The BISTA Project held its Accountancy Development Index (ADI) Steering Council meeting in Amsterdam, the Netherlands this January 20-21, 2009. Among the topics of discussion was the addition of Ms. Weiyi Shi as the BISTA Project statistician, major statistical issues surrounding the structure of the ADI as well as selections of countries for responding to the ADI. At the close of the meeting, the Steering Council reviewed the finalized the ADI Questionnaire and approved it for distribution. The ADI will be distributed to respondents over the coming weeks and should be yielding results shortly.