1. Géraldine de Léon Project lead
Presentation of AFECA (Association des Femmes diplômées d’Expertise-Comptable Administrateurs)
Géraldine de Léon
Project lead
Board of Directors of the FCM
Porto, 9 April 2016

2. Creation of AFECA CONVERGENCE of two laws:
Law of 23 July 2010 on consular networks authorising certified public accountants to hold director mandates
Copé/Zimmermann law on parity of 13 January 2011, envisaging a quota of 40% of women in 2017 in boards of directors of companies of employees and having a turnover at least equal to 50 million Euros
CREATION of the Association des Femmes diplômées d’Expertise Comptable Administrateurs in 2010 at the initiative of the Conseil supérieur de l’ordre des experts comptables (CSOEC – French Institute of Certified Public Accountants)
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3. AFECA objectives
PROMOTING THE FEMALE CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT CAPITAL by creating a collaborative network of female certified public accountants, aimed at integrating gender equality in the organisation of firms as a growth and performance factor
PUTTING THIS TALENT POOL AT THE SERVICE OF COMPANY GOVERNANCE AND COMPETITIVENESS, notably by promoting the access of female certified public accountants to a director’s position
BOOSTING ITS regional, national and European NETWORKS to give visibility to certified public accountants talents in the economic and financial community.
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4. AFECA key actions
TALENT POOL: ONLINE DIRECTORY(profile of female certified public accountants structured by specific skills and business segments)
VISIBILITY: WEBSITE AND SOCIAL NETWORKS (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn)
INFORMATION: NEWSLETTERS (with testimonies by personalities from the economic and financial world) and MORNING DISCUSSIONS
TRAINING: communication/networks/director functions/strategy and management coaching (hard & soft skills)
GENDER PARITY OBSERVATORY : surveys on the evolution of women’s place in boardrooms and their committees
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5. AFECA initiative Signature of a convention with the CSOEC
To symbolise the commitment of the profession through the promotion of a
Charter for gender equality
by promoting human capital
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6. AFECA projects
Implementing the Charter for gender equality by a collaborative platform, with AFECA regional delegations joining forces
Development of a good practice guide to enhance the women/men human capital through gender equality
European benchmark: comparative survey of European accountancy organisations taking a census of the measures taken in regard to gender equality
Collaborative space on the AFECA website dedicated to Charter signatory firms
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