BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a8f25b84dc97 DTSTART:20030929T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20030929T150000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, SUMMARY:Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standar ds of Accounting and Reporting\, Twentieth session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The last two years have witnessed the demise of mega corporatio ns and along with them the life-time savings of many investors and employe es. These events have caused the loss of not only the financial wealth of market participants but also their confidence in corporate boards of direc tors\, chief executive officers\, financial analysts\, auditors and accoun tants. Restoring investor confidence has become a serious challenge. Some legislators responded by passing stringent laws. Others are in the process of considering appropriate measures. Developing countries and countries w ith economies in transition have been striving to strengthen transparency and disclosure practices in their respective markets with a view to attrac ting not only domestic but also foreign investors to their markets.\n\nOve r the last twenty years\, the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts o n International Standards of Accounting and Reporting at UNCTAD has been p romoting improved corporate disclosure and transparency. The Group has bee n considering corporate governance issues in a proactive manner\, prior to the recent series of corporate collapses. After deliberating on transpare ncy and disclosure requirements in corporate governance at its nineteenth session that took place in Geneva last September\, the Group decided to re view case studies on corporate governance disclosure requirements in selec ted countries at its twentieth session. Case studies have been conducted d uring the intersession period and the findings will be presented to the tw entieth session.\n\nThe exercise is envisaged to enable the Group of exper ts to draw lessons learned from the case studies and identify some best pr actices that can be applied more widely. The Group of experts will also be deliberating on a revised model curriculum for the qualification of profe ssional accountants that ISAR originally adopted in February 1999. The rev ised model curriculum is expected to contribute towards the strengthening of the accounting profession\, which is one for the prerequisites for rest oring investor confidence. Furthermore\, the Group will also consider a st udy on reporting on the impact of corporations on society.\n<\;p>\;The last two years have witnessed the demise of mega corporations and along w ith them the life-time savings of many investors and employees. These even ts have caused the loss of not only the financial wealth of market partici pants but also their confidence in corporate boards of directors\, chief e xecutive officers\, financial analysts\, auditors and accountants. Restori ng investor confidence has become a serious challenge. Some legislators re sponded by passing stringent laws. Others are in the process of considerin g appropriate measures. Developing countries and countries with economies in transition have been striving to strengthen transparency and disclosure practices in their respective markets with a view to attracting not only domestic but also foreign investors to their markets.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\; p>\;Over the last twenty years\, the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting at UNCTAD h as been promoting improved corporate disclosure and transparency. The Grou p has been considering corporate governance issues in a proactive manner\, prior to the recent series of corporate collapses. After deliberating on transparency and disclosure requirements in corporate governance at its ni neteenth session that took place in Geneva last September\, the Group deci ded to review case studies on corporate governance disclosure requirements in selected countries at its twentieth session. Case studies have been co nducted during the intersession period and the findings will be presented to the twentieth session.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The exercise is envisa ged to enable the Group of experts to draw lessons learned from the case s tudies and identify some best practices that can be applied more widely. T he Group of experts will also be deliberating on a revised model curriculu m for the qualification of professional accountants that ISAR originally a dopted in February 1999. The revised model curriculum is expected to contr ibute towards the strengthening of the accounting profession\, which is on e for the prerequisites for restoring investor confidence. Furthermore\, t he Group will also consider a study on reporting on the impact of corporat ions on society.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unct ad.org/meeting/intergovernmental-working-group-experts-international-stand ards-accounting-and-reporting-14 DTSTAMP:20260826T174320Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a8f25b84dcd2 DTSTART:20030930T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20030930T150000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, SUMMARY:Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standar ds of Accounting and Reporting\, Twentieth session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The last two years have witnessed the demise of mega corporatio ns and along with them the life-time savings of many investors and employe es. These events have caused the loss of not only the financial wealth of market participants but also their confidence in corporate boards of direc tors\, chief executive officers\, financial analysts\, auditors and accoun tants. Restoring investor confidence has become a serious challenge. Some legislators responded by passing stringent laws. Others are in the process of considering appropriate measures. Developing countries and countries w ith economies in transition have been striving to strengthen transparency and disclosure practices in their respective markets with a view to attrac ting not only domestic but also foreign investors to their markets.\n\nOve r the last twenty years\, the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts o n International Standards of Accounting and Reporting at UNCTAD has been p romoting improved corporate disclosure and transparency. The Group has bee n considering corporate governance issues in a proactive manner\, prior to the recent series of corporate collapses. After deliberating on transpare ncy and disclosure requirements in corporate governance at its nineteenth session that took place in Geneva last September\, the Group decided to re view case studies on corporate governance disclosure requirements in selec ted countries at its twentieth session. Case studies have been conducted d uring the intersession period and the findings will be presented to the tw entieth session.\n\nThe exercise is envisaged to enable the Group of exper ts to draw lessons learned from the case studies and identify some best pr actices that can be applied more widely. The Group of experts will also be deliberating on a revised model curriculum for the qualification of profe ssional accountants that ISAR originally adopted in February 1999. The rev ised model curriculum is expected to contribute towards the strengthening of the accounting profession\, which is one for the prerequisites for rest oring investor confidence. Furthermore\, the Group will also consider a st udy on reporting on the impact of corporations on society.