CAPACITY BUILDING POTENTIALS FOR CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

1. CAPACITY BUILDING POTENTIALS FOR CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

2. PRESENTED BY DR REMILEKUN BAKARE BSc MBA PhD FCA FCCA FCIB Fifs FCTI FCS DIRECTOR-GENERAL/CEO THE EXECUTIVE BUSINESS SCHOOL

3. DEFINITION • Capacity building or capacity development is a conceptual approach to development that focuses on understanding the obstacles that inhibit individuals and organizations from realizing their developmental goals while enhancing the abilities that will allow them to achieve quantifiable and sustainable results.

4. At individual level CB requires the development of conditions that allow individual participants to build and enhance existing knowledge and skills. It also calls for the establishment of conditions that will allow individuals to engage in the process of learning and adapting to change.

5. History of the Profession • Babylonian Empire (4500 BC) • Farolfi Ledgers 1299 (Money Lenders) • Italian Renaissance (Merchants of Venice) invented and practice double entry as known today.

6. Fra Luca Pacioli 1445-1517 • Regarded as the father of Accounting • Produced the first book in Accounting • Documented the invention and practice of the Merchants of Venice

7. THE BOOK 1494 • Summa de Arithmetica, Geometria, Proportioni et Proportionalita • The Collected Knowledge of Arithmetic, Geometry, Proportion and Proportionality • One of 5 Sections dedicated to Double Entry

8. Particularis de Computis et Scripturis Details of Calculation and Recording 27 of 615 pages devoted to the documentation of double entry accounting, journals, ledgers, cashbook, trial balance etc and warned that a person should not go to bed until the debits equalled the credits.

9. No other major publication of note in Accounting for 50 years

10. His impact on the profession was so great and significant that 5 centuries later Accountants the world over gathered in his Italian village of San Sepulco to celebrate the anniversary of the publication.

11. ACCOUNTING • Bedrock of commercial system • Integrity of budgeting process, monetary and fiscal policies depends on the integrity of the accounting system.

12. THE GOLD STANDARD OF THE PROFESSION • Strong Knowledge of Business, Finance and Governance • Not every good Accountant makes a good Manager • Not every good Accountant or good Manager make a good Director

13. ACHIEVING THE GOLD STANDARD • Measure the Measurables • Count the Countables • Manage the Manageables • Direct the Directables • Professionally CHARTERED and academically CERTIFIED

14. THE WAY FORWARD • ACA, WHAT NEXT ?

15. THE EBS PROGRAMME PORTFOLIO

16. PROGRAMME PORTFOLIO • MSc Corporate Governance • MSc Accounting • Master of Laws (LLM) • Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) • Bachelor of Laws (LLB) • BA Business & Management (Top-up)

17. MSc Corporate Governance • Awarding University : Leeds Metropolitan University, UK • Entry Requirement : Bachelors, Masters or any of the following professional qualifications: ACA, ACCA, ACMA, CPA, CNA, ACIS, ACIB, ACS. • Duration : One Year

18. MSc CG CONTD • MODULES : • The Board, Executive and Good Governance • Managing Corporate Social Responsibilities • Research Methods • Dissertation

19. MSc CG Contd • BLOCK LECTURES : NOVEMBER 5-16, 2012 • FEES : • TUITION £6,500 • EBS GENERAL SERVICES N250,000

20. MSc ACCOUNTING Assessment • Assignments • Research Methods • Dissertation

21. MSc ACCOUNTING • Awarding University : Leeds Metropolitan University, UK • Entry Requirement : Professional Accountancy Qualifications; ACA, ACCA, ACMA, CPA, CNA, ACIS. • Duration : One Year

22. MSc ACCT Contd • MODULES : • Contemporary Issues in Financial Reporting • Contemporary Issues in Management Accounting • Investment and Funds Management • Research Methods • Dissertation.

