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31 October UNCTAD-ISAR workshop Regional partnerships as a blueprint for maximising impact on strengthening national sustainability reporting practice and infrastructure


1 November

High-level panel: Recent developments in financial and sustainability reporting requirements and related standard-setting developments and their implications for practical implementation

Presentation, Saskia Slomp, Chief Executive Officer, European Financial Reporting Advisory Group

Presentation, Ian Carruthers, Chair, International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board

Presentation, Vania Maria da Costa Borgerth, Board Member, International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants

Presentation, Isabelle Tracq-Sengeissen, Board Member, International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board

Agenda item 3. Good practices in and approaches to the practical implementation of sustainability reporting requirements

Presentation, Mardi McBrien, Director of Strategic Affairs, IFRS Foundation

Presentation, Maria Ria Nonyana-Mokabane, Chief Director, Legislative Drafting, Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa

Presentation, Drissa Koné, President, Order of Chartered Accountants, Côte d’Ivoire

Presentation, Bernhard Frey, Senior Manager, Sustainable Development Goals Impact and Reporting, United Nations Global Compact


2 November

Agenda item 3. Good practices in and approaches to the practical implementation of sustainability reporting requirements

Presentation, Elsa Beatriz García Bojorges, President, Financial Reporting Standards Board, Mexico

Presentation, Mariana Escobar, Adviser, Financial Superintendent; Head, Sustainable Finance Hub, Colombia

Presentation, Cliff Nyandoro, Head, Standards and Technical Services, Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Kenya

Presentation, Tintswalo Maggie Mofokeng, Tinyeleti Consulting, Johannesburg, South Africa

Presentation, Achile Nestor Basahag, Director, Public Accounting, Ministry of Finance, Cameroon

Agenda item 4 Review of practical implementation of international standards of accounting and reporting in the private and public sectors

Presentation, Jorge Gil, Group of Latin American Accounting Standard Setters

Presentation, Lebogang Senne, Technical Director, Pan African Federation of Accountants


3 November

Agenda item 4 Review of practical implementation of international standards of accounting and reporting in the private and public sectors

Presentation, Claudia Beier, Board Member, International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board

Presentation, Cintia Catota, National Director, Public Assets, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Ecuador

Presentation, Caroline Aggestam Pontoppidan, Professor, Copenhagen Business School

Presentation, Alex Metcalfe, Head, Public Sector Policy, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Agenda item 5 (a) Promoting gender balance in the accountancy profession

Presentation, Richard Bolwijn, Officer-in-Charge, Enterprise Branch, DIAE, UNCTAD

Agenda item 5 (b) Insights from recent implementation of the Accounting Development Tool

Introduction, Richard Bolwijn, Officer-in-Charge, Enterprise Branch, DIAE, UNCTAD

Presentation, Richard Mubiru, Manager, Enterprise Growth and Development, Private Sector Development Unit, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Uganda

Presentation, Marat Pirnazarov, Deputy Chair, Service for Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Market, Ministry of Economy and Commerce, Kyrgyzstan

Presentation, Olga Bernatskaia, Vice-President, Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Russian Federation

Presentation, Jean-Pierre Essomba, Ministry of Finance, Cameroon


31 October

UNCTAD-ISAR workshop

Regional partnerships as a blueprint for maximising impact on strengthening national sustainability reporting practice and infrastructure

Opening remarks, Richard Bolwijn, OIC, Enterprise Branch, DIAE, UNCTAD

Presentation, Elsa Beatriz García Bojorges, Chair ISAR 38 and Chair of the Latin American Regional Partnership 2022, Mexico

Presentation, Jutheau Toussé, Chair, African Regional Partnership, Cameroon

Presentation, Juan Pablo Morataya, Executive Director, CentraRSE/ Chair, Latin American Regional Partnership 2023, Guatemala

Presentation, Flavia Fernandez, Professional Body of Accountants, Administrators and Economists of Uruguay

Presentation, Marcelo Echagüe Pastore, Director of institutional relations at the securities commission of Paraguay

Presentation, Olga Bernatskaia, Vice President, Eurasian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (EICPA-ICPA)

Presentation, Lebogang Senne, Technical Director of the Pan African Federation of Accountants

Presentation, Sanjeev Singhal, Chairman, Sustainability Reporting Standards Board, India