CA Sri Lanka, IFAC and SAFA in joint effort to empower Asia’s small and medium businesses
View(s):The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka together with the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) and the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA), in a fresh effort aimed at empowering the Small and Medium practitioners and enterpises in the South Asian region, has organised a regional SMP Forum to help educate Small and Medium Practitioners (SMPs) leverage from future growth opportunities.
The CA Sri Lanka – IFAC – SAFA Forum to be held on January 26 at the Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo, will involve a line-up of high profile international and regional subject experts, who will share important insights on pertinent areas which are related to the development and growth of SMPs both in Sri Lanka as well as other parts of the South Asian region, according to a CA Sri Lanka media release.
International speakers include Giancarlo Attolini, Chairman of the IFAC SMP Committee; Bodo Richardt, President of the European Federation of Accountants and Auditors for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (EFAA), and Manoj Fadnis, President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, who is also the Deputy President of the Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA). They will be further complemented with a host of other foreign and local speakers and facilitators from across the globe including South Asia. The release said the forum will include participants from all South Asian countries.