Accreditation: Legislative Decree, 1973 (Act NRCD 143 PB. N0 64) as an Accredited Professional Body and Trade Association

The Ghana Association of Certified Consultants & Fraud Examiners was established by the Professional Bodies Legislative Decree, 1973 (NRCD 143 PB. N0 64) as an Accredited Professional Body and Trade Association of consulting & fraud examining businesses in Ghana and other interested parties. GACC&FE works to enhance and improve the consultancy business climate by promoting members skill set to the general public, protecting the rights of consultants and their businesses, regulating consulting industry & setting standards for consultants/firms to operate and assisting businesses to improve their sales and profits.

GACC&FE’s vision is to become a model of excellence in standardizing consulting/fraud examining practice in Africa.

Its mission is to constitute an elite firebrand professional class so as to render excellent, innovative and timely services to the public and by making a valuable contribution to the overall global governance, peace security and justice. The Mandate of the body:

• Certifying, training and promulgating standards for consulting/fraud examining  practice
• Providing quality assurance through research, policy, business intelligence etc
• Keeping a national data of practitioners by checking to see that they are constantly going ethical behaviour and practice
• Constantly publishing list of members in good standing
• Setting and reviewing industry standard fees

·         Serving as a think tank body by contributing effectively towards national progress.

·         Bridging the gap between academia and industry by grooming talented individuals so as to incubate businesses and good leaders for accelerated development.

·         Undertaking trainings, lectures, presentations, TV shows, seminars, etc and be a vibrant public mouth piece on topical issues affecting the society.

• Promoting and protecting the interest of clients and members
• Admitting members who have passed the stringent exams to the Chartered Certified Consultants-ChCC & Chartered Fraud Examiners-CFE Designations

The consulting "industry" is pulverized and disorganized, with many smaller consulting organizations and individual consultants for every one of the few dozen well-known companies. These other organizations often offer a service, which is not to the client's satisfaction. In addition they often claim to offer a service, which they are not fully capable of providing satisfactorily. These lapses call for regulation of the industry, setting standards for all practitioners as the only professional body in the country mandated under the Professional Bodies Regulatory Council Decree 1973 (NRCD 143 PB N0. 64).

The Organization

GACC&FE was founded in Ghana and recognized as such by the statutory bodies. Members are chained by the body’s Professional Code of Ethics. Our management team consists of the Governing Board, Board of Standards (Subcommittee) and Administrative Board working closely with the Executive Director who reports to the President. In addition, a professional lobbyist is deployed to keep us appraised of legislative activities and to help us affect desired outcomes.

GACC&FE members pledge in writing to abide by the association’s Code of Ethics. Our adherence to this Code signifies the voluntary assumption of self-discipline above and beyond the requirement of the law. Key provisions of the Code required that GACC&FE members and its Chartered Certified holders:

·         Safeguard confidential information

·         Render impartial, independent advice

·         Accept only client engagements they are qualified to perform

·         Agree with the client in advance on the basis for professional charges

·         Develop realistic and practical solutions to client problems

Postgraduate Qualifications Awarded

1. Ch.CC-Chartered Certified Consultants

2. CFE-Chartered Fraud Examiners

Categories of Membership

1.  FGACC-People of 15 years of Consultancy/Advisory/Managerial experience or Top CEOs/ MDs/Directors/MCEs etc of good standing or academic record

2.      MGACC- A liscened consultant of 5 years of professional practice and of good standing

3.      AMGACC-a trained consultant studying in the firm of a recognized or licensed consultant as the ‘Consultant’s Devil’

4.      TGACC-an entrant undergoing consulting training in a recognized training institution or firm

5.      A/CGACC-companies, institutions, individuals, agencies, religious bodies, NGOs, groups, societies, etc are at liberty to sign up for Affiliation or Corporate Membership.