| SEEPAD Third Council Meeting |
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The Third SEEPAD Council meeting was held on 18th and 19th November 2003 in Belgrade, Serbia. Meeting was attended by
representatives from the following SEEPAD full members: |
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Out of invited SEEPAD members,
the meeting was not attended by representatives of Croatian Association of Accountants
and Financial Experts, Association of Professional Accountants and Auditors
of the Republic of Moldova and Association of Accountants, Financial Experts
and Auditors of the Republic of Macedonia.
Beside the Council members, meeting was attended by representatives of ACCA
and USAID (Bearing Point).
The meeting was opened by SEEPAD president who confirmed that the Council has
needed quorum to initiate the voting procedures.
After the presentation and discussions
according to adopted agenda, SEEPAD Council approved the following decisions:
1. president
report on SEEPAD and Secretariat activities 
for the period between two Council meetings was adopted;
2. the proposal of Institute
of certified public accountants of Greece (SOEL) to organize education program
during March-April, 2004 for professional accountants, members of SEEPAD member-bodies,
was accepted. Education program will be held in Thessalonica in English, in
accordance with the proposed syllabus;
3. the Council accepts the proposal submitted by French Chamber of Chartered
Accountants, on enhancing cooperation with international organizations and on
future joint activities;
4. the Council entitles SEEPAD president and vice-president to continue negotiations
with ACCA representatives regarding the ACCA proposal presented on the meeting;
5. Bearing Point initiative on providing assistance and cooperation relating
future SEEPAD activities was supported;
6. on admission of written proposal of SEEPAD Secretariat, all member-bodies
should, within a month, submit needed information to the Secretariat, according
to which the Membership Commission will make the final proposal of the Methodology
for determining financial contributions, that will be considered and adopted
on the following Assembly;
7. each member-body should, as of beginning of 2004, after receiving the invoice
from SEEPAD Secretariat, make a first installment of membership fee for 2004,
in the amount of 1.000 EUR;
8. status of member-bodies that didn’t settled their membership fees for
2002 and 2003 shall be determined after adoption of the Methodology of determining
financial contributions at SEEPAD Assembly to be held the following year;
9. new SEEPAD Activity Plan for 2004 –2005 ,
as well as the budget proposed for 2004;
10. the Council adopts Membership
Committee report on application of Society of Chartered Accountants and Auditors
of Kosovo (SCAAK). The report points out certain limitations in organization
and SCAAK activities, which seem to be obstacle for its admission as full SEEPAD
member-body. It is decided to request additional information from SCAAK governance
and to postpone admission to SEEPAD membership, until these barriers are being
removed;
11. the Council adopts the proposal to forward the SEEPAD admission inquiry
to interested professional accounting organizations in the region, to enhance
activities of SEEPAD, as a regional organization, as well as supporter of IFAC
activities, on accountancy development;
12. the following SEEPAD Assembly will be held during June, 2004, in Sofia,
Bulgaria. Until approval of the final Agenda, member-bodies will within the
period declared by the Charter, submit to the Secretariat certain issues to
be considered at the Assembly.
