VISION
To be the foremost regional accountancy
body in africa
MISSION STATEMENT
ABWA will continue to strengthen the Accountancy
Profession in West Africa by enhancing
the technical competence and ethical standards
of members for effective service delivery
by adopting best practices in the public
interest, as well as contributing to the
development and sustainability of the
regional economies.
OBJECTIVES
The
objectives of ABWA are:
• To develop and enhance the accountancy
profession in West Africa and thereby
improve governance, eliminate waste and
corruption, reduce poverty and enhance
the standard of living of the peoples
of the West African sub-region;
•
To provide for the development of professional
ethics and standards in member bodies.
• To act as the center for dissemination
of information on accounting standards
and development of accountancy thoughts
and practices in West Africa.
The attainment of the objectives of the
mission of ABWA will be achieved by focusing
on key operational projects. This will
ensure that ABWA is in position to effectively
and efficiently operate in the global
arena and to compete effectively with
the other regional professional bodies.
Strategic
Themes have been identified and within
which ABWA will implement it’s mission.
Anglophone countries:
-
The Institute of Chartered Accountants,
Ghana
-
The Institute of Chartered Accountants
of Nigeria
-
The Institute of Chartered Accountants
of Sierra Leone
-
The Gambia Association of Accountants
- The
Liberian Chartered Institute of Certified
Public Accountants
- Ordre
des Experts Comptables et Comptables
Agrees de Cote d’ Ivoire
-
Ordre National des Experts Comptables
du Cameroon Bilingual
- Ordre
des Experts Comptables at Comptables
Agrees du Benin (OECCA - BENIN)
-
Ordre National des Experts Comptables
et Comptables Agrees du Niger (ONECCA-N)
-
Association Togolaise des Experts
Comptables Diplomas
ABWA's
official recognition by IFAC in 2003 as
an IFAC's Reginal Grouping, the creation
of the African Chapter of International
Federation of Women Accountants (IFWA),
as well as ABWA's initiative leading to
the formation of the Forum of Accountants-General
and Auditors-General of West Africa in
2003, are amongst the Association's major
accomplishments.
Activities
in West Africa
- Strengthening
and consolidation of Professional Accounting
and Auditing standards and practices
in the sub region.
- Development
of framework for harmonisation of professional
and technical accounting education and
practice.
- Development
of uniform ethical code of conduct in
members bodies.
- Regional expansion
in the francophone countries.
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