Global Partnership

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Global Partnership

Professional Partners

Through a range of partnerships with professional institutions, ACCA offers students and members access to other related professionals.

    The full members of ACCA are one of two professional bodies' members (Another is the charter holders of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)) to be recognized by UK's Securities & Investment Institute (SII) as the equivalent level of SII full membership (MSI). Full membership of SII is recognized by several national investment professional bodies such as in Australia (Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia), formerly the Australian Institute of Banking and Finance) and Hong Kong Securities Institute (HKSI).

    ACCA and Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA), formerly the Australian Institute of Banking and Finance) have signed a global partnership agreement. Under the agreement, students and members of ACCA may obtain advanced standing in the Institute examinations.

    ACCA and the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) have signed a global partnership agreement. Under the agreement, the two organizations will co-operate, collaborate and share resources across their global networks of offices and affiliate bodies.
    ACCA and the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) have signed a global partnership agreement to enable ACCA?s members worldwide to take the CIOT?s Advanced Diploma in International Taxation (ADIT).

    ACCA members may access an accelerated route to Associate membership of the UK Association of Corporate Treasurers(CAT).
    ACCA and Investors in People (IIP) have signed an agreement that will enable IIP recognized organizations in the UK and Ireland to apply directly for the award of ACCA Approved Employer (professional developments stream), that means ACCA members working in IIP recognized organizations will benefit from the recognition of the work-related learning they obtain and will be able to take advantage of simplified CPD reporting.

    Institute of Directors (IoD) and ACCA are working on a number of initiatives to promote an agenda of good governance and high standards in learning and development. From 2007, ACCA members seeking to enhance their skills and improve the performance of their organization will be able to undertake the Chartered Director qualification ? a professional qualification for directors.

    Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) in United States has agreed that Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) only have to pass four-papers final examination to get the Certified Management Accountant (CMA) designation. This is not based on a specific agreement but is the result of IMA's policy and similar accreditation is given to many other IFAC bodies, as well as to others with the equivalent of a U.S. bachelors degree (any discipline).

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University Links

    Through a range of partnerships with several universities, ACCA offers students and members access to graduate and postgraduate level accountancy education.

        The relationship between ACCA and the UK's Oxford Brookes University, has offered ACCA students and members to the Oxford Brooks BSc (Honours) in Applied Accounting, and the online supported MBA.

        According to the agreements between ACCA and Tsinghua University in Beijing (China), Tsinghua will recognise the Oxford Brookes University BSc(Hons) Applied Accounting degree stated as the above, and will accept the graduates from this BSc(Hons) degree program to further study Tsinghua's master degree programs.

        ACCA and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London have signed a global partnership agreement to enable ACCA?s members and affiliates worldwide to take the SOAS's Postgraduate Diploma in Public Financial Management.

        ACCA has signed the agreement with the University of Cambridge ESOL examinations (English for Speakers of Other Languages) to result in the launch of the International Certificate in Financial English (Cambridge ICFE), a new financial English exam.

        Together with the Said Business School, at the University of Oxford, ACCA offers the Diploma in Financial Strategy, a Masters-level course that provides the essential elements of an MBA for qualified accountants, and is designed to extend knowledge and develop senior management skills.

        ACCA and Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University have signed a joint agreement to enable ACCA Part 3 students, affiliates and members to gain a fast track entry through free-of-charge credit transfer and exemption when they matriculate for the MSc in Financial Management by distance learning or face-to-face study at a global network of centres.
       
ACCA partners Exeter University to offer members postgraduate qualifications in leadership (MA degree in leadership).

        Through a range of recognitions by many universities in this world including UK, Hong Kong and Universitas 21 Global, there are the accelerated routes for ACCA members to their master degree programmes.

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Representation worldwide

    ACCA is represented on many committees and bodies around the world.
        ASEAN Federation of Accountants (AFA)
        Confederation of Asia Pacific Accountants (CAPA)
        Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB)
        Eastern, Central and Southern African Federation of Accountants (ECSAFA)

        European Financial Reporting Advisory Group
        F?d?ration des Experts Comptables Europ?ens (FEE)
        F?d?ration des Experts Comptables M?diterran?ens (FCM)
        Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
        International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)
        Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean (ICAC)
        Inter-American Accounting Association (IAA)
        South Eastern European Partnership on Accountancy Development (SEEPAD)

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Chartered_Certified_Accountants#Global_Partnership