Summary of May 16th teleconference on relief and recovery in Burma cyclone disaster (5/19/08)
Summary of Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors teleconference on relief and recovery needs and effective philanthropic strategies in response to the Myanmar (Burma) disaster (5/12/08)
The following is a list of accounting and financial regulatory organizations and agencies that may be of interest to grantmakers involved in international grantmaking.
People's Republic of China : Accounting regulations (in PDF) for nonprofit organizations issued September 2004 by the Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China. The original version of this document is available in Chinese on the PRC's Ministry of Finance website.
India : Institute of Chartered Accountants of India: Technical Guide on Accounting and Auditing in Not-for-Profit Organizations ( India): This 195-page publication from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) provides accounting and financial reporting frameworks for not-for-profit organizations (NPOs) in India. The Guide discusses salient features and principal requirements of the Accounting Standards issued by ICAI. It provides illustrative examples of financial statements and contains discussions of auditing standards and legal requirements for NPOs. AccountAid India: This website contains links to accounting and regulatory resources for the not-for-profit community in India.
Switzerland :Accounting Standards for Charitable, Social Non-Profit Organizations by Kaspar Müller ( Switzerland): This article explains a Swiss set of accounting standards for non-profit organizations (called GAAP FER 21) and reports on how it has fared since it was released in November 2002. GAAP FER 21 is based on six elements of a financial statement: balance sheet, statement of operations, funds flow statement (major non-profit organizations only), statement of changes in capital, notes and a performance report. Read the article in the October 2003 issue of the International Journal of Civil Society Law, which is accessible at : http://law.cua.edu/Students/Orgs/IJCSL/. The article links to GAAP FER 21, which is available in German, French, and English.
