On September5, 2007, the BISTA project faciliated a very successful Twinning Workshop hosted by Royal NIVRA for members of the Association of Professional Accountants and Auditors of the Republic of Moldova (ACAP) ACAP and Society of Certified Accountants and Auditors of Kosovo (SCAAK).

ACAP and SCAAK are party to respective Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with Royal NIVRA. The MOUs call for Royal NIVRA to provide technical assistance, mentoring and guidance to ACAP and SCAAK by assisting these organizations in strengthening the institutional capacity, accelerating the development of the capabilities and competencies of the accountancy profession in Moldova and Kosovo, and participating in a twinning model between these professional accountancy bodies.

Workshop speakers included Gert Smit, CEO of Royal NIVRA, who opened the daylong workshop, Paul Hurks and Arnout van Kempen, both of Royal NIVRA, who conducted a session on the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) Statements of Membership Obligations, except SMO 2 (Education) (Workshop SMOs), Dr.Gert Karreman, BISTA Principal Investigator, who discussed IFAC SMO 2 and the International Education Standards as well as accounting education benchmarking (SMO 2 Requirements). The workshop ended with a presentation by Roman S. Ponos, BISTA Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, who led an interactive session and discussion among the participants on the importance of monitoring and evaluating the twinning program between NIVRA-ACAP and NIVRA-SCAAK (2007-09-05 Presentation M&E Plan for BISTA Twinning Model)