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BENCHMARKING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY |
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Thursday, 28 August 2008 |
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The public interest demands a transparent and accountable financial system based on international standards, rigorously and honestly applied, by credible professionals with the requisite credentials. In transition economies across Europe & Eurasia, the Benchmarking International Standards of Transparency and Accountability (BISTA) project accelerates implementation of harmonized international standards, closes compliance gaps, and fosters global and regional alliances and the transfer of best practices. BISTA serves the public interest by ensuring the sustainability of regional and national institutions that improve and oversee the competency and credibility of accountants and auditors in the private and public sectors. Overall, BISTA project components enhance economic governance and the anti-corruption environment, contribute to improvement of the macroeconomic environment, encourage foreign and domestic investment, and increase human and institutional capacity.
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BISTA Program Manager |
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Thursday, 16 August 2007 |
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R. William Phelps, CPA, CFE,
combines the experiences of a USAID project chief of party, technical expertise
as a CPA and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and the COP of GAEB Pilot. Having
lived in Romania and Russia and traveled extensively throughout the E&E
region, his network for engaging support is wide and knowledge of the practical
aspects of doing business is deep. As an owner and senior executive of CARANA,
his dedication to client service is paramount. He will have the overall
authority and responsibility for the conduct and deliverables of BISTA.
Mr. Phelps can be reached at
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BISTA Principal Investigator and Coordinator |
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Thursday, 16 August 2007 |
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Dr. Gert Karreman serves as the BISTA Principal
Investigator and Coordinator. Dr. Karreman is a foremost expert on accounting
education. As Director of Education of Royal NIVRA, the Dutch accounting
professional body, he provides a valuable network of European experts that will
enhance GAEB/BISTA’s ability to tap into EU resources as the Balkan countries
value EU experts highly with accession in the near term.
Dr. Karreman can be reached at
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BISTA Accounting and Financial Systems Specialist |
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Monday, 10 March 2008 |
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Gabriella Kusz joins the BISTA project team as an Accounting and Financial Systems Specialist. Previously, Ms. Kusz worked as a Financial Management Consultant for the World Bank, where she assisted with the Accounting and Auditing Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes (A&A ROSCs) and accounting and auditing research for the Financial Management Unit for the Europe and Central Asia Region. Ms. Kusz will be lending her extensive knowledge of accounting and auditing research, survey development, and data analytics to the project.
Ms. Gabriella Kusz can be reached at
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BISTA ADI Econometric and Statistical Expert |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
CARANA Corporation, USAID and the ADI Steering
Council would like to welcome Ms. Weiyi Shi, our BISTA ADI Econometric and Statistical Expert. Ms. Shi comes to us with extensive experience in
econometric modeling and indexing. Most recently, Ms. Shi was working with The
Asia Foundation, advising on performance evaluation and indexing of local
governments in China. Previously she worked with The Asia Foundation providing
technical advice on indexing local business climates in Indonesia. In addition
to this, Ms. Shi has worked as an economist for RDMA/ IP (Bokeo, Lao PDR),
researcher for the Public Policy Institute of California, and as a Senior
Analyst /Project Manager for Econ One research.
Ms. Shi holds an M.A. in economics from Stanford University (Stanford,
CA) and a bachelor's degree in economics from Agnes Scott College.
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BISTA Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist |
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Friday, 17 August 2007 |
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Roman S. Ponos has designed, implementated and assessed organizational development and human resource capacity
building programs for the private sector, government institutions, and NGOs
within the context of local business cultures. He has experience in the development of monitoring and evaluation tools related to manpower planning
and recruiting, training needs analyses and designing and implementing
skills and competency based training plans aimed at enhancing technical and
managerial expertise in diverse industry sectors. Mr.
Ponos has also created training tools and methodologies in project management
and human resources management.
Mr. Ponos can be reached at
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