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UNCTAD-ISAR and IFRS Foundation Accounting Education Forum
30 October 2012
Room XVIII , Palais des Nations
Geneva

Key Issues

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Capacity-building in corporate financial reporting: Framework-based teaching of International Financial Reporting Standards
Over the last three years, UNCTAD's Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR) has been developing a comprehensive and integrated approach to accountancy development with a view to enabling member States to successfully implement globally recognized corporate reporting standards and codes. One of the essential pillars in ISAR's accountancy development framework is the human capacity-pillar.
Most of the debate on high-quality corporate reporting has been focused on global standards and codes - such as International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and International Standards on Auditing. However, effective and efficient implementation of these standards requires properly trained accountants and auditors.  Principles-based standards - such as IFRSs - require significant judgment on the part of preparers of financial statements. As a result, education of accountants and auditors needs to be reoriented to take into account the implications of principles-based standards.
The UNCTAD secretariat in cooperation with the IFRS Foundation is organizing this forum with a view to:
(i) Facilitating sharing of experiences among member States in the area of accounting education; and
(ii) Introducing a Framework-based approach to IFRS education. 
The Accountancy Education Forum is intended to enable participants to:
  • Understand an integrated approach to accountancy development, including human capacity
  • Understand the different approaches to integrating into a curriculum education on international accounting, auditing and other related standards and codes 
  • explain the benefits of IFRS Framework-based teaching;
  • describe the link between objectives, concepts, principles and rules in IFRSs;
  • understand how to teach IFRS judgements and estimates; and
  • use an IFRS PPE case study and other teaching material to carry out Framework-based teaching with CA/CPA students

 

Presentations

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Capacity-building in corporate financial reporting: Framework-based teaching of International Financial Reporting Standards , Peter Wolnizer , Chair of International Accounting Education Standards Board
30/10/2012 - 151KB
 
Capacity-building in corporate financial reporting: Framework-based teaching of International Financial Reporting Standards , Catherine Edwards , Head of Qualifications, ACCA
30/10/2012 - 177KB
 
Capacity-building in corporate financial reporting: Framework-based teaching of International Financial Reporting Standards , Gert Karreman , Professor at the Leiden University, The Netherlands
30/10/2012 - 151KB
 
Capacity-building in corporate financial reporting: Framework-based teaching of International Financial Reporting Standards , Vickson Ncube , Chief Executive of the Pan-African Federation of Accountants
30/10/2012 - 541KB
 
Capacity-building in corporate financial reporting: Framework-based teaching of International Financial Reporting Standards , Roza Kaspina , Professor of the Kazan Federal University and Member of the Methodological Council of Universities, Russian Federation
30/10/2012 - 169KB
 
Capacity-building in corporate financial reporting: Framework-based teaching of International Financial Reporting Standards , Michael Wells and Guillermo Braunbeck , Director of the IFRS Education Initiative, IASB; Project Manager of the IFRS Education Initiative, IASB
30/10/2012 - 610KB
 
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Co-organized with:IFRS Foundation
Language(s):English; French; Spanish; Chinese; Russian; Arabic;
Contact:
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