## Financial Access Data Collection and Usage

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Financial Access Data Collection and Usage](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2025/fadcat25-22v)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: AT 25.22V
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius
- Dates: April 8-9, 2025
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: French
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience: Government officials in central banks and other agencies involved in the compilation of supply side financial access data and the formulation/implementation of financial inclusion policies.
- Qualifications:
  - Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, finance, statistics, or equivalent work experience.
  - Participants' current job or responsibilities at work should be linked to the topic of the workshop.

### Course description and emphasis
- The workshop addresses key issues related to data collection and usage of the Financial Access Survey (FAS), the IMF's annual supply-side database on financial inclusion.
- It will:
  - Provide an overview of FAS data and highlight its role in policymaking and monitoring financial access and usage.
  - Share insights from the 2024 FAS pilot.
  - Explore the future direction of the FAS, including the 2025 FAS Pilot.
- Peer learning is a central component:
  - Participants can engage in discussions, ask questions, and share experiences with data collection.
  - Attendees can discuss challenges in reporting information for the upcoming 2025 FAS Pilot.

### Course objectives
- Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
  - Understand the nature and content of the FAS data.
  - Grasp the variables of the 2025 FAS Pilot, including financial health, gender-disaggregated, and digital financial services information.
  - Improve FAS data collection and reporting through peer learning.
  - Become familiar with the use of FAS data including for tracking the trends, benchmarking, and policymaking.

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## References

- [Virtual Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2025/fadcat25-22v_