Local Recognition
Local Recognition - Joint Examination Schemes (JES)
In many countries associations partner with local bodies in order to offer localize certain parts of their qualifications. As the ACCA site states: ACCA has a number of partnerships with national accountancy bodies around the world which enables you to sit the exam component of a range of ACCA qualifications and also satisfies the exam criteria for the national accountancy body qualification. We call these joint exam schemes (JES).
If you wish to study for the ACCA Qualification and live in one of the following countries you will need to register under the JES: Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cambodia, Cyprus, Greece, Guyana, Jamaica, Lesotho, Malawi, Malta, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Trinidad and Tobago or Vietnam.
http://www.accaglobal.com/gb/en/qualifications/apply-now/jes.html