The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) is specifying the electronic format in which annual financial reports from 2020 will have to be prepared. In order to assess whether the draft rules are practicable and to determine to which extent they have to be improved, ESMA is organising field tests with interested stakeholders.

The field tests will consist of transforming annual financial reports by issuers to Inline XBRL instance documents, according to ESMA’s draft ESEF specifications. ESMA is seeking participation from issuers on European regulated markets from all industries preparing IFRS consolidated financial statements  and software vendors.

Timeline and contact details: Applications are welcome by Friday 14 July. Several workshops will be held from the end of July until the end of August. ESMA will provide interested issuers with a list of possible dates. Issuers and software vendors interested in participating in the field tests are invited to contact esef@esma.europa.eu.

About this announcement, the non-for-profit association Openfiling  hereby launch a Call for Volunteers

A number of Open Source developments may be useful for the ESMA call. In addition to Arelle Open Source XBRL Platform, the development Really Easy Converter between Excel and XBRL (RECEX) is also available since 2011, while other volunteer solutions are more than welcomed. Simply send a message to info@openfiling.info to start the contact.

Wednesday 7^th June 2017, 16:45 (Room MB C2.04). See more at Eurofiling XBRL week in Frankfurt

European Central Bank, Sonnemannstraße 22, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Agenda for the Seventh General Assembly

The 7^th General Assembly of the OpenFiling association is convened, according to the Articles 8 to 11 of the OpenFiling Bylaws, in the place and date abovementioned, with the following agenda:

1.  Report of the President
2. Questions and Answers
3. Approve the management performance of the Board
4. Panel: Open Source initiatives for XBRL
5. AOB

Art. 11. Bylaws:

a) Appointment of the Board and its officers, directors and representatives, as well as honorary members: The Board has no proposals to this 7^th General Assembly.

b) Review and approve annual budgets and accounts: The OpenFiling association has no budget (neither income nor relevant expenses). The potential operational costs (as the webpage cost is covered by XBRL Spain)  are well below the implicit cost of management of a budget for the Association.

Art 9. Bylaws – The Assembly is convened at first time (where quorum is required) in the same place and date, but 60 minutes before (i.e. (15:45).

The XBRL week brings together European Regulatory and Supervisory entities, International Reporting Initiatives, Technical & Training Tracks, and Cross-sector seminars into one place at no-fee registration. The Academic Track is part of the XBRL week since 2016. The XBRL week in Frankfurt 2017 is kindly hosted by the European Central Bank.

The webpage academy2017.openfiling.info has been created with the Lemma “Data adoption: New opportunities in corporate reporting” as a channel of information, in both a Call for Papers and also an open invitation to volunteer in the Programme Committee.

Thursday 2^nd June 2016, 10:40 (Room A). See more at XBRL week in Frankfurt

European Central Bank, Sonnemannstraße 22, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Agenda for the Sixth General Assembly

The 6^th General Assembly of the OpenFiling association is convened, according to the Articles 8 to 11 of the OpenFiling Bylaws, in the place and date abovementioned, with the following agenda:

1.  Report of the President
2. Questions and Answers
3. Approve the management performance of the Board
4. Panel: Open Source initiatives for XBRL
5. AOB

Art. 11. Bylaws:

a) Appointment of the Board and its officers, directors and representatives, as well as honorary members: The Board has no proposals to this 6^th General Assembly.

b) Review and approve annual budgets and accounts: The OpenFiling association has no budget (neither income nor relevant expenses). The potential operational costs (webpage is covered by XBRL Spain) are well below the implicit cost of management of a budget for the Association.

Art 9. Bylaws – The Assembly is convened at first time (where quorum is required) in the same place and date, but 60 minutes before.

Monday 1^st June 2015, 10:00. See more at XBRL week in Madrid

Bank of Spain, Alcalá 522, Madrid, Spain

Agenda for the Fifth General Assembly

The 5^th General Assembly of the OpenFiling association is convened, according to the Articles 8 to 11 of the OpenFiling Bylaws, in the place and date abovementioned, with the following agenda:

1. Report of the President
2. Questions and Answers
3. Approve the management performance of the Board
4. Panel: Open Source initiatives for XBRL
5. AOB

Art. 11. Bylaws:

a) Appointment of the Board and its officers, directors and representatives, as well as honorary members: The Board has no proposals to this 5^th General Assembly.

b) Review and approve annual budgets and accounts: The OpenFiling association has no budget (neither income nor relevant expenses). The potential operational costs (webpage is covered by XBRL Spain) are well below the implicit cost of management of a budget for the Association.

