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Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants

发布时间：2006-06-19浏览次数：11332文章来源：dong

 

Introduction

The Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA) represents national accountancy organisation in the Asia-Pacific region.

Today, CAPA has a membership of 31 accountancy organisations in 22 jurisdictions. CAPA is by far the largest regional accountancy organisation and its geographical area spans half the globe!

The idea of CAPA was conceived at the First Far East Conference of Accountants that was held from November 28 to December 1, 1957 in Manila, Philippines. However, it was only in 1976 that the Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants was formally established.

CAPA's mission is to provide leadership in the development, enhancement and coordination of the accounting profession in the Asia-Pacific region. To enable the profession to provide services of consistently high quality in the public interest. To achieve this mission, CAPA has a commitment to assist the accounting profession in emerging countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

CAPA's region which spans from Canada in the east to Pakistan in the west have diverse economies of varying levels of maturity. The diverse resources and skills of these members are a unique strength of CAPA, which is used to benefit all its members. CAPA also has an important role to establish better communication and understanding amongst members in order to encourage greater cross border activities in the accounting and business arena.

CAPA also aims to enhance the accountancy standards and development of the profession by promoting harmonisation through the adoption of IFAC and IASC standards.

CAPA is involve with IFAC, other regional accountancy organisations and other major world and regional development agencies such as the World Bank, OECD, UNTAD and ADB to discuss on Aid projects for developing and emerging countries.

Mission & Objectives
 Mission

The mission of CAPA is to provide leadership in the development, enhancement and coordination of the accountancy profession in the Asia-Pacific region to enable the profession to provide services of consistently high quality in the public interest.


Objectives

To achieve this mission, CAPA will pursue the following objectives:

  • Enhance the standards and development of the profession by promoting harmonization through the adoption of IFAC and IASC pronouncements.
  • Assist with the formation and development of national and intra-regional organizations which serve the interests of accountants in public practice, commerce, industry, public sector and education.
  • Foster a strong and cohesive profession by providing leadership on emerging issues, coordinating with IFAC, other regional, intra-regional organizations, member bodies and associates to achieve appropriate strategic objectives.
  • Promote the profession's role, responsibilities and achievements in advancing the interests of member bodies and in serving the public interest.
  • Liaise with international and regional organizations to influence the development of efficient capital markets and international trade in services.

History, Facts & Figures


Formation of CAPA

  • CAPA was the brainchild of the Philippines Institute of Certified Public Accountants President, Governor Gregorio S. Licaros, who was also the Governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines.
  • The First Far East Conference of Accountants was held in Manila in November 28 to December 1, 1957. The First Far East Conference of Accountants created history in the accountancy world. It became the base for various professional accounting bodies in the Far East to confer every few years; to exchange and to discuss information. This was the forerunner of CAPA as it actualised the concept of a regional conference of accountants in the Asia-Pacific region. This conference has since been identified as the 1st CAPA Conference.
  • The First Far East Conference of Accountants was attended by delegates from the following countries. The founding members of CAPA are:

CAPA FOUNDING MEMBERS:  

  1. Australia
  2. Hong Kong
  3. India
  4. Indonesia
  5. Japan
  6. Korea