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Teachers’ Conference

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• Centenary year

• New CEO – Allen Blewitt

• 100,000th new member

• launch of ACCA2007

• launch of ACCA Realise

ACCA highlights

• 9,500 new members

• 63,000 new students

• 300 MBA students

• 382 UCRS tuition providers in 60 countries

• 157 CBE centres running 5,000 Professional Scheme exams and 12,000 Technician exams

• 18 Joint Examination Scheme partners

ACCA highlights in 2004 (continued)

1970 13,000

members 21,000

students

1980 23,000

members 62,000

students

1990 37,000

members 86,000

students

1995 47,000

members 123,000 students

Now 100,000

members 225,000 students

110,000 students wrote examinations in 340 centres in 130 countries producing 250,000 scripts to be marked

June 2004 Examination Session

Received and responded to:

• 8,700 letters

• 22,000 faxes

• 330,000 telephone calls

• 470,000 emails

40% increase in the number of emails received by ACCA Connect in 2004

ACCA Connect

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What is continuing

professional development?

What is continuing professional development (CPD)?

“CPD is the continuous maintenance, development

and enhancement of the professional and personal

knowledge and skills which ACCA members

require throughout their working lives”

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Extensive consultation

Extensive consultation

• 10,000 member and 400 employer online survey responses

• 50 workshops attended by almost 450 members across 30 countries

• One-to-one meetings with employers

Extensive consultation

Alberta

VancouverToronto

JamaicaBarbados

Trinidad

Guyana

DublinUK

CzechRepublic

Russia

Beijing

Pakistan Shanghai

Vietnam

Malaysia

Hong Kong

Singapore

Sri LankaGambiaGhana Uganda

Malawi

MauritiusSouth AfricaBotswana

Zambia

Sydney

Kuwait

Oman

UAEBahrain

Extensive consultation

• 89% say that CPD should be relevant to current/future employment

• 89% say that the scheme should be flexible in terms of the types of CPD activities available

• 83% say that new skills and experience gained through the scheme should be recognised by employers

• 83% want minimal administration

• 87% want a transparent scheme which reassures the public and employers

ACCA Realise

ACCA RealiseA phased approach

• Phase 1CPD Period 1 Jan 2005 to 31 Dec 2005Members admitted since 1 Jan 2001

• Phase 2CPD Period 1 Jan 2006 to 31 Dec 2006Members admitted between 1 Jan 1995 and 31 Dec 2000

• Phase 3CPD Period 1 Jan 2007 to 31 Dec 2007All remaining members

ACCA RealiseApproved employer route

• Members who participate in an approved employer‘s development scheme will automatically meet ACCA’s CPD requirement

• Members will complete a simple annual return

• No requirement to track and determine unit allocations for CPD activities

ACCA RealiseUnit Scheme route

• 40 units completed and recorded per annum

• 21 of the 40 units must be verifiable

• One unit = one hour

• Carry forward principle

• Annual CPD return

• Evidence of CPD to be retained for three years

• ACCA inspection

ACCA RealiseOpportunity

What constitutes CPD and opportunities for tuition providers

• Work-based eg mentoring, coaching and discussion groups

• Research/reading/presenting eg reading technical material

• E-learning eg online learning

• Courses/events eg courses, conferences and workshops

• Oxford Brookes Degree

• ACCA2007 new syllabus consultation

• Examiners’ presentations including Q&A sessions

Conference Programme