IFAC PAO Development Committee Meeting

2020-02-21 - 09:41

New York, February 19-20, 2020 - SCAAK Executive Director, Ms. Ardiana Bunjaku participated in IFAC Professional Accountancy Organization Development Committee (PAODC) meeting, where she also serves as a technical advisor.

At the beginning of the meeting the participants were welcomed by the Chair and were introduced the new members of the PAODC.

Among the items on the meeting agenda were discussions of the PAO Development Advisory Group on IFAC Strategic Plan 2019-2020, IFAC Integrated Annual Report 2018, PAODC Call for Nominations as well as what does a Future-Ready PAO look like. The purpose of these discussions was to brainstorm on the responsibilities, skills, and operations of a future PAO development group to inform revisions and update to the PAODC Terms of Reference.

At the end of the first day the participants had the opportunity for open discussion. An opportunity for the committee to reflect and share other insights, updates, and information with participants.

During the second day of the meeting the participants shared reflections and thoughts on the discussion and agreements reached on first day.The agenda also included the Approval of the 2020 Annual Plan, Adoption and Implementation Support: Investigation and Discipline (SMO 6)

During this meeting, also was held an International Panel on Accountancy Education’s Call to Action for PAOs.

At the meeting also were discussed other important topics such as: an illustrative Competency Framework for Accounting Technicians, developing Accountancy Capacity in Fragile and Conflicted Affected States, update on MOSAIC  as well as update on the PAO Capacity Building (PAO CB) Program—AFROSAI-E Project