The AFA Secretariate and IAI welcome a visit from representative of LCPAA and Ministry of Finance Lao PDRThe AFA Secretariate welcomed a visit from representatives of LCPAA Khampiew Thipphavongphanh (Vice President of LCPAA) and Khamsamai Boulom (Officer, Accounting Regulatory Department, Ministry of Finance Lao PDR. The visit was arranged as part of the delegate's attendance at the ASEAN CPA Coordinating Committee meeting organized in Bandung, Indonesia on February 26, 2024. The meeting participants discussed support to LCPAA capacity building aspirations and ongoing mentoring project with AFA. The courtesy call was organised to welcome LCPAA to the Secretariat, further discuss AFA support to LCPAA particularly on the mentoring arrangement pilot project and facilitate LCPAA’s engagement with IAI as the permanent Secretariat of the Federation in Jakarta. It coincides with LCPAA’s participation at the ASEAN CPA Coordinating Committee meeting organised in Bandung, Indonesia on 26 February 2024. In addition to ED Pratama and Monika from the Secretariat, the LCPAA representatives also met Council Members of IAI Dr. Selvia Vivi Devianti – who is also the Deputy Chair of AFA Working Committee 2 and Deny Poerhadiyanto, as well as Elly Zarni Husin (Executive Director, IAI) and Edward Tanujaya (Director, IAI). The representatives discussed possible collaboration between the two PAOs as well as AFA, including but not limited to capacity building of accountants in Lao PDR and opportunities for Lao PDR accounting students to participate in IAI’s Aspiring Professional Accountants Festival. LCPAA is an AFA Primary Member and an IFAC Associate with aspiration to elevate its membership status to a full Member. Please read more detail in the file attached:
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International Perspectives on Tracking CorruptionDate: February 26, 2024 Time: 09:00 AM - 10:30 AM 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM CET As part of the 25th Anniversary of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, join IFAC (The International Federation of Accountants), ICAEW (the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) and IBA (The International Bar Association), in collaboration with the OECD, for a special online event that will consider the urgent need to foster cultures of integrity and active enforcement to tackle the risk of corruption.
Times of economic turmoil can create new opportunities for actors seeking to corrupt public and private activities. Manifest in different forms – from bribery to misappropriation, abuse of office to illicit enrichment – failure to tackle corruption can have devastating consequences. In addition to posing significant risks across a wide range of business areas, corruption can open the door to criminal infiltration across public offices, undermining citizens’ trust in the rule of law. A joined-up approach by all actors, public and private, is required to effectively prevent and fight against the insidious nature of corruption and illicit finance. Renewed regulatory efforts to combat corruption are visible across different jurisdictions – including in the EU, where the anti-corruption package currently being negotiated seeks to strengthen the existing legal framework, based on the UN Convention Against Corruption. As part of the 25th Anniversary of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, IFAC (The International Federation of Accountants), ICAEW (the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) and IBA (The International Bar Association), in collaboration with the OECD are inviting you to a forward-looking discussion on regulatory efforts to combat corruption currently visible across different jurisdictions. Please read more detail by click this link: Fostering Cultures of Integrity: | IFAC Register Link: Webinar Registration - Zoom |
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