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  "title": "International Standards Assessment for Islamic Banking",
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  "summary": "Familiarity with the IFSB banking standards is a plus.",
  "publishDate": "2025-06-01",
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    {
      "heading": "Invitation and Logistics",
      "content": "- Session No.: CE 25.22\n- Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait\n- Date: May 11-15, 2025 (1 week)\n- Delivery Method: In-person Training\n- Primary Language: English\n- Interpretation Language: Arabic\n- Qualifications: Attendees should be familiar with the Basel Core Principles for effective Banking Supervision (BCP). Familiarity with the IFSB banking standards is a plus."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Target Audience",
      "content": "- Designed for experienced individuals from banking regulatory and supervisory agencies (RSA) with at least 5 years of relevant experience.\n- Typical attendees are involved in banking regulation and supervision, bank examinations, risk management, and financial sector surveillance."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course Description — Three Broad Focus Areas",
      "content": "- The program provides theoretical knowledge and practical skills across three focus areas.\n\n1) International Standards Review\n- Reviewing and strengthening understanding of the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision and the IFSB's Core Principles for Islamic Finance Regulations-Banking Segment.\n- Examining the interlinkages between the two standards.\n- Learning the standards assessment methodologies.\n- Reviewing the IMF-World Bank Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) and the role of standards assessments.\n\n2) Standards Assessment Process\n- Identifying relevant background information and learning best practices for data collection.\n- Carrying out an overview of relevant institutional and macroeconomic conditions and market infrastructure.\n- Carrying out analysis of preconditions for effective banking supervision.\n- Conducting a detailed Principle-by-Principle assessment, including:\n  - providing a description of the system regarding each Principle,\n  - a grading or \"assessment\",\n  - the necessary related comments.\n- Preparing a structured detailed assessment report and compliance table summarizing the results of the assessment and the recommended action plan.\n- Engaging with the authorities and communicating findings effectively to stakeholders.\n\n3) Practical Skills\n- Reviewing case studies of selected past FSAP assessments.\n- Engaging in hands-on exercises that simulate real-world assessment scenarios, allowing participants to apply their knowledge in a controlled environment."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course Objectives and Outcomes",
      "content": "- Prepare aspiring financial stability assessors to undertake responsibilities of evaluating financial systems' stability and compliance with international standards.\n- Equip participants with a robust understanding of international banking standards and practical skills to:\n  - conduct assessments,\n  - identify gaps,\n  - communicate findings effectively, including in the context of the IMF-World Bank Financial Stability Assessment Program (FSAP).\n- Contribute to the overall aim of fostering resilient Islamic financial systems globally."
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    "Session No.: CE 25.22",
    "Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait",
    "Date: May 11-15, 2025 (1 week)",
    "Delivery Method: In-person Training",
    "Primary Language: English",
    "Interpretation Language: Arabic",
    "Qualifications: Attendees should be familiar with the Basel Core Principles for effective Banking Supervision (BCP). Familiarity with the IFSB banking standards is a plus.",
    "Designed for experienced individuals from banking regulatory and supervisory agencies (RSA) with at least 5 years of relevant experience.",
    "Typical attendees are involved in banking regulation and supervision, bank examinations, risk management, and financial sector surveillance.",
    "The program provides theoretical knowledge and practical skills across three focus areas.",
    "Reviewing and strengthening understanding of the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision and the IFSB's Core Principles for Islamic Finance Regulations-Banking Segment.",
    "Examining the interlinkages between the two standards.",
    "Learning the standards assessment methodologies.",
    "Reviewing the IMF-World Bank Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) and the role of standards assessments.",
    "Identifying relevant background information and learning best practices for data collection.",
    "Carrying out an overview of relevant institutional and macroeconomic conditions and market infrastructure.",
    "Carrying out analysis of preconditions for effective banking supervision.",
    "Conducting a detailed Principle-by-Principle assessment, including:",
    "Preparing a structured detailed assessment report and compliance table summarizing the results of the assessment and the recommended action plan.",
    "Engaging with the authorities and communicating findings effectively to stakeholders.",
    "Reviewing case studies of selected past FSAP assessments.",
    "Engaging in hands-on exercises that simulate real-world assessment scenarios, allowing participants to apply their knowledge in a controlled environment.",
    "Prepare aspiring financial stability assessors to undertake responsibilities of evaluating financial systems' stability and compliance with international standards.",
    "Equip participants with a robust understanding of international banking standards and practical skills to:",
    "Contribute to the overall aim of fostering resilient Islamic financial systems globally."
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