OREANDA-NEWS.  January 31, 2014. The FBK Economic and Law School is a unique phenomenon in the field of business education.

For twelve years FBK ELS has conducted specialized corporate workshops and comprehensive training programs on the topically important issues in finance and economy at the enterprises in different regional of Russia.

The ELS programs are characterized with the training being practically orientated and tailored to the client’s business specifics. Such practical orientation and readiness to go to different regions makes ELS an attractive partner for large geographically distributed companies. The demand for the workshops of the Economic and Law School constantly grows.

The ELS clients are the largest Russian companies. Among them are ALROSA. The Bank of Russia, VGTRK, Gazprom, Gazprom Neft, Evraz Group, Lukoil-Permneft, Metalloinvest, Mechel, MOEC, NLMK Group, NNGU, RAO UES, Rosneft, Russian Grids, Rosenergoatom, Rusagro, Sberbank of Russia, Reversal, TVEL Fuel Company, TNK-ВР, Transnefteprodukt, Transneft Finance, MRSK Holding, Energy Systems of the East, Yakutskenergo and many others.

FBK ELS is a pathfinder in many educational areas. ELS was one of the first training centers in Russia that offered training in IFRS and GAAP, internal audit and transfer pricing.

Since 2004 FBK ELS has been successfully training specialists for the exam to obtain the international IFRS qualifications in the Russian language under the programs of IAB (International Association of Book-keepers) and АССА.

In 2006-2008 FBK ELS conducted a large-scale training in IFRS within the framework of the international projects of TACIS and IBRD.

Since 2008 FBK ELS has been developing a new line of training – workshops on the internal audit.

In 2011 FBK ELS was the first in Russia to offer training in the Russian language for the internal auditors to obtain CIA prestigious international qualification.

At present ELS is engaged in a large-scale government project of “Financial education and financial literacy” implemented for the purpose to strengthen and disseminate the available programs and projects in Russia in the field of improving financial literacy and protection of consumer rights in financial sphere.

Today ELS is one of the leaders in the national business education. FBK ELS is consistently ranked in the first five in the rating of training centers for professional accountants and auditors and is a recognized leader on the market of training on the international qualifications and IFRS.

Annually there are over 4 000 specialists from the enterprises and banks under the training at the FBK ELS.