Association of Certified Accountants. 1974: Royal Charter granted by Queen Elizabeth II. 1974: ACCA became one of six founding members of the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB). 1977: ACCA became a founding member of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). 1984: Association of Certified Accountants renamed to Chartered Association of Certified Accountants. 1995: ACCA members voted at an extraordinary general meeting to rename itself Association of Chartered Public Accountants and to introduce the designation Chartered Public Accountant. The Privy Council subsequently rejected this proposal over concerns about the term 'public'. It did however agree that any accountancy body bearing a royal charter could use 'chartered' as part of its designation. 1996: Chartered Association of Certified Accountants renamed to Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Members are entitled to use the title Chartered Certified Accountant (Designatory letters ACCA or FCCA). The Association of Authorised Public Accountants (AAPA) became a subsidiary of ACCA. The organisation earned its first Queen's Award, for Export Achievement. 1998: ACCA's syllabus formed the basis of the United Nations' global accountancy curriculum titled Guideline on National Requirements for the Qualification of Professional Accountants, published in 1999. ACCA was a participant in the consultative group that devised this global Benchmark. 2001: ACCA received a Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade, recognising ACCA's growth and its role in 160 countries worldwide. 2002: ACCA received its second Queen's Award for Enterprise in the space of 12 months, in the Sustainable Development category. The award recognized ACCA's continuing work on social and environmental issues. 2009: ACCA members allowed to provide probate services as of 1 August under Probate Services (Approved Bodies) Order 2009 Number 1588. 2011 onward: ACCA is the first accountancy body to publish an integrated annual report. 2014: ACCA members and student numbers reached 600,000 worldwide. 2015: ACCA launched MSc in Professional Accountancy with the University of London. 2016: ACCA formed a strategic alliance with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ). 2017: ACCA reached over 700,000 members and students worldwide, with 208,000 fully qualified members and 503,000 students in 178 countries. 2018: ACCA introduced Strategic Professional – a new level of the ACCA Qualification. 2020: ACCA announces its commitments to the UN Sustainable Development Goals Qualifications The term Chartered Certified Accountant was introduced in 1996. Prior to that date, ACCA members were known as Certified Accountant. It is still permissible for an ACCA member to use this term.