Training Program

Mid to senior level banking regulators and supervisors from SARTTAC member Countries.

To have minimum 5 years' experience in banking policy making and/or supervision.

This "In- Person" program, offers a comprehensive exploration of several pivotal aspects concerning the regulation and supervision of the banking sector. In addition to an in-depth examination of traditional risk categories such as credit and liquidity risk, the course dedicates substantial focus to the insights derived from recent challenges within the U.S. and Swiss banking sectors. These challenges have underscored the paramount importance of upholding robust risk management practices such as interest rate risk in the banking book and liquidity risk, as they have recurrently featured as common threads in various crises of the past. Additionally, the program extends its coverage to address the growing concerns surrounding climate-related financial risks, which pose a potentially existential threats to the global banking system in the medium term. The course also covers the key elements of the impairment model in IFRS 9 - Expected Credit Loss (ECL) frameworks and outlines its supervisory implications.
 
The course aims to underscore the high-priority areas that both financial institutions and regulatory authorities should be proactively addressing, both in the present and looking ahead in future. The learning process will include some lectures but will mostly rely on discussion, hands-on experience, group presentations and case studies to reinforce participant understanding.