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2022 Conference Dates Announced

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On behalf of the Corporate Registers Forum, we invite you to join the CRF Annual Conference, which will be held in Paradise Island Resort, Maldives from September 21 – 24, 2022. This will be our first in-person meeting welcoming members and non-members from across the globe as we emerge from the pandemic.

The theme of the Conference is “Transforming Business Registries for the post-pandemic era”. Join us to share ideas and experience in building a more resilient future for business registries.

We look forward to welcoming you to Maldives – the most desired destination in the world!

Mariyam Visam
2022 Conference Director

Visit the dedicated conference website https://crf2022maldives.org/

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New CRF President

July 2021 AGM CRF News CRF President Executive Committee

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The Corporate Registers Forum (CRF) announces that Rosanne Bell, CRF President, will be stepping down from the role from 1 August 2021.

Rosanne Bell

Rosanne has a long association with the CRF and has held roles on the Executive Committee for many years (since 2007) prior to her appointment as CRF President in 2017. On behalf of the CRF, the CRF Executive Committee wish to thank Rosanne for the important role she has played in CRF with nearly 14 continuous years as a valued Executive Committee member and for the last 4 years as our inspirational President.

We wish Rosanne all the best in her future endeavours.

Louise Smyth

The Executive Committee has appointed Louise Smyth (Chief Executive, Registrar of Companies, Companies House, United Kingdom) as transitional President to take over from Rosanne.

Louise Smyth will hold the position of President until the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in November 2021 where CRF members will be asked to vote on a replacement in accordance with the CRF’s constitution.

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CRF Innovation Awards Virtual Ceremony

March 2021 CRF News Innovation Award Zoom

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The Corporate Registers Forum will be holding its inaugural CRF Innovation Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, 31 March 2021 at 0700h UTC.

The winners of the Innovation Awards will also be sharing about the innovative initiatives they have implemented to improve service delivery and operational efficiency.

Due to the current restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the ceremony will be held via Zoom. You may wish to download a free version at https://zoom.us/ to join the celebrations.

The programme for the ceremony is as follows:

Time (UTC)	Programme
07:00h	President’s Address
07:10h	Awards Ceremony
Presentations by award winners
07:30h	Registrar of Companies Online Registration System under the DigitalFiji Programme Ministry of Justice, Republic of Fiji
07:45h	Joint Platform for Starting Business Central Registry of the Republic of North Macedonia (CRRM)
08:00h	State Registration with Single Procedure State Tax Service under the Ministry of Economy, Republic of Azerbaijan
08:15h	Seamless Filing Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA), Republic of Singapore
08:30h	Digitalisation: A More Transparent Non-Possessory Lien Rights Register Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Public Legal Records and Related Services (AJPES)
08:45h	Digital AFS Reporting using iXBRL Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), Republic of South Africa
09:00h	Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic Companies House, United Kingdom
09:15h	Closing

Further details of the ceremony (including how to log in) will be sent to CRF members via email.

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Appointment of Acting Head of the State Tax Service of Azerbaijan

June 2020 Azerbaijan CRF News

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Mr. Orkhan Nazarli has been appointed as the Acting Head of State Tax Service (STS) of Azerbaijan. In October 2019, Ministry of Taxes of Azerbaijan was incorporated into the structure of the Ministry of Economy as State Tax Service. The STS is responsible for business registrations for Azerbaijan. In May of 2020 the Charter of the State Tax Service (STS) under the Ministry of Economy was endorsed and Mr. Orkhan Nazarli was appointed an Acting Head of STS.

Mr. Nazarli throughout his career held several senior positions in a foreign auditing company and later in civil service. Prior to his latest assignment, he has been serving as an Adviser to Minister of Taxes and Head of Main Department of National Revenues under the Ministry of Taxes. We welcome Mr Nazarli to the CRF community.

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CRF 2020 Conference Postponed

April 2020 COVID-19 CRF Conference CRF News Uganda

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Over the last few weeks, the coronavirus Covid-19 has emerged as an unforeseen threat. These are truly unprecedented times across the entire world, with most countries heavily impacted by border restrictions.

Within this context, our CRF Executive Committee has adopted the following CRF policy regarding the organisation of meetings and events across the organisation.

CRF Policy – Meetings and Events (COVID-19)

The CRF Executive will continue to meet on a regular basis via telephone or video. We will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation.

We have made the decision to postpone our annual conference in Uganda until 2021. We will communicate in due course re-scheduled conference details and dates.

We are now looking at options for holding our annual general meeting by other means, we will communicate how and when that will occur in the near future

As members of an extended registry family, we are investigating ways to stay connected during these trying times and learn from each other’s experiences , challenges and innovations that COVID-19 may have presented to your registry.

Please email secretariat@corporateregistersforum.org with your experiences and we can look to share them through our newsletter or other means.

Finally on behalf of the CRF Executive, I hope that you remain healthy and stay safe during these challenging times.

Rosanne Bell

CRF President

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