Program Description
This new leadership program is designed to increase your microfinance supervision knowledge and skills. The program will also explore the role of supervisors in developing financial service accessibility and fostering responsible and inclusive economies.
You will learn:
- Best practices for supervising microfinance institutions, village savings and loan groups, and other microfinance activities
- The implications of microfinance on financial stability, inclusion, and food security
- How to better protect consumers by preventing misconduct, improving transparency and disclosures, and increasing financial literacy
- The opportunities and challenges of emerging technologies on microfinance
This course will be taught by Toronto Centre program leaders who have a wealth of highly relevant experience to share with participants in order to help them carry out their work in line with international best practices and to address challenges that they may encounter in their supervisory and regulatory work.
PROGRAM FEE
Participants from ODA* Countries
Regular fee: US$1,300
Early bird fee: US$925 (available until May 16, 2025)
Participants from Non-ODA Countries
Program fee: US$1,600
No early bird discount is available
*Please refer to the Official Development Assistance (ODA) recipients list here.
REQUIRED PRE-READING
Pre-reading will be required. Materials will be sent out to registered participants at least two weeks before the program starts.
REGISTRATION PERIOD
Registration for this program will open shortly.
Who Should Attend
This program is aimed at senior and mid-level professionals from central banks, microfinance regulators and supervisors, and their reporting ministries from developing countries.
Others from government agencies responsible for aspects of microfinance, the finance ecosystem, the economy, or development and cooperation may also find the information of value.
Participants should have at least three years of working experience in regulation, supervision, analytical, or policy experience in microfinance, and be proficient in English.
- Microfinance institutions (MFIs)
- Village savings and loan groups
- Financial stability and inclusion
- Consumer protection measures
- Financial literacy
- Emerging technologies and their implications on microfinance
