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To view IFAC’s most recent publications, collaborations, events, and more, visit our News page. To see IFAC’s recent mentions in the press, please visit our In the News page.

The membership page is also where you can view a list of IFAC’s current Member and Associate PAOs, both as an interactive map and as a drop-down list. IFAC’s requirements for our members, the Statements of Membership Obligations (SMOs), are benchmarks for current and potential IFAC member organizations. The steps for becoming a member of the International Federation of Accountants are outlined below the interactive member map.

IFAC’s Online Permission Requests and Inquiry (OPRI) system is available to those interested in reproducing or translating an IFAC, IAASB, IESBA, or IPSASB publication. Accurate, high-quality translations are crucial to ensuring the consistent global implementation of international standards.

With your help, each year we facilitate hundreds of translations of IFAC content, including standards and supporting materials from the standard-setting boards (SSBs). Thanks to the work of dozens of different organizations, we reach professional accountants in over 25 different languages. To view a list of translated content, please visit the Translations Database.

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB), International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA), and International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) are all standard-setting boards that produce high-quality standards for audit and assurance, professional ethics and public sector financial reporting.

The most significant benefit available to individuals visiting the website is free access to the work of the standard-setting boards. Digital access to high-quality standards is valuable to any professional  accountant who incorporates IAASB, IPSASB, and IESBA standards in their work or who intends to implement them in the future. When you access these sites, you stay logged in with the account you used on IFAC.org.

The standards that the boards issue are available on our eIS Platform, which users from around the world can access for free.

Standards can also be accessed as PDFs on the boards’ websites, or ordered as hard copies.

Users may also find it useful to access our Pathways to Accrual tool, developed to assist public sector entities who wish to transition from cash to accrual-based accounting, among other things.

Keep in mind that IAASB, IPSASB, and IESBA do not provide certifications or licenses for international standards. We recommend you reach out to a PAO in your jurisdiction to determine if such certifications and courses are available to you. There is, however, guidance available to support the implementation of international standards. Please see visit our implementation guide hub to see all publications related to international standards implementation.

For an interactive map showing which global jurisdictions have adopted International Standards on Auditing, the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants, the International Public Sector Accounting Standards, other international standards, please visit our Adoption Status page.

For an interactive map showing the Public Sector Financial Accountability Index, please visit our Public Sector Financial Accountability Index page.

IFAC’s work to advance accountancy education around the world is multifaceted. It includes maintaining, and updating as needed, the International Education Standards (IESs) as well as working with the global accountancy profession to help equip current and future accountants with new knowledge and skills. You can learn more about the IESs here, including the current project to consider what, if anything, should be added to the standards related to sustainability.

IFAC publishes video conversations with experts to explore current issues facing our profession and explore implications, including effects on accountants’ skills and competencies. You can view IFAC’s EdExchange videos here.

The Knowledge Gateway (where this article is published) is a global platform to share thought leadership and guidance relevant to the global accountancy profession. With over 1,000 articles on policy & regulation, ethics & anti-corruption, sustainability & ESG, business reporting, emerging technologies, and much more, the Knowledge Gateway contains a wealth of information and perspectives from around the world. It also includes frequently updated external resources from PAOs and accounting-related publications.

The Knowledge Gateway hosts resources in the form of articles, reports, videos, audio, and links to hundreds of relevant external resources. Currently, content on the Knowledge Gateway is divided into thirteen categories, each uniquely valuable to the accounting profession. They are:

• Accountancy Policy
• Artificial Intelligence & Technology
• Attractiveness of the Profession
• Audit & Assurance
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I)
• Education
• Ethics
• Professional Accountancy Organization Development
• Professional Accountants in Business
• Public Sector
• Small- and Medium-sized Practices (SMPs)
• International Standards
• Sustainability

Each category has its own landing page on IFAC.org so that users who are interested in a particular topic can find all content related to that topic.

