Video recordings from the stakeholder event in connection with the Trustee meeting in Indonesia
03 Jun 2016
The IFRS Foundation Trustees met in Jakarta on 25-26 May 2016. On the evening of 25 May, there was a joint stakeholder event to discuss Indonesian convergence with IFRS Standards.
Recordings from the event have been made available on the IASB website:
- opening remarks by Michel Prada, Chairman of the Trustees of the IFRS Foundation,
- speech of Etty Retno Wulandari, Deputy Commissioner of Strategic Management of Indonesia Financial Services Authority,
- speech of Hans Hoogervorst, Chairman of the IASB, and
- speech of Djohan Pinnarwan, Head of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, Ikatan Akuntan Indonesia.
The main message from the Trustees and the Chairman of of the IASB were the benefits that Indonesia would reap from adopting IFRSs and the support that IFRS Foundation and the IASB would gladly provide. Earlier during the meeting, the Trustees, the Indonesia Financial Services Authority (OJK) and the Institute of Indonesia Chartered Accountants (IAI) had signed a joint agreement that is aimed at a deepened cooperation as Indonesia furthers the convergence of its national GAAP with IFRSs.
