IFAC representatives participated in the Third Regional Forum for Professional Accountancy Organizations (PAOs) in Europe and Central Asia in Vienna, Austria, on April 28. The event was organized by the World Bank Center for Financial Reporting Reform as part of the “Road to Europe: Program of Accounting Reform and Institutional Strengthening” and the “Strengthening Auditing and Reporting in the Countries of the Eastern Partnership” programs (also known as EU-REPARIS and STAREP, respectively).
The Forum brought together representatives from over 20 PAOs from countries in Central, Southeast, and Eastern Europe, as well as experts from the World Bank and the International Accounting Standards Board.
IFAC staff shared the IFAC Member Compliance Program Strategy for 2016-2018, which focuses on producing both qualitative and quantitative analyses of standards adoption, enhanced monitoring of compliance with the IFAC Statements of Membership Obligations, and revising its enforcement framework.
In addition, representatives of IFAC member organizations from Ireland and Singapore, as well as the Chair of the Forum of Firms, participated in panel discussions on the role of PAOs in economic growth and the challenges they face in developing a sustainable business model.
The International Good Practice Guidance series, developed to support professional accountants in business, is now available in Spanish. These publications include:
These guidance reports cover areas of international and strategic importance where professional accountants in business are likely to engage. By issuing principles-based guidance, IFAC seeks to foster a common and consistent approach to those areas not covered by international standards but frequently under the domain of accountants in business. IFAC seeks to clearly identify principles that are generally accepted internationally and applicable to organizations of all sizes in commerce, industry, education, and the public and not-for-profit sectors.
These Spanish translations were performed by the Instituto Mexicano de Contadores Públicos and Federación Argentina de Consejos Profesionales de Ciencias Económicas and are a result of the Ibero-American cooperation framework, known as the IberAm project. Established in 2012, the IberAm project—which includes IFAC and its members in Argentina, Mexico, and Spain—is an IFAC-authorized translation and review process that strives to achieve longer-term, sustainable processes for single, high-quality Spanish translations of international standards and IFAC publications. The Interamerican Accounting Association, IFAC’s regional organization for Latin America and the Caribbean, is a project observer. The project includes a Review Committee of technical experts representing IFAC member organizations in nine Spanish-speaking countries.
For an overview of translations of IFAC’s publications, please visit the IFAC Translations Database.
