Certified Anti-Corruption Entity (CACE)®©

2024 Update

Effective Date: January 1, 2024

Starting September 1, 2016, The AACI introduced a global anti-corruption certification program. This program aims to help organizations prevent fraud and corruption within their business operations, processes, and overall culture. It’s the first of its kind worldwide and serves as a foundation for driving institutional change in the fight against fraud and corruption. This certification is open to organizations of all types.

The Certified Anti-Corruption Entity (CACE), previously known as the Organizations Anti-Corruption Certification Program, is an annual process that quantifies the collective anti-corruption knowledge of those responsible for governance and reports on the results.

Objectives of the Certified Anti-Corruption Entity (CACE)

1. This process enables those responsible for governance to:

a. Evaluate and measure the relevant competencies in preventing corruption among board members, senior management, and employees.

b. Identify strengths and weaknesses in the organization’s anti-corruption knowledge needed to prevent fraud and corruption.

c. Choose appropriate measures to address identified weaknesses in anti-corruption knowledge.

2. Distinguish organizations that take fraud and corruption risks seriously from those that don’t.

3. Assist board members, executives, and decision-makers in meeting their legal and fiduciary duties.

4. Show an organization’s genuine efforts to protect the interests of all stakeholders.

5. Establish a proper ethical tone at the highest levels of the organization.

6. Implement corporate governance codes or principles effectively.

7. Implement comprehensive anti-corruption policies, internal controls, processes, and codes of conduct.

8. Ensure effective compliance with ISO 37001: anti-bribery management systems.

9. Aid regulators or chambers in controlling and mitigating bribery, fraud, and corruption within a business sector.

10. Enable local governments or states to integrate anti-corruption measures into their regular business practices.

11. Optimize investments in human capital.

Methodology, Delivery, and Pricing

The Exam Unit of The AACI administers the certification process. An organization may contact The AACI-approved vendor in its country, or region, or directly contact the Exam Unit. The main steps of the process are as follows:

1. Certification Contract: An organization contracts with the approved vendor of The AACI in its country, or region, or the Exam Unit.

2. Management Representation Letter: An organization should sign and submit a management representation letter. This is a prerequisite to proceed with the certification process.

3. Certification Fee: An organization should pay the certification fee.

4. Attendance of a required CACE review course.

5. Sitting for the in-person proctored online CACE exam ( Corruption Prevention Management Test (CPMT))

6. CACE (CPMT) Report and CACE Certificate: The Exam Unit will directly send the organization via courier the following:

a. CACE (CPMT) Certificate: This certificate is valid for one fiscal year.

b. CACE (CPMT) Report: It is an integral part of this certificate. A report will be qualified when a board member or decision maker does not sit for the CPMT test.

c. CACE (CPMT) Detailed Reports

CACE Review Program

1- An AACI-approved expert shall deliver via Zoom a required two-day CACE review program for four hours daily.

2- The CACF textbook is the primary reference for the CACE review course. Additional CACE materials shall also be used and delivered in the CACE review course program. 

3- The entity’s qualified decision makers shall sit for the Corruption Prevention Management Test (CPMT); the CACE certification exam. The CPMT is an in-person, proctored online exam.

The latest date to sit for the CPMT exam is December 15 of the year in which the entity signed the CACE agreement. 

Logistics and Proctoring Fee

The organization will facilitate all logistical requirements for conducting the CACE exam and cover its associated expenses.

The daily exam proctoring fee for the CPMT is USD 500 per proctor. Each exam session accommodates a maximum of twenty (20) exam sitters, with a proctor conducting a maximum of two (2) sessions per day.

The AACI-Approved Proctors

In cases where an approved proctor is unavailable in a country, The AACI will ensure the provision of a proctor for the examination. The candidate entity is responsible for covering expenses including the proctor’s airline ticket, full-board lodging, visa fees (for visa issuance), and local transportation.

Discounts

1. 50% discount for exam takers holding a CACM in good standing with The AACI.

2. 100% discount for exam takers holding a CACEM in good standing with The AACI.

Organizations with Over 100 Exam Takers 

1. A discount is available on the fee per exam taker

Nationalization of Certified Anti-Corruption Entity (CACE)

The Exam Unit of The AACI will collaborate with the country to execute the project based on negotiated program pricing and other specified terms.

Classification of Low and High-Income Countries

The classification of low and high-income countries aligns with the current World Bank Group classification.

Pricing

Check with our exclusive approved vendors in your country or contact us.

For further information, contact us at exam@theaaci.com.

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