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VALUE CREATION REPORT

Summary of CPD Programmes for 2022
CPD 2022 511 Number of Programmes No of CPD
Hours Hours
2021 385 Paid programmes 86 430
Free programmes 60 81
2020 254 CPD Online Academy Verifiable Materials & Non- 123.5
Verifiable Materials
Total participation of 16,007 Members and 3,829 others during the year 2022.

CPD Online Academy Both verifiable and non verifiable CPD The CPD Online Academy also contains a
The CPD Online Academy, which Materials are available in the CPD Online database of paid CPD courses facilitated
functions under the stewardship of the Academy. Each video and article under by CA Sri Lanka’s ongoing partnership
CPD Secretariat provides timely and verifiable CPD materials is accompanied with ACCOUNTINGCPD, a leading global
relevant content for members to achieve by a quiz where members are expected CPD partner specializing in creating high
their CPD targets. CPD programmes to achieve a score of 70%+ in order to quality CPD content for the accounting
offered by the online academy include a be able to log the programme into their profession. CA Sri Lanka members
selection of free videos on current topics. annual CPD hours. receive a 10% discount for these courses.

Overseas Chapters

The advocacy of CPD among the global CA
Stakeholder Value Creation Scorecard Inaugural CA Sri Lanka Middle
member fraternity is the primary mandate East Conference 2023
Members for all overseas chapters. Aside from this,
overseas chapters focus on organizing The inaugural CA Sri Lanka Middle
networking events to enable CA members East Conference 2023 is tipped
CA Sri Lanka’s overseas chapters are a in these respective regions to broaden their to be the headline event for 2023.
crucial part of the CA ecosystem. CA Sri career mobility aspirations and to explore Organized jointly by CA Sri Lanka’s
Lanka first marked its overseas presence feasibilities for professional and placement Middle East chapters, including
with the establishment of the Qatar Chapter opportunities in respective destinations, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi
in 2008, followed by the Bahrain Chapter in provide assistance to members relocating Arabia hosted by the CA Sri Lanka
2010. The next few years saw CA setting for working and living in overseas UAE Chapter, the conference
up several more overseas chapters in destinations and to work closely with the scheduled to take place on 25th
quick succession - the Kuwait Chapter in Sri Lankan Missions for the betterment of February 2023 will be held under
the theme “LEAD” and is expected
2014, the UAE Chapter in 2015, the KSA the Sri Lankan community overseas and in to see the participation of over 200
Chapter in 2018 and the Australian Chapter Sri Lanka as a whole. delegates from across the Middle
in 2020. The latest addition to the overseas East region. The event which will
chapter network is the Canadian Chapter Strategic Imperative be live streamed is also expected
established in 2022. to attract hundreds of members
from the global CA fraternity.
Global Alignment

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