The dynamic and increasingly complex socio-economic, political, and technological environment within which the professional accountant must operate imposes a significant increase in the technical knowledge and skills required of him or her. Added to this, is the growing public expectation of the competence of the professional accountant.
These pressures, as well as the professional accountant’s continuing ethical duty to maintain professional knowledge and skill, make it imperative to operate an effective programme of Continuing Professional Education to equip members with the requisite tools needed to keep up-to-date.
It is for this reason that the Institute has operated and continues to operate CPD programmes for the benefit of members in particular and the public in general.
The objectives of the Institute’s CPD are to update and maintain the technical knowledge of members, preserve the standards of the profession and maintain public confidence in the profession.
Each programme has been designed to generate intensive, in depth, highly interactive and practical sessions to cater for member’s professional and educational needs. The depth and scope of coverage of the programmes have been enhanced to provide more value. Participants would be encouraged through syndicate sessions to contribute ideas, express opinions and relate experiences in all the programmes which will be delivered with the support of modern training equipment.
This year’s programmes will focus essentially on four main areas. These are: International Accounting Standards, International Public Sector Accounting Standards, Information Technology and Oil and Gas Accounting and members of the profession are encouraged to attend regularly our seminars and workshops, for as is often said, “Knowledge is a perishable commodity which becomes obsolete with the passage of time and therefore it has to be reaffirmed, re-learnt and re-practised all the time”.
GENERAL INFORMATION
- All our workshops start at 9.00 a.m. and close at 4.00 p.m.
- Fees include cocoa/coffee breaks, lunch and handouts
- Participants who register and pay the prescribed fees a week before the start of the programme are entitled to 10% discount
- Venues will be confirmed for the workshop
- Nomination of participants should be made by sponsors on nomination forms, copies of which must be obtained from the Institute. Completed forms should be returned to the Institute before the commencement of the programme.
- Certificate of participation will be issued to all active participants
2011 CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Members are hereby notified of the Institute’s CPD Programme for the year. We take this opportunity to remind members of the need to attend some of these workshops to update their knowledge and also accumulate the necessary mandatory continuing professional development programme credit hours. It should be noted that Council requires each member to obtain at least fifteen credit hours from the Institute’s CPDs.
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ghana), as part of its role in ensuring that its members in particular and other Ghanaian Professional update and maintain their technical knowledge, has lined up a number of CPD programmes for the year. These are:
| No. | Area | Date |
| 1 | National Pensions (Act 2008 766) | 9th & 10th February, 2011 |
| 2 | The International Financial Reporting Standards For Small and Medium Sized Entities (1) | 22nd & 23rd February, 2011 |
| 3 | Increasing Stakeholders’ Values Through Effective Tax Planning | 9th & 10th March, 2011 |
| 4 | Enhancing Performance of Business through Effective Business Risk Management | 23rd & 24th March, 2011 |
| 5 | The International Financial Reporting Standards for Small and Medium Sized Entities (2) | 6th & 7th April, 2011 |
| 6 | Electronic Banking Business – Prospects, Risks and Opportunities | 19th & 20th April, 2011 |
| 7 | Financial Modeling for Accountants (1) | 27th & 29th April, 2011 |
| 8 | Promoting Effective and Efficient Internal Audit Department | 4th, 5th, & 6th May, 2011 |
| 9 | Accounting for Energy and Mineral Resources | 18th & 19th May, 2011 |
| 10 | The International Financial Reporting Standards Update | 1st & 2nd June, 2011 |
| 11 | Fraud Prevention and Detection in the Public Sector | 22nd & 23rd June, 2011 |
| 12 | Computer Viruses, Myths, Facts and Safeguards | 6th & 7th July, 2011 |
| 13 | Financing and Taxation of Oil and Gas Industry | 20th & 21st July, 2011 |
| 14 | Promoting Transparency Accountability and Efficiency in the Use of Public Funds |
3rd & 4th August, 2011 17th & 18th August, 2011 |
| 15 | The International Public Sector Accounting Standards | 17th & 18th August, 2011 |
| 16 | Developing and Sustaining an Excellent Consulting Practice | 31st August & 1st September, 2011 |
| 17 | Financial Modeling for Accountants (2) | 7th & 9th September, 2011 |
| 18 | The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Update | 19th & 20th October, 2011 |
| 19 | Towards Efficiency and Effectiveness of Government Expenditure | 26th & 27th October, 2011 |
| 20 | Conference on Oil and Gas | 9th & 10th November, 2011 |
| 21 | The International Public Sector Accounting Standards | 23rd & 24th November, 2011 |
| 22 | Basic Auditing Skills for Internal Auditors | 19th, 20th & 21st December, 2011 |