\n<\;p>\;The last two years have witnessed the demise of mega corporations and along w ith them the life-time savings of many investors and employees. These even ts have caused the loss of not only the financial wealth of market partici pants but also their confidence in corporate boards of directors\, chief e xecutive officers\, financial analysts\, auditors and accountants. Restori ng investor confidence has become a serious challenge. Some legislators re sponded by passing stringent laws. Others are in the process of considerin g appropriate measures. Developing countries and countries with economies in transition have been striving to strengthen transparency and disclosure practices in their respective markets with a view to attracting not only domestic but also foreign investors to their markets.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\; p>\;Over the last twenty years\, the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting at UNCTAD h as been promoting improved corporate disclosure and transparency. The Grou p has been considering corporate governance issues in a proactive manner\, prior to the recent series of corporate collapses. After deliberating on transparency and disclosure requirements in corporate governance at its ni neteenth session that took place in Geneva last September\, the Group deci ded to review case studies on corporate governance disclosure requirements in selected countries at its twentieth session. Case studies have been co nducted during the intersession period and the findings will be presented to the twentieth session.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The exercise is envisa ged to enable the Group of experts to draw lessons learned from the case s tudies and identify some best practices that can be applied more widely. T he Group of experts will also be deliberating on a revised model curriculu m for the qualification of professional accountants that ISAR originally a dopted in February 1999. The revised model curriculum is expected to contr ibute towards the strengthening of the accounting profession\, which is on e for the prerequisites for restoring investor confidence. Furthermore\, t he Group will also consider a study on reporting on the impact of corporat ions on society.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unct ad.org/meeting/intergovernmental-working-group-experts-international-stand ards-accounting-and-reporting-14 DTSTAMP:20260826T174320Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a8f25b84dcd9 DTSTART:20031001T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20031001T150000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, SUMMARY:Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standar ds of Accounting and Reporting\, Twentieth session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The last two years have witnessed the demise of mega corporatio ns and along with them the life-time savings of many investors and employe es. These events have caused the loss of not only the financial wealth of market participants but also their confidence in corporate boards of direc tors\, chief executive officers\, financial analysts\, auditors and accoun tants. Restoring investor confidence has become a serious challenge. Some legislators responded by passing stringent laws. Others are in the process of considering appropriate measures. Developing countries and countries w ith economies in transition have been striving to strengthen transparency and disclosure practices in their respective markets with a view to attrac ting not only domestic but also foreign investors to their markets.\n\nOve r the last twenty years\, the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts o n International Standards of Accounting and Reporting at UNCTAD has been p romoting improved corporate disclosure and transparency. The Group has bee n considering corporate governance issues in a proactive manner\, prior to the recent series of corporate collapses. After deliberating on transpare ncy and disclosure requirements in corporate governance at its nineteenth session that took place in Geneva last September\, the Group decided to re view case studies on corporate governance disclosure requirements in selec ted countries at its twentieth session. Case studies have been conducted d uring the intersession period and the findings will be presented to the tw entieth session.\n\nThe exercise is envisaged to enable the Group of exper ts to draw lessons learned from the case studies and identify some best pr actices that can be applied more widely. The Group of experts will also be deliberating on a revised model curriculum for the qualification of profe ssional accountants that ISAR originally adopted in February 1999. The rev ised model curriculum is expected to contribute towards the strengthening of the accounting profession\, which is one for the prerequisites for rest oring investor confidence. Furthermore\, the Group will also consider a st udy on reporting on the impact of corporations on society.\n<\;p>\;The last two years have witnessed the demise of mega corporations and along w ith them the life-time savings of many investors and employees. These even ts have caused the loss of not only the financial wealth of market partici pants but also their confidence in corporate boards of directors\, chief e xecutive officers\, financial analysts\, auditors and accountants. Restori ng investor confidence has become a serious challenge. Some legislators re sponded by passing stringent laws. Others are in the process of considerin g appropriate measures. Developing countries and countries with economies in transition have been striving to strengthen transparency and disclosure practices in their respective markets with a view to attracting not only domestic but also foreign investors to their markets.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\; p>\;Over the last twenty years\, the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting at UNCTAD h as been promoting improved corporate disclosure and transparency. The Grou p has been considering corporate governance issues in a proactive manner\, prior to the recent series of corporate collapses. After deliberating on transparency and disclosure requirements in corporate governance at its ni neteenth session that took place in Geneva last September\, the Group deci ded to review case studies on corporate governance disclosure requirements in selected countries at its twentieth session. Case studies have been co nducted during the intersession period and the findings will be presented to the twentieth session.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The exercise is envisa ged to enable the Group of experts to draw lessons learned from the case s tudies and identify some best practices that can be applied more widely. T he Group of experts will also be deliberating on a revised model curriculu m for the qualification of professional accountants that ISAR originally a dopted in February 1999. The revised model curriculum is expected to contr ibute towards the strengthening of the accounting profession\, which is on e for the prerequisites for restoring investor confidence. Furthermore\, t he Group will also consider a study on reporting on the impact of corporat ions on society.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unct ad.org/meeting/intergovernmental-working-group-experts-international-stand ards-accounting-and-reporting-14 DTSTAMP:20260826T174320Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR