Dear PSAAR friends,

We would like to draw your attention to the 2024 Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance (JAAF) Conference that will  be hosted by the University of Naples Federico II, Italy on July 7-10, 2024.

Key Dates are:
• Conference paper submission opens: December 1, 2023
• Submission deadline: January 31, 2024
• Acceptance decisions: March 31, 2024
• Registration deadline for presenters: April 30, 2024

For more information, please visit: https://jaafnaples.webnode.it/

Dear PSAAR friends,

We would like to draw your attention to  the 17th CIGAR 2024 Workshop, which will be held June 12-14, 2024, in Udine, Italy. The workshop theme is "Digital and smart governance for public sector accounting, auditing, and accountability."

The workshop also covers a PhD symposium, and it will host the 4th IPSASB Research Forum.

Extended abstracts (max. 800 words, including references) should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by January 15, 2024.

Authors will receive feedback in mid-February after a double-blind review by the Academic Committee.

The deadline for full paper submission is April 30, 2024.

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Dear PSAAR friends,

We would like to inform you that the EPGA PSG XII Spring Workshop will be held in Matera, Italy, on May 9-10, 2024 at the University of Basilicata. Please save the date.

 
The theme of the workshop is:

The Role of Sustainability and Digital Transformation as Propellers of Public Value Creation

You are kindly invited to submit your papers for the Workshop. For the Call for papers click here.

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Dear Psaar friends,

We would like to draw your attention to the call for papers for a special issue (SI) under the theme “A new era for public sector reporting: Technology and digitization in service to meet user needs” in the International Journal of Public Sector Management. 

The Guest editors of the SI are Sandra Cohen, Sotirios Karatzimas and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The deadline for submissions to the special issue is December 30, 2023. Accepted papers will be published in a Special Issue on 2024 (Vol. 37, Issue 3).

For inquiries and further information please contact the corresponding Guest Editor Prof. Sandra Cohen (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece) – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

For the call for papers click https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/calls-for-papers/a-new-era-public-sector-reporting-technology-and-digitization-service-meet-user

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Dear PSAR friends,

We would like to draw your attention to the new edition of “European Public Sector Accounting” book co-edited by Peter Lorson, Ellen Haustein, and Susana Jorge is available at https://doi.org/10.14195/978-989-26-2464-8. The book is totally free and easily downloadable. It includes in its 14 chapters and 600 pages several aspects of Public Sector Accounting (PSA) topics such as the history of PSA, its differences to private sector accounting, finance statistics and budgeting, International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), European Public Sector Accounting Standards (EPSAS), consolidated financial reporting and alternative reporting and non-financial accounting formats to name just a few.  The chapters have been authored by the co-editors Peter Lorson, Ellen Haustein, and Susana Jorge and reputable colleagues in public sector accounting (in alphabetical order Caroline Aggestam, Eugenio Anessi Pessina, Yuri Biondi, Isabel Brusca, Josette Caruana, Sandra Cohen, Giovanna Dabbico, Francesca Manes Rossi and Lasse Oulasvirta).

This textbook is ideal for use by students and researchers but also practitioners and members of intergovernmental organisations that want to get a holistic view of Public Sector Accounting

Dear PSAAR friends,

We would like to draw your attention to the following announcement of the EGPA PSG XII. The Permanent Study Group “Public Sector Financial Management” invites academics and practitioners to participate in the annual conference that will take place in Zagreb, 5-8 September 2023. The theme for the conference is: Public Financial Management and Accounting facing Digital Transformation and Sustainable Development.

Public sector digitalization processes affect all the areas embraced in public financial management: budgeting, accounting, reporting, management accounting, and auditing. It can also have important implications in accountability and relationships with citizens, as the use of big data, social media and other digital technologies can have important benefits both in changing internal processes and procedures, as well as for accountability and transparency. This will also have important implications for accountants and finance professionals that need accounting and digital skills to drive the process. Further challenges for public sector financial management for future years came from sustainability and ESG (environmental, social, governance), as governments need to provide services that add value for stakeholders maintaining the availability of future generations to meet their own needs. Different tools can be introduced in public financial management to face this challenge, such as Gender Budgeting, Green Budgeting, sustainability, integrated and popular reporting. Assurance and auditing of the aforementioned reporting formats also call for scholars’ attention. In practice, countries and governments are moving on to include these tools for achieving sustainable development and to legitimate their policies.

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