Welcome to Professional Accountancy Education Europe (PAEE), previously known as the Common Content Project

In response to the globalisation of business activity, the single market and regulatory harmonisation, nine of Europe’s leading accountancy Institutes are working together to bring their professional qualifications closer together.

If you would like to join PAEE our membership application processes and materials can be found here or you can Contact Us to discuss the process.

Participating Institutes

Compagnie Nationale des Commissaires aux Comptes (CNCC)

Ordre des Experts-Comptables (OEC)

Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer (IDW)

Wirtschaftsprüferkammer (WPK)

Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI)

Consiglio Nazionale dei Dottori Commercialisti ed Esperti Contabili (CNDCEC)

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)

Camera Auditorilor Financiari din Romania (CAFR)

Koninklijke Nederlandse Beroepsorganisatie van Accountants (NBA)

Instituut van de Bedrijfsrevisoren – Institut des Reviseurs d’Enterprises (IBR-IRE)

Instituto de Censores Jurados de Cuentas de Espana (ICJCE)

Institut Österreichischer Wirtschaftsprüfer (iwp)

Kammer der Steuerberater und Wirtschaftsprüfer (KSW)

Polska Izba Biegłych Rewidentów (PIBR)

Ordem dos Revisores Oficiais De Contas (OROC)

Project Objectives

An overview of the PAEE’s objectives, operations and the benefits of becoming a member body can be found below . For more detailed information please take a look at the documents on this site or contact us.

Internationalising and harmonising educational outcomes

The Benefits of Harmonising Education and Training for statutory auditors

Membership of the PAEE

PAEE Fact Sheet

PAEE FAQs 2024

Project Governance

Organisational Document

Steering Group

Oversight Committee

Nominating Committee