All the videos are now available!
Role of SMPs in the Implementation of the EU’s SME Strategy
Friday, 20 November, 11:30 CET
The virtual event gives the opportunity to discuss with decision makers and key stakeholders the EU SME Strategy. The consequences of the pandemic on SMEs and on SMPs are highlighted. The event focus on how SMPs will need to adapt their skills in order to continue to offer the best advice and services to their SME clients.
| 11:30 | Welcome and opening Remarks Salvador Marín, EFAA President |
| 11:40 | Keynote Adress Dolors MONTSERRAT– MEP, Chair of the Committee on Petition |
| 11:55 | Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A Monica Foerster, Chair of the IFAC Small and Medium Practices Advisory Group Birgit Weidel, Head of Unit, DG GROW, European Commission Veronique Willems, Secretary General, SMEunited Chair: Paul Thompson, EFAA Director |
| 12:55 | Closing Remarks Salvador Marin, EFAA President |
The video of the webinar is available here. Slides are available upon request to secretariat@efaa.com
Future of Non-Financial Reporting by SMEs
Thursday, 29 October, 13:30 CET
EFAA and SMEunited are pleased to announce the following event and are looking forward to exchanging and discussing the topic with you.
During the event we discussed what shape and form NFR should take for SMEs. The event was particularly relevant due to the EFRAG mandate on the possible European Non-Financial Reporting Standard.
| 13:30 | Welcome and Opening Remarks Alban Maggiar, SMEunited President and Salvador Marín, EFAA President |
| 13:45 | Keynote Address Alain Deckers, Head of Unit, DG FISMA, European Commission |
| 14:05 | Panel Discussion & Audience Q&A Saskia Slomp, CEO, EFRAG Esther Ortiz, Professor at University of Murcia, Member of EFAA’s Accounting Expert Group Luc Hendrickx, Director at SMEunited Chair: Richard Martin, Head of Reporting, ACCA & Chair of EFAA’s Accounting Expert Group |
| 14:50 | Closing Remarks Salvador Marín, EFAA President |
The video of the webinar is available here. Slides are available upon request to secretariat@efaa.com
Future of SMPs: Building Digital Competency
Thursday, 15 October, 14:00 CET
Key topic is the importance of digitalization for SMPs, all the more vital as a result of the pandemic, and how EFAA’s Digital Competency Maturity Model (DCMM) can be used to help SMPs raise their digital competency. The webinar shares initial results, as reported in this recent report on the use of the DCMM, and goes on to discuss what we can learn from these results. The audience is invited to contribute ideas on how best to further promote and develop the DCMM.
| 14:00 | Opening Remarks Salvador Marín, President, EFAA |
| 14:10 | Accelerating SMP Digitalization Martin de Bie, Advisor New Technology & Innovation, 216 – Chair of EFAA’s Digital Working Group |
| 14:20 | EFAA’s Digital Competency Maturity Model Noël de Rudder, Product Lead Accounting solutions, CaseWare – Member of EFAA’s Digital Working Group |
| 14:35 | Questions & Answers Martin de Bie |
| 14:55 | Closing Remarks Paul Thompson, Director, EFAA |
The video of the webinar is available here. Slides are available upon request to secretariat@efaa.com
