EAASURE) Program.