The 2017 annual report of the EU4Business STAREP programme (Strengthening Auditing and Reporting in the Eastern Partnership). STAREP is an EU-funded regional programme implemented by the World Bank’s Centre for Financial Reporting Reform (CFRR) for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. STAREP helps participating countries to modernise corporate financial reporting frameworks and raise the capacity of local institutions to implement these frameworks effectively. The report includes highlights of the year 2017, as well as planned activities for 2018.