YouTube channel featuring video recordings from various webinars and events. These video series explore topics like sustainability, quality management education, building resilience and value, and more, and are aimed to keeping professional accountants up to date with IFAC’s work and with the work of accountants in jurisdictions around the world.

News from IFAC and the global accounting profession is quick to appear on IFAC’s social media channels. You can find us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

Finally, professional accountants can and should register for IFAC events relevant to their practice. A full list of upcoming events can be found on the events page of the IFAC website.

To remain abreast of upcoming events, please follow IFAC on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Logged in users can also sign up for IFAC newsletters on the IFAC website, including The Latest, a bi-weekly newsletter form IFAC with updates on upcoming events, articles, standards, resources, and news.

If you are an individual looking for information on a meeting of the IAASB, IESBA, or IPSASB, you will need to sign into the IFAC or SSB board website to access meeting information by clicking ‘Login or Register’ in top right corner of the page. After you are signed in, you can find meeting details and documentations on the Extranet (in top navigation bar on IFAC website) or under Meetings (in right corner of the SSB board websites). If you are logged in and you are looking for the upcoming meetings for a given board or group, you can also go to the meetings page for that board or group and view meeting materials on the individual meeting page.

Access the Extranet through the navigation menu at the top of your screen or visit the individual meeting page.

IFAC is frequently seeking skilled professionals who are involved in a wide range of technical and professional activities—including standard setting, strategy development, communications, and policy development. To view open positions, please visit our open positions page.

If you are currently a student and are interested in a summer internship with IFAC, please visit the careers page and click the “Students” tab.

If you are looking for specific content on the IFAC website, there is a search tool in top right corner of the IFAC website. If you are searching for content related to a general topic (for example “practice transformation”), you can filter your results.

You can also filter by “Type”. There are 10 types of content on the IFAC website. They are:

Bios – IFAC, IAASB, IESBA, and IPSASB staff and board members, as well as contributors to the IFAC Knowledge Gateway all have bios on the website.

Exposure Drafts & Other Consultations – All standards issued by the IAASB, IESBA and IPSASB standards are first issued for public consultation as Exposure Drafts during the development process. This public comment period allows all stakeholders to review the draft standard and provide feedback, which helps shape the final standard. Exposure drafts are also viewable in the “Consultations & Projects” section of each of the SSBs’ websites.

Gateway Articles – The Knowledge Gateway is a hub for shared global accountancy knowledge. Many of the articles featured on the Knowledge Gateway are authored by members and leaders of professional accountancy organizations from around the globe. The articles allow PAOs to share their knowledge and accomplishments

Meetings – IFAC frequently hosts meetings of its advisory groups, which are closed to the public, and SSBs also often meet online and in person, which are open to the public. If you are part of an IFAC advisory group or SSB and are logged into your IFAC.org account, you can access past and future meeting documents on the meeting’s web page.

News – IFAC and SSBs frequently issue press releases to update stakeholders on recent publications, announcements and accomplishments.

Points of View – The “Points of View” section of the IFAC website describes IFAC’s position on matters like regulatory fragmentation, fraud, corruption, sustainability, and corporate reporting.

Projects – Before standards are set by the SSBs and the IFAC education team, they begin as projects. Projects generally go through several stages before becoming standards, including an initial information gathering stage, a project proposal stage, an exposure draft development stage (as described above), and completion.

Publications – IFAC and SSBs frequently release studies, frameworks, guidance, and more as downloadable PDFs on the IFAC and SSB websites. These publications are intended to help professional accountants understand a variety of topics including, but not limited to, new standards and how to implement them, sustainability reporting data, small- and medium-sized practice transformation, and governance and risk management. Often these publications are translated into local languages in order to reach the broadest audience possible. If a publication you’re interested in is not available in your language and you would like to translate it, please submit a translation request via OPRI.  

Resources from IFAC’s Network – Some materials on the IFAC Knowledge Gateway are from websites other than IFAC.org. These resources are links to outside websites curated by IFAC that we believe will be useful to PAOs and professional accountants.

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