ASEAN Federation of Accountants and Indonesian Institute of Accountants Hold Dialogue with International Federation of Accountants’ Developing Nations Committee

AFA Vice President, Nik Mohd Hasyudeen Yussoff introducing AFA to the DNC

On 30th March 2009, the ASEAN federation of Accountants (AFA) participated in a dialogue with IFAC Developing Nations Committee (IFAC DNC) Jakarta, Indonesia. The dialogue was initiated upon the invitation of the IFAC DNC which was holding its meeting at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia from 30th to 31st March 2009.

The IFAC DNC is a committee under IFAC entrusted to support the development of the accountancy profession in all regions of the world. The committee represents the interests of the developing profession, provides guidance and other resources to meet their needs, and seeks development assistance from the donor community for the strengthening of the accountancy profession in developing nations

At the dialogue, The AFA was represented by the Vice-President, Nik Mohd Hasyudeen Yusoff together with AFA Immediate Past president, Mr Ahmadi Hadibroto and AFA Council Member, Prof Dr Djoko Susanto while the IFAC DNC was headed by Mr Ignatius Sehoole.

During the dialogue, the AFA Vice President gave a short presentation on the history and background of AFA, its past activities in 2008, its four year Strategic and Operational plan as well as its Operational Plan and planned activities for 2009. With the majority of the AFA membership coming from developing nations and emerging economies, the IFAC DNC were especially interested in AFA’s strategic objectives and the specific steps for AFA to achieve these objectives especially in terms of supporting the capacity building of its member institutes and their efforts to comply with IFAC SMOs.

Both parties also discussed on how both AFA and IFAC DNC could work closely in the future to support IFAC’s mission and vision. Special emphasis was on the on the area of accountancy education reform in the region.

IAI President, Mr Ahmadi Hadibroto during the IAI presentation

Subsequent to the AFA Presentation, the Indonesian Institute of Accountants also briefed the meeting on the structure and organisation of the of the Accountancy profession in Indonesian. IAI President, shares with the DNC the structure of IAI and accountancy education in Indonesia as well as it s history and activities and future plans.