1. AAT is a registered charity. No. 1050724. Developing people. Strengthening economies.

2. AAT is a registered charity. No. 1050724.

3. How do accounting technician skills help? Provide confidence to investors Grow businesses and increase prosperity Lower loan default rates Increase products and services

4. AAT is a registered charity. No. 1050724. “Financial education can provide people with the confidence to effectively manage their money and utilise a variety of banking services. Ultimately, well-informed clients make more responsible banking clients and this generates greater demand for banking services – key ingredients of effective banking systems.” Australian Agency for International Development

5. AAT is a registered charity. No. 1050724. MSMEs in the region 70% of country’s economic growth Encouraging youth employment Women entrepreneurs Access to finance

6. AAT is a registered charity. No. 1050724. Rebalancing the profession

7. AAT is a registered charity. No. 1050724. Developing accounting technicians Pragmatism Professionalism Partnership

8. AAT is a registered charity. No. 1050724. Partnership case studies Partnership with: SAICA to deliver tailored programme, providing practical skills and qualification AAT accredited training provider and UNRWA to provide technician level training to students displaced by conflict Floream to deliver training through a virtual classroom to help support the government targets to up skill nationals. link

9. AAT is a registered charity. No. 1050724. How can AAT help MSMEs? Micro-enterprise trining (2 day) E-learning for MSMEs, creating and managing accounts Booking-keeping qualification Booking-keeping qualification in Arabic (Spring 2014)

10. AAT is a registered charity. No. 1050724. “being an accounting technician provides you with the skills needed to run your own business because not only do you have the accountancy skills needed to be able to survive in business, but you also have detailed knowledge of the basics of accountancy, which enables you to be more hands-on when necessary, or to be able to drill down into the information for a better understanding. The practical experience nature of the qualification enables you to hit the ground running with immediate effect.” AAT Past President, Henry Cooper

11. AAT is a registered charity. No. 1050724. Thank you Name: Claire Angus Title: Assistant Director of Global Development t: +44 (0) 20 7397 3056 e: claire.angus@aat.org.uk Name: Laurie Gillow Title: Donor Funding and Consultancy Manager t: +44 (0) 20 7397 3034 e: laurie.gillow@aat.org.uk w: aat.org.uk