The government of Ethiopia announced its civil service reform in May of 1996. Under the civil service reform program there are five sub programs – expenditure management and control, service delivery, human resource development, ethics and top management.

As a major part of this reform programs the expenditure management and control (Financial management) is believed to be accomplished through nine projects – legal framework; budget reform; accounts reform; cash management; public investment; financial information systems; internal audit; external audit and development of accounting and auditing profession.

To realize to these, the Institute for Certification of Accountants and Auditors (ICAA) was established in 2006 under Ethiopian Civil Service College to promote the status of the accounting and auditing profession, support national development and upgrade the skills and competence of accountants and auditors in Ethiopian, among other things.