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UNCTAD-ISAR and IFRS Foundation Accounting Education Forum


30 October 2012
Room XVIII , Palais des Nations
Geneva
, Switzerland

Capacity-building in corporate financial reporting: Framework-based teaching of International Financial Reporting StandardsOver 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

 

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IFRS Foundation

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Communications concerning representation at the session should be sent to the UNCTAD secretariat, Intergovernmental Support Service, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10.
fax: +41 (0)22 917 02 14
e-mail: meetings@unctad.org
Enquiries concerning substantive issues should be addressed to the Enterprise Branch, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10.
tel: +41 22 917 5899
fax: +41 22 917 0122
e-mail: vanessa.mccarthy@unctad.org