1st General Assembly of the South Eastern European Partnership on Accountancy Development (SEEPAD) Sinaia, Romania, 19 - 20 June 2002

1st General Assembly of the South Eastern European Partnership on Accountancy Development (SEEPAD) Sinaia, Romania, 19 - 20 June 2002

The 1st General Assembly of the South Eastern European Partnership on Accountancy Development (SEEPAD) was held in Sinaia, Romania from 19 - 20 June 2002. The meeting was held in co-operation with USAID. Government officials and accounting associations from the SEE region including Bosnia & Herzegovina, Republic of Sprska, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania and Yugoslavia came together to discuss the Harmonisation of Professional Regulatory Rules within SEEPAD countries. Experts from international and donor organisations attended from USAID and IFAC, as well as participants from OECD member countries, France and Greece.

During this first meeting of SEEPAD as a constituted body, SEEPAD Members agreed to the proposed Activity Plan and will inform their Governments and Ministries of Finance of the role and mission of SEEPAD. Two Working Committees were also established, the Membership Committee and the Education, Ethics and Quality Control Committee. For more information of the internal procedures applicable to SEEPAD and its members, see www.seepad.org

• Agenda
• Meeting Report
• General Information on the OECD's work with SEEPAD

Key Presentations:

• Accounting Reform in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Mr. Wayne West, USAID
• IAS and SME's Proposal of integrated system for SME's IAS convergent, Mr. Jean Francois Des Robert, Director of International Development and Co-operation, Compagnie Nationale des Commissaires aux Comptes / Conseil Supérieur de l' Ordre des Experts-Comptables
• The IFAC Compliance Regime, Mr. Peter Johnston, IFAC