SEEPAD COUNCIL ORDINARY MEETING
Between the 11th and the 12th of February 2005, the European Seminar on Education organised by the South-eastern European Partnership on Accountancy Development (SEEPAD) took place in Sinaia, Romania, hosted by CECCAR.
On February 10th, 2005, the Council of the South Eastern Europe Partnership on Accountancy Development (SEEPAD) had an ordinary meeting in Sinaia.
The Council, chaired by SEEPAD President Dr. Ec. Marin Toma, analyzed the activities undertook in 2004, as well as the stage of development of the accountancy profession in South Eastern Europe.
Assisted by USAID, World Bank and ACCA representatives, SEEPAD Council accepted the membership of TURMOB form Turkey and SCAAK from Kosovo. Also, it was unanimously approved for the SEEPAD official headquarters to be located in Bucharest, regardless the country of the President, who is elected, according to the Charter, once every two years.
Amongst the main action trends of SEEPAD for the following period are:
1. Training of trainers for International Financial Reporting Standards and International Auditing Standards, by organizing regional seminars;
2. Organizing a South Eastern Europe Conference of accounting and audit, to be attended by all accountancy profession representatives and SEEPAD member countries government representatives, World Bank and other international bodies.
3. Initiating activities for increasing the awareness of SEEPAD member countries Governments, especially where an independent profession is not established, and developing a public-private partnership in accountancy and audit.
4. Distributing to SEEPAD member bodies materials issued by IFAC and FEE concerning accounting and audit; member bodies should further distribute these materials to all their members and non-members, in order for all interested parties to be informed about the international events.