Group A Questions: Implementation Support 1)How should IFAC member bodies make use of the suite of implementation guides (ISA Guide, QC Guide etc.)? For example, adapt, translate and reproduce them? Develop and deliver training courses around them. Each member body should adapt the guides to suit local requirements and arrange training programmes for the education of members.Each member body should adapt the guides to suit local requirements and arrange training programmes for the education of members. Involvement of member bodies in the standard setting process will reduce the problem of material differences in adapted ISAs and guide.Involvement of member bodies in the standard setting process will reduce the problem of material differences in adapted ISAs and guide. SMP FORUM

Group A Questions: Implementation Support 2.How should IFAC facilitate the development and awareness of products (e.g., audit software, training materials) and services (e.g., training courses) that support the implementation of IFAC’s standards and implementation guides? For example: by raising awareness of practitioners' needs; by cataloguing suitable products on its website; by actively encouraging member bodies and others to develop such material; by internationalizing existing national products; and by certifying materials that meet certain criteria? 2.How should IFAC facilitate the development and awareness of products (e.g., audit software, training materials) and services (e.g., training courses) that support the implementation of IFAC’s standards and implementation guides? For example: by raising awareness of practitioners' needs; by cataloguing suitable products on its website; by actively encouraging member bodies and others to develop such material; by internationalizing existing national products; and by certifying materials that meet certain criteria? Cataloguing suitable products after due certification as SMP’s may not have the capacity for doing so.Cataloguing suitable products after due certification as SMP’s may not have the capacity for doing so. Internationalising existing national products.Internationalising existing national products. SMP FORUM

Group A Questions: Implementation Support 3.What type of practitioner should the guidance be targeted at and why? For example, someone who is expert in the relevant standards or someone with limited knowledge of them? The approach adopted was to get members raise issues arising from the presentations which made the session very interactive and hence this question was not dealt with.The approach adopted was to get members raise issues arising from the presentations which made the session very interactive and hence this question was not dealt with. SMP FORUM

Group A Questions: Implementation Support 4.Other issues/questions (from delegates)? ISA guide on IT desirableISA guide on IT desirable Need for Increased awareness of the work of the IFAC SMP committee.Need for Increased awareness of the work of the IFAC SMP committee. Each member body should have a laison officer to relate to the IFAC SMP committee in order to facilitate dissemination of the committee’s work to practitioners.Each member body should have a laison officer to relate to the IFAC SMP committee in order to facilitate dissemination of the committee’s work to practitioners. Each member body to include its website within the scope of the IFACnet search engine.Each member body to include its website within the scope of the IFACnet search engine. SMP FORUM