INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS JOINS CONFEDERATION OF ASIAN AND PACIFIC ACCOUNTANTS
澳大利亚公共会计师协会 （IPA AU） 正式加入亚洲及太平洋会计师联合会 （CAPA）
The Institute of Public Accountants (formerly National Institute of Accountants) has been officially admitted to the Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA).
澳大利亚公共会计师协会（IPA）已经正式加入亚洲及太平洋会计师联合会（CAPA）。
CAPA is the largest regional accounting organisation with a geographical area spanning half the globe. It represents national professional accounting organisations in the Asia-Pacific region and has a membership of 31 accounting organisations in 24 jurisdictions.
CAPA是最大的区域性会计组织，业务区域跨越半个世界。它代表着亚洲-太平洋地区的国家级专业会计机构的利益，拥有在24个司法管辖区内的31家会计协会成员。
CAPA's mission is to provide leadership in the development, enhancement, and coordination of the accountancy profession in the Asia-Pacific region to enable the profession to provide services of consistently high quality in the public interest.
CAPA的目标是在发展、提高及协调亚洲-太平洋地区的会计专业行业的活动中发挥领导力，确保该专业行业为公众提供一贯的高质量服务。
Andrew Conway, CEO of the Institute of Public Accountants, said: “ Being admitted to CAPA marks a huge milestone for the Institute and is in line with our strategy of growing our footprint into the Asia-Pacific region.
IPA全球总裁安德鲁•康威（Andrew Conway）表示：“加入CAPA，对于IPA 协会而言，是一个巨大的里程碑，这与我们将足迹发展至亚洲-太平洋地区的发展策略是一致的。”
“ We are proud to join such a prestigious organisation that shares our vision for the development and enhancement of the accounting profession. We look forward to sharing ideas and collaborating in the future on initiatives that will benefit all our members and the profession as a whole. ”
“可以加入这样一个富有盛名、同时与我们的‘发展及提高会计专业行业’的观点不谋而合的组织，我们深感自豪。我们期待着在未来的行动中，分享想法、一同合作。这将对我们的会员乃至整个专业领域都十分有益。
CAPA's region, which spans from Canada in the east to Pakistan in the west, has diverse economies of varying levels of maturity.
CAPA所覆盖的区域，东至加拿大，西至巴基斯坦，包括了各种不同成熟程度的经济体。
The diverse resources and skills of these Member organisations are a unique strength of CAPA which is used to benefit all its members.
这些协会成员所拥有的各种资源及技术，是 CAPA独特的力量，可以使所有的成员获益。
CAPA has an important role to establish better communication and understanding amongst members in order to encourage greater cross-border activities in the accounting and business arena.
为了促进各成员之间在会计及商务领域中的跨边界活动， CAPA 在建立更好的沟通及理解方面 ，扮演着重要的角色。
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About the Institute of Public Accountants (Formerly National Institute of Accountants)
关于澳大利亚公共会计师协会 IPA （前身：澳大利亚国家会计师协会 NIA）
First formed in 1923, Australia ’ s Institute of Public Accountants has been driving professionalism, influencing policy and promoting the interests of its members on a local and global stage for nearly 90 years. The Institute of Public Accountants has grown to be one of the three recognised professional bodies for accountants in Australia. It now represents the interests of over 22,000 members and students. The Institute of Public Accountants is a specialisin the small-medium enterprises and small-medium practices space with a large number of its members working in these areas.
成立于 1923年。近90年来， IPA一直致力于会计的专业性、影响相关的政策、提高NIA 会员在当地和全球的地位。IPA 已经成长为澳大利亚三大会计师专业认证机构之一。现在，它代表着超过 22000 会员及学生的利益。澳大利亚公共会计师协会是中小企业以及拥有大量会员的中小执业行业的专家。
