Capacity-building opportunities
Capacity-building shapes our engagement with government partners long after trainings are over.
Our approach to capacity-building
We work primarily with central banks and government ministries to co-create a learning agenda that responds to the state of the market and the specific needs of their institutions. Depending on the policy or regulatory goal, we may also work with individuals from the private sector and from civil society.
Collaborating closely with our training and academic partners, we then provide scholarships for a course or series of courses that can help governments get closer to achieving their DFS-related policy and regulatory goals.
We also identify opportunities to deliver additional technical assistance and support participants upon the completion of their coursework.
We believe this approach creates the necessary momentum and conditions for meaningful and lasting regulatory change.
Our partners
We’ve partnered with leading institutions to offer high-quality courses on a range of topics.
All course are offered in English; many are available in French.
To learn more about these opportunities and how to apply, please contact us.
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at University of Cambridge
Course: Fintech and Regulatory Innovation
Audience: Financial regulators, supervisors, policymakers
Objectives: Understand the mechanics and applications of key innovative technologies employed in FinTech firms. Evaluate FinTech business models and respective regulatory and policy implications and responses. Utilize analytical tools to assess FinTech business models according to national objectives and capabilities. Assess the viability and suitability of an array of regulatory innovation initiatives and responses.
Duration: 8 weeks
Modality: Online
Language: English (with French-language tutorials available)
Digital Frontiers Institute (DFI)
Courses: Foundational courses in digital financial services and related topics
Audience: Policymakers, civil society, private sector
Objectives: Online courses on inclusive digital financial services (DFS) including DFS business models and relevant policy and regulatory tools. Courses include AML and Compliance, MSME Finance, Money Transfers, Digital Identity, Consumer Protection, among others. Offerings range from short topical courses to longer foundational ones.
Duration: 4-12 weeks depending on the course
Dates: Review the course schedule
Modality: Online
Language: English or French
Fletcher School Leadership Program for Financial Inclusion at Tufts University
Course: 8QM Training
Audience: Financial regulators, supervisors, policymakers
Objectives: Train policymakers and regulators in developing adaptive, innovative, and evidence-based policies. The syllabus is centered around the Eight Question Method for Policy Development (8QM). The 8QM provides a core framework through which financial inclusion problems are explored and diagnosed, solutions are considered and chosen, stakeholders are identified and strategically engaged, and, ultimately, lessons can be learned about policy implementation and impact.
Duration: 8 weeks
Modality: Hybrid (online during COVID-19)
Language: English or French
Toronto Centre
Course: Digital Financial Services Training for Policymakers and Regulators
Audience: Senior and mid-level financial sector supervisors, regulators, policymakers
Objectives: Program aimed at building capabilities among policymakers and financial regulators, for regulating and especially supervising DFS, particularly on FinTech and innovation; and on leveraging DFS to achieve financial inclusion, gender mainstreaming and other SDGs.
Duration: 4 weeks
Modality: Online
Language: English (with simultaneous translation into French available)
Women’s World Banking
Course: Leadership & Diversity Program for Regulators (LDR)
Audience: Senior officials (any gender) paired with high potential women
Objectives: Strengthen the role central bankers, other regulators and policymakers play in creating an enabling environment for women’s financial inclusion while building the pipeline of women leaders in central banks and other regulatory bodies. Each senior official (male or female) identifies a policy initiative to advance women’s financial inclusion and selects a high-potential woman leader from within their institution. The senior official and high-potential woman partner to design and implement the initiative. Senior executives also invest in the woman leader’s professional growth through mentorship and sponsorship.
Duration: 16 weeks
Modality: Online for 2022
Language: English
“This course has helped to understand the regulatory level and to get an idea of how other countries are approaching the matter.”
Geographic priorities
We are especially interested in supporting female applicants in the following countries:
Algeria
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Côte d'Ivoire
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Republic of the Congo
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Tunisia
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