The Department of Audit actively cooperates with international and domestic partners in implementing long-term projects and organizing professional, scientific and educational events.

In particular, at the international level, the Audit Department successfully implements five-year cooperation (2013-2018) under the Strengthening Audit and Reporting in the Countries of the Eastern Partnership (STAREP) with The Center for World Bank Financial Reporting (CFRR), including in the field of "Education in the field of accounting and auditing", with the aim of improving the curricula of training specialists in the field of "Accounting and audit" and improving the work programs of disciplines in accordance with the best international practices and EU standards.

The STAREP program aims to create a transparent political climate and an effective institutional framework for corporate accountability in the countries that are part of the Eastern Partnership: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The development of internationally compatible education in the field of accounting both at the university level and at the level of professional growth, helps to provide training for professionals well prepared for the implementation of modern roles in the field of accounting and auditing.

This international program of the World Bank, which came to the final stage of implementation, focuses on improving the efficiency of work with new legislative bases, on improving the structure and content of accounting and auditing legislation, the creation of new standards of education, curricula and discipline programs, as well as on modernization of vocational education systems in the university sector and in other areas.

As a result of the participation in the Strengthening Audit and Reporting in Eastern Partnership (STAREP) countries, the following results were obtained for the development and improvement of education in accounting and auditing in Ukraine, of which the main ones there are some:

•  draft Concept for the development of the education system and the continuous professional development of accountants and auditors in Ukraine;
•  new educational standards for the preparation of bachelors and masters in the field of "Accounting and taxation"(formerly "Accounting and audit") have been developed;
•  new educational and professional programs for students of educational and qualification levels "Bachelor" and "Master" have been developed based on the application of the competence approach;
•  improved curricula for the preparation of bachelors and masters (introduction of a number of new disciplines has been introduced, the professional component and practical training have been strengthened, the study of information systems and technologies in the accounting and auditing has been intensified, the close link has been made with the standards of education of the International Federation of Accountants, etc.);
•  bachelor's studies started under new specialties at KNEU, in particular for the first time in Ukraine the preparation of bachelors on the specialty "Digital-accounting" was started;
•  7 disciplines atKNEU gotACCA accreditation  (students can receive credits on such exams: F1-F4, F6-F8).

Cooperation with domestic partners is characterized by multi-vector approach. The main long-term projects of the audit department with leading IT companies are presented in the table.

Collaboration with these companies allows future graduates to gain competencies that meet the requirements of the modern labor market.

Learn more about these projects. The use of software in the learning process provides:

• "Parusaccounting"(company "Parus") - formation of skills for working with the user interface of the accounting system for small and medium-sized businesses in entrepreneurial activities and budget institutions;
• "M.E.Doc"("Intelligence-Service" company) - acquisition of tax reporting skills (legal entities and individuals) in the use of electronic document management system and use of electronic digital signature;
• Web service "SOTA"(company "Intelligence-Service") - acquisition of skills for the formation of electronic reporting and document circulation in the browser window on any device mobile service; the formation and delivery of electronic reports to the tax (SFS), the Pension Fund, the State statistics office and other supervisory bodies, as well as the exchange of primary documents;
• "Accounting SaaS"(the company "Institute of Applied Systems and Technologies") - acquisition of practical skills of working with on-line accountancy in the standard configuration with the usual chart of accounts, nab of standard documents and regulated reporting, submission of electronic reporting to the relevant institution.

Modern domestic developments are being introduced into the educational process:

• "Master Accountancy" (the company "IT-Enterprise") - the formation of skills to work with the user interface of the accounting system for small and medium-sized businesses in entrepreneurial activities and budget institutions;
• ERP-system "IS pro"(company "Intelligence-Service") - formation of skills of work with multifunctional software system of the world standard ERP for management of enterprises, organizations, budget institutions; understanding of the information links of the modules (subsystems), the possibilities of adapting the systems to the needs of the user, taking into account the flexible selection of the functional of the software complex for the automation of business processes;
• CaseWare(KV IT SOLUTION company): formation of professional competencies in the use of applied software solutions in audit activity (all stages of the audit include mandatory procedures in accordance with International standards on auditing); knowledge of the features of automation of the formation, consolidation and transformation of group/company reporting in accordance with International financial reporting standards;
• ERP-system"IT-Enterprise" (company "IT-Enterprise") - formation of skills of working with multifunctional software system of world standard ERP for management of enterprises, organizations, budget institutions; understanding of the information links of the modules (subsystems), the possibilities of adapting the systems to the needs of the user, taking into account the flexible selection of functional software for automation of business processes. Ability to use mobile applications (elements of a unified control system): the new multi-user cloud service Smart Tender; cloud-based ERP system "Globbi" and "Prozorro"; modern system modules in the Industry 4.0 concept - as part of a digital enterprise management system.