Art 9. Bylaws – The Assembly is convened at first time (where quorum is required) in the same place and date, but 60 minutes before.

Monday 24th November 2014, 09:00. See more at XBRL week in Brussels

National Bank of Belgium, Rue Montagne aux Herbes Potagères 61, Brussels

Minutes of the Fourth General Assembly

Agenda for the 4rd General Assembly

The 4^th General Assembly of the OpenFiling association is convened, according to the Articles 8 to 11 of the OpenFiling Bylaws, in the place and date abovementioned, with the following agenda:

1.   Report of the President
2.   Approve the management performance of the Board
3.   Renovation/Replacement of the Board after three years (Bylaws, art. 11, 12 & 13)
4.   Panel: Open Source initiatives for XBRL
5.   Questions and Answers

Art. 11. Bylaws:

a) Appointment of the Board and its officers, directors and representatives, as well as honorary members: It is proposed the renovation  of the Board (with limited changes) for other mandate of three years.  The slate proposed is:

1. Ignacio Boixo: President. Spain, EuroFiling Co-coordinator, XBRL Spain
2. Yoshiaki Wada: Vice-president. Japan, XII Board of Directors, XBRL Japan
3. Ignacio Santos: Secretary. Spain, University Carlos III
4. Herm Fischer: Member. USA, XBRL Standards Board, XBRL Formulae Chair
5. Allyson Ugarte: Member. USA, XBRL taxonomies developer
6. Javi Mora: Member. Colombia, XBRL expert.

b) Review and approve annual budgets and accounts: The OpenFiling association has no budget (neither income nor relevant expenses). The potential operational costs (webpage is covered by XBRL Spain) are well below the implicit cost of management of a budget for the Association.

Art 9. Bylaws – The Assembly is convened at first time (where quorum is required) in the same place and date, but 60 minutes before.

Tuesday 10th December 2013, 10:00. XBRL week in Luxembourg

Novotel Luxembourg Kirchberg. 6 r. du Fort Niedergruenewald, L-2226 Luxembourg

Minutes of the 3rd General Assembly

Agenda for the 3rd General Assembly

The 3^rd General Assembly of the OpenFiling association was held, according to the Articles 8 to 11 of the OpenFiling Bylaws, in the place and date abovementioned, with the following agenda:

1.   Report of the President
2.   Approve the management performance of the Board
3.   Replacement of the Secretary
4.   Panel: Open Source initiatives for XBRL
5.   Questions and Answers

Other Article 11 points:

a) Appointment of the Board and its officers, directors and representatives, as well as honorary members: The Board proposed to this 3^rd General Assembly to approve Ignacio Santos as Secretary, to facilitate the legal diligences in the place where Openfiling is registered.

b) Review and approve annual budgets and accounts: The OpenFiling association has no budget (neither income nor relevant expenses). The potential operational costs (webpage is covered by XBRL Spain) are well below the implicit cost of management of a budget for the Association.

Art 9. Bylaws – The Assembly is convened at first time (where quorum is required) in the same place and date, but 60 minutes before.

See the new versions of RECEX/REVEX, demo for didactic purposes in Visual Basic converting Excel flat tables in XBRL documents (useful for Data Entry) and, reversely, XBRL instance documents into Excel flat spreadsheets (easy to render Forms).

Examples are provided for the new FINREP/COREP of the European Banking Authority, as well as IFRS 2013

See the 2nd Openfiling General Assembly recorded as webinar at http://youtu.be/pNZ7r6WEYu8

Minutes of the 2nd General Assembly

Agenda of the 2nd General Assembly (see also below)

Alcala Street 522, Madrid, Spain. May 31st 2012, 17:00. XBRL week in Madrid

The 2nd General Assembly of the OpenFiling association is to be held, accoding the Articles 8 to 11 of the OpenFiling Bylaws, in the place and date abovementioned, with the following agenda:

1. Report of the President
2. Questions and Answers
3. Approve the management performance of the Board
4. Panel: Open Source initiatives for XBRL
5. AOB

Other Article 11 points:
a) Appointment of the Board and its officers, directors and representatives, as well as honorary members: The Board has no proposals to this 2nd General Assembly.
b) Review and approve annual budgets and accounts: The OpenFiling association has no budget (neither income nor relevant expenses). The operational costs are below the threshold of management costs for a budget for the Association.

(Art 9. Bylaws – first time at same place and date, 60 minutes before)