Capacity Development Program on Preparing for Financial Inclusion Strategy Implementation under the Financial Inclusion for the Arab Region Initiative (FIARI)

What is the training program about?

This Capacity Development Program is focused on preparing for financial inclusion strategy implementation at the country level.  As part of the FIARI initiative, it is jointly conducted by the GIZ, AMF, and AFI.

What are the objectives of this training program?

At the end of the training program, participants will achieve the following:

• Contribute to establishing an effective governance and national coordination structure that will successfully galvanize multi-stakeholder collaboration for the formulation and implementation of National Financial Inclusion Strategies (NFIS).
• Enhance analytical skills to contribute to the development of Financial Inclusion Data Frameworks and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Frameworks to collect, analyze and use data in preparation for the implementation of NFIS.
• Understand the role of Digital Financial Services (DFS) in advancing financial inclusion and how to leverage them.
• Learn approaches to ensuring NFIS meet the needs of the whole population, including women, as well as marginalized groups such as FDPs.

Who should attend?

Technical level staff from AFI / AMF member and GIZ partner institutions (central banks and ministries of finance) in the Arab region who are closely involved in the development and implementation of National Financial Inclusion Strategies (NFIS).