MEMBERS’ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

The Members’ Professional Development Department (MPDD) is an organ of the Institute that is responsible for Members’ skill and professional development in order to enhance the efficiency and effective performance of Members. It is the department charged with the responsibility of executing the terms of reference of Members’ Professional Development (MPD) Committee set up by Council from time to time.

The various training offerings are as follow:

1. a. Mandatory Continuing Professional Development (MCPD)
2. b. Continuing Development Programme (CDP)
3. c. Executive Mandatory Continuing Professional Development (EMCPD)

The benefits of the Training offerings are as follows:

• Provide the knowledge, skills, values, ethics and attributes required for life-long learning with focus on outcomes;
• Help participants identify areas of development which are relevant to and support their careers;
• Provide effective skill renewal through continuous formal training;
• Provide the avenue for continuous update of technical and soft skills of Chartered Accountants;
• Enhance the productivity, efficiency and social responsiveness of participants;
• Re-assure employers and the public that members keep themselves abreast of current developments and employ an ethical approach and due care to their duties;
• Facilitate access, monitor and ensure relevant, measurable and verifiable compulsory professional development activities;
• Provide participants with an accessible range of services that will help them maintain and develop their expertise;
• Provide members with veritable networking opportunities; and
• Provide members opportunity to comply with International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)Statement of Member Obligation 2 (International Education Standards for Professional Accountants and other pronouncements issued by the International Accounting Education Standards Board, IAESB), and International Education Standards, IES 7, Continuing Professional Development (Revised).