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Alliances

Relations with Regional and International Accounting Bodies
 
The Fiji Institute of Accountants is a full registered member of two international accounting organisations:
 

The International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) which is a global organisation for the Accountancy profession comprising of 180 member and associate organisations in 130 countries and jurisdictions representing nearly 3 million professional accountants.  The FIA became a member of the IFAC in 1977 - the year that IFAC was formed.
 
The Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA) which is the regional organisation representing 33 national professional Accountancy organisations from 24 jurisdictions that operate in or have an interest in the Asia Pacific region, representing nearly 2 million accountants across the region. The First Far East Conference of Accountants held in Manila, Philippines in 1957 is the forerunner of CAPA. The 1960 conference in Canberra, Australia was renamed the Asian and Pacific Convention and has since been identified as the 2nd CAPA Conference. CAPA is one of the 4 regional organisations recognised by the global Accountancy profession represented by IFAC. The FIA became a member in 1984. 
 
The Institute also liaise with other regional Accounting bodies as follows:
 
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) represents more than 128,000 financial professionals. CAPA is affiliated with IFAC and CAPA. Effective 31 December 2014 the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants amalgamated to become one body – Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
 
CPA Australia is one of the world’s largest Accounting bodies and is the largest of three IFAC member bodies based in Australia with a membership more than 168,000 members in more than 100 countries supported by 19 offices globally. The organisation was founded in 1886.
 
Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) is one of Australia’s oldest representative professional bodies formed in 1923 with more than 37,000 members currently. 
 
The Institute is part of the CAPA Pacific Collaboration with CPA Papua New Guinea (incorporated 1974), Institute of Solomon Islands Accountants (established in the 1980s) and Samoa Institute of Accountants (established 1959). The major focus of this group is to have a common Pacific voice for our Accountancy professional bodies and collaborate on areas of mutual interest.