23. MSc Accounting Contd • BLOCK LECTURES : • JANUARY 14-25, 2013 • FEES : • TUITION £6,500 • EBS GENERAL SERVICES N250,000

24. MSc ACCOUNTING Assessment • Assignments • Research Methods • Dissertation

25. MASTER OF LAWS (LLM) • Awarding University : Leeds Metropolitan University, UK • Entry Requirement : LLB and BL • Duration : One Year

26. LLM Contd • BLOCK LECTURES : • JAN 28 – FEBRUARY 1, 2013 • FEES : • TUITION £6,500 • EBS GENERAL SERVICES N250,000

27. LLM Assessment • Research Methods • Dissertation

28. DBA • Awarding University : Leeds Metropolitan University, UK • Entry Requirement : MBA, MA, MSc, MPhil • Duration : Three years

29. DBA Contd • BLOCK LECTURES : YEAR 1 • JANUARY 28 – FEBRUARY 1, 2013 • FEES : • TUITION : £6,500 per ANNUM • EBS GENERAL SERVICES N250,000 per ANNUM

30. DBA Assessment • Research Proposals • Assignments • Dissertation

31. PhD • Awarding University : Leeds Metropolitan University, UK • Entry Requirement : Mphil, MSc, MA, BSc (First Class or Second Class Upper) • Fields of Study : Finance, Law, Accounting, Management, Corporate Governance, Economics, Human Resources, Marketing, Banking etc • Duration : Three Years

32. PhD Contd • BLOCK LECTURES • University & Faculty Induction FEBRUARY 2013 (One Week)

33. PhD Contd • YEARS 1, 2 & 3 • 3 Block Lectures of 3days each at EBS. • Total of 9 days per year

34. PhD Contd • CoR after the first block Lecture

35. PhD Assessment • CoR • Annual Progression • Thesis • Viva

36. LLB • Awarding University : Bradford University Law School, UK • Entry Requirement : Minimum of 5 GCE ‘O’ Level Credits (including English Language) plus 2 ‘A’ Level papers or OND, HND

37. LAW LEVEL 1 • MODULES • LEVEL 1 • English Legal History • English Legal Systems 1&2 • Contract Law 1&2 • Public Law 1&2 • Foundations of European Law • Legal Skills • Applied Legal Skills • Contract Law 3 • Public Law 3

38. LAW LEVEL 2 • MODULES • LEVEL 2 • Company Law 1&2 • Criminal Law 1&2 • Law of Torts 1&2 • Commercial Law 1&2 • Legal Research Methods • Career and Personal Development

39. DIPLOMA • EBS Diploma in Laws on completion of Levels 1&2 • Diploma holders will then apply to BULS to join the third year of the LLB programme.

40. FEES : • Level 1 £8,000 (N2MILLION) • Level 2 £8,000 (N2MILLION) • Level 3 £11,000

41. LLB Assessment • Coursework • Examination

42. BA(HONS)BUSINESS&MANAGEMENT • THIS IS A TOP-UP PROGRAMME FOR HND HOLDERS. • 100% ONLINE NO CLASS ATTENDANCE

43. BA (HONS) BUS&MAN • FEES : • TUITION : £4,000 • EBS GENERAL SERVICES N250,000

44. ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT • FOR ALL PROGRAMMES CREDIT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS REQUIRED. • WASC OR GCE RESULTS FROM 1991 MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH WAEC SRATCH CARD FOR RESULT VERIFICATION BY THE UNIVERSITY.

45. APPLICATION MODE • LOG ON TO www.ebsng.com • Click the application tab, then the programme of interest. • Complete form online • Print after completing and append signature • Scan and submit the form electronically with passport photograph and notarized copies of certificates to contacts@ebsng.com and the hard copies at EBS office. • Pay application fee of N50,000 to EBS account

46. EBS SCHOLARSHIP FOR INDUCTEES • £1,000 (TOTAL WAIVER OF EBS CHARGES) VALIDITY : DECEMBER 2013

47. THE TOTAL ACCOUNTANT • TALENTED • ORGANIZED • THOROUGH • ARTICULATE • LEVERAGE

48. CONCLUSION • THE ANSWER TO ACHIEVING THE GOLD STANDARD IS IN YOUR BEDROOM

49. THE AIRCONDITIONER • BE CALM

50. THE ROOF • AIM FOR THE TOP