The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is participating in the on going four-day World Congress of Accountants (WCOA) which started from November 10 in Rome.
The WCOA is being held under the auspices of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), the worldwide organisation for the accountancy profession. The event is a wonderful opportunity for the CAs to show its presence globally. With almost 4,000 professionals from more than 100 countries, this gathering serves as an ideal demonstration of the global nature and interconnectedness of CAs.
Based on the theme of 2020 Vision: learning from the past-Building the Future, more than 200 speakers from all over the world will highlighting what the future might bring and what we could achieve, as a profession.
K Raghu, president, ICAI has been invited to address the gathering on Facilitating credit in the SME market place in Indian perspective on November 13, 2014. He will also participate in the IFAC and CAPA board meetings to be held in Rome.
Raghu said: “The Congress is an extraordinary opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with colleagues from all over the world on issues affecting CA profession. To take forward the illustrious journey of excellence, many new initiatives were taken during the year which aims at the potent and path-breaking pursuit of new professional paradigms.”
Some of these initiatives related to the Empowerment of Women Members and better infrastructural support to students through nationwide reading rooms which have been widely appreciated and also shortlisted for being showcased in the WCOA 2014 Project Gallery.
ICAI launched a flexi working portal for women members’ to provide them a medium through which they can explore suitable opportunities which provide part time jobs, jobs with flexi hours or jobs with work from home option.
Apart from this, many other initiatives were taken by the institute for developing the competencies of the women members for undertaking roles in the board room. As regards the reading rooms, ICAI network is now expanded to 98 reading rooms at various locations across the nation.