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VALUE CREATION REPORT

Specialisation Courses Upskilling Programme for Trainees Supervising Members Forum for
Scope / Purpose in SMP’s (Small and Medium Scale the Non-Public Practicing Sector
Practitioners)
Scope / Purpose Scope / Purpose
CA Sri Lanka’s specialisation
course curriculum was To provide theoretical and To educate non-audit
launched in 2020 with the aim of practical exposure relating to Audit corporates on the student
providing opportunities for students practices for the trainees under SMP’s training requirements and to give
to engage in new areas of study and to fill the training exposure gaps exposure to develop the training and
thereby improve overall employability. between the trainees under big firms leadership skills of the trainees
Course development, study materials, and SMP’s No. of Participants
and evaluation criteria for several new 77 supervising members
courses were completed, Namely No. of Participants
Actuarial Science, Data Analytics, 270 trainees
Finance, Taxation, Entrepreneurship,
Governance Risks and Controls.

Faculties

Stakeholder Value Creation Scorecard Course and the Certified Information Strategic Imperative
Security Manager (CISM) Online Course
Members were conducted in 2022. Developing Talent Pools
Skill Development and
Students
The IT Faculty also offers (paid) short Specialisation
Corporates
Regulators courses on selected topics. These Thought Leadership
courses are facilitated by the IT Faculty
and delivered using external resource
As the leading professional accounting personnel who are experts in the field.
body in the country, CA Sri Lanka takes
a holistic approach to educate the next
generation of professionals. The courses Diploma in Information Systems Security Control & Audit (DISSCA) jointly conducted
and workshops offered by the Institute’s by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and The Institute of Chartered
IT and Tax Faculties are structured to Accountants of India is continuing from 2003 onwards, based on a MOU in between
satisfy the growing demand for specialist both the institutes.
expertise in these respective disciplines.
From 2019 onwards the entire program is continuing via online & after completing
IT Faculty this diploma course participants can complete the internationally recognized “Certified
Information Systems Auditor (CISA) certification to get a foreign job easily.
The IT Faculty conducts a wide range
of courses and workshops each year, The DISSCA program will be offered via a virtual platform, enabling participants to obtain
all highlighting the role of IT in modern a recognized IT Diploma from the comfort of their home.
business and emphasising the importance
of IT integration in various facts of The diploma is specially designed for:
business. A majority of these workshops y Managers, Supervisors, and Internal Auditors of Audit Firms
are delivered jointly with IT specialists
such as the ISACA Sri Lanka Chapter y Chief Financial Officers, Chief Information Officers, Managers, Controllers,
and the (ISC) Colombo Chapter, thereby Accountants, Compliance Officers & Internal Auditors working for Corporates and
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enhancing the technical content of Government Institutions
the programmes. A total of 15 online
workshops, the Certified Information
Systems Auditor (CISA) Online Review

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