The 7th annual OECD Public Sector Accruals Symposium was held at the OECD Headquarters, Paris, on 5-6 March 2007. The symposium was chaired by Mr. Ian Mackintosh, Accounting Standards Board, United Kingdom. 

 

Documentation

 

Agenda

 

PowerPoint presentations:

 

Report by International Public Sector Acounting Standards Board (IPSASB)

• Mr. Mike Hathorn, Chairman, International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board, United Kingdom.

 

Recognising Social Policy Obligations as Liabilities - A debate

• Mr. Robert N. Reid, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Accounting Policy, Department of the Treasury, USA.
• Mr. John Stanford, Senior Technical Manager, International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board, United Kingdom.

 

Measurement of Employee Pension Liabilities

• Mr. Nigel Bankhead, Director, Board of Actuarial Standards, United Kingdom.
• Mr. Reimund Mink, Advisor, European Central Bank, Germany.

 

Reporting on Fiscal Sustainability

• Mr. Kieran Rix, Team Leader, Government Financial Information & Reporting Team, HM Treasury, United Kingdom.
• Mr. Brett Kaufmann, Assistant Secretary, Department of Finance, Australia.

 

Accounting Standard-Setting Boards

• Ms. Amanda Botha, Project Manager, Accounting Stards Board, South Africa..

 

Implementing Accruals

• Mr. Ids Tijsseling, Deputy Head, Budget Management Department, Ministry of Finance, the Netherlands.
• Mr. Brett Kaufmann, Assistant Secretary, Department of Finance, Australia.

 

Report by International Task Force on Hamonisation of Public Sector Accounting (ITFHPSA)

• Ms. Lucie Laliberté, Senior Adviser, Statistics Department, International Monetary Fund, USA and Mr. Francois Lequiller, Head, National Accounts and Financial Statistics Division, OECD, France.