IFRS for SMEs train the trainers workshop and conference in Chile
09 December 2011
A two-day IFRS for SMEs train the trainers workshop was held in Santiago, Chile on 6–7 December 2011.
There were 140 participants, mainly from Chile but also from Ecuador. Paul Pacter (IASB member and Chairman of the SME Implementation Group) was the instructor. The workshop was conducted in English with simultaneous translation into Spanish. Sponsors of the workshop were the Colegio de Contadores de Chile (the national professional organisation of accountants in Chile) and DuocUC (part of one of the largest universities in Chile).
On 5 December 2011, the day preceding the training workshop, the Colegio and DuocUC sponsored two half-day seminars about IFRSs and the IFRS for SMEs:
- The morning seminar was aimed at accounting practitioners. Approximately 150 auditors and business executives participated. IASB Members Jan Engstrom and Amaro Luiz de Oliveira Gomes spoke on recent and upcoming changes to IFRSs. IASB Member Paul Pacter spoke on ‘IFRS for SMEs: Good Financial Reporting Made Simple’. Other speakers included Mario Muñoz, chairman of the IFRS Implementation Committee of the Colegio de Contadores de Chile.
- The afternoon seminar was aimed at accounting educators. Approximately 150 educators from throughout Chile participated. The programme was similar to the morning seminar except that Paul Pacter’s presentation was on ‘IFRS for SMEs: A Resource for Accounting Educators’. That presentation has been posted on the IFRS for SMEs Presentations page on the IASB’s website: http://www.ifrs.org/IFRS+for+SMEs/Presentations.htm
Details of the events over the three days may be found here (in Spanish): http://www.duoc.cl/IFRS/programa.html