The Institute of Certified General Accountants (CGA-PAKISTAN® ) is an international Professional Accountancy body for all General Accounting Technician (GAT), General Accounting Practitioners (GAP) and Certified General Accountants (CGA). The Institute was formed for the specific purpose of providing National and International Organization for General Accounting Technician (GAT), General Accounting Practitioners (GAP) and Certified General Accountants (CGA), and also to foster interest in the national aspect of public accountancy equivalent to internationally accepted standards.Certified General Accountant (CGA) is a professional designation granted to the Professional Accountants. A person who meets the education, experience and examination requirements of the Institute of Certified General Accountants (CGA-PAKISTAN®) is entitled to use the professional designation and add the letters "CGA" to their title.CGAs work throughout the world in industry, commerce, finance, government, public practice and the not-for-profit sector. CGA-PAKISTAN®'s professional education program is competency-based. Competency-based education requires candidates to perform tasks and roles to standards expected in the workplace.The knowledge, skills and professional values required of a CGA are reflected in a list of competencies. These competencies extend over three areas: professionalism, leadership and professional knowledge. They are validated periodically through extensive survey analysis. The CGA Competency Framework details the 130 competencies required of a newly certified CGA.The complete academic program consists of 18 courses, three business cases, and professional qualification exams, spread over several levels: Levels 1 to 2 (Technicians level Studies), Level 3 to 4 (Practitioners level Studies), and final level 5 to 6 (Professional level), last module with the elective option modules of Audit, Finance , Management and Project Management.