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In three days 27-29/10/2011 Microfinance and Community Development Institute (MACDI) successfully held a short-course "Risk management for microfinance institutions". The course has provided significant knowledge and skills for practitioners from microfinance institutions to develop and improve the quality of risk management processes of the organization and focus on preventing problems potential problem as well as early identification and control problems. Learners were provided with guidelines for the establishment of activities to support microfinance institutions identify risks, design and control, and monitoring effectively operation of the organization. Through case studies, group discussions and practical exercises, students would better grasp on the definition as internal control, fraud, internal audit and external audit.

Two teachers (primary and support) are experts in the field of microfinance and banking. With many years experience as a consultant for international organizations (WB, ADB, IMF, ...), performing assessment of operation and capacity of financial institutions, microfinance and SMEs, the teachers have conveyed the deep knowledge, observations and directly related to the operation of the organization. The course participants will feel that the course gave them a lot of knowledge and practical skills to help further expand the understanding of aspects of microfinance. The training course "Risk management for microfinance institutions" extremely important for financial institutions in general and especially with the microfinance organization of young in the creation of a summary of the risks likely to encounter and develop a schedule of internal audit.


Upon completion, 100% of the participants could implement an action plan, setting appropriate effective methods to reduce potential risks in the financial activities of the organization. Furthermore, they realized the importance of identifying problem "Risk in microfinance activities" more properly to match the actual operation of the organization and individual unit currently and future.


Finally, the students were awarded certificate on accomplish training course "Risk Management for Microfinance organizations".

This course is one of essential course that MACDI will focus and further expansion with the desire to meet the training needs of the officers come from financial institutions, credit institutions, NGOs ... domestically and internationally.


 MACDI - Training Workshop of Risk Management in MFIs

         

          

           Event type: Training Workshop

           Location: Hanoi, Vietnam

           Time: 02-04/10/2011

 COURSE OVERVIEW

Financial institutions have been formally managing their risks from inception. But the perception of risk management is fundamentally changing within these institutions. No longer is it seen purely as a control mechanism – but as a critical input into the basic business question: am I earning enough revenue out of this transaction to compensate me for the additional risks I am taking on?

This concept permeates all the leading financial institutions. Every transaction needs to be assessed in terms of the increase in risk to the institution, with the assurance that the pricing of that transaction will generate a suitable return. Budgets should be allocated, and performances measured, on the basis of revenue earned per unit of risk generated. Such a risk culture is reinforced by the new Basel Accord, due to be implemented in many countries by the end of the decade. This requires the banks to allocate regulatory capital against the major components of risk, using regulatory or, more likely, internal models.

In the current economic downturn, many financial institutions lost large amounts of money and had to be assisted by governments. Was this a failure of risk management, and if so, why? This course will discuss what happened, and how some institutions actually came out of the credit crisis with enhanced reputations.

This three-day course helps microfinance institutions develop and improve the quality of their own risk management processes and focuses on problem prevention and early problem identification and control. Participants are provided with guidelines for establishing operational activities that assist an MFI to identify its vulnerabilities, design and implement controls, and monitor the effectiveness of controls. Through exercises, group discussions, and case studies, participants review concepts such as internal controls, fraud, and internal and external audit.

COURSE OBJECTIVE

  • Analyze the historical volatility of foreign exchange (FX), interest rate and deposits in order to better understand the reasons for these variables’ behavior.
  • Construct measurements of FX, interest rate, and liquidity risk.
  • Devise stress scenarios and tests for FX, interest rate, and liquidity risk.
  • Quantify the tradeoff between risk and reward in order to define their institution’s risk appetite.
  • Set limits for FX, interest rate, and liquidity risk levels, and understand some strategies to monitor and limit these risks.
  • Develop all necessary reports to monitor risk limits.
  • Analyze a balance sheet for inherent asset and liability risks, with a focus on liability management.
  • Create an aggregate risk profile and internal audit schedule.
  • Describe the skills necessary for managers involved in financial risk management.
  • Define the roles and responsibilities of different committees such as the asset liability committee (ALCO) or Risk Management Committee, with regard to asset liability and financial risk management.

 COURSE OUTLINE

  • Risk Management
    • The key areas of risk for an MFI
    • Risk management – components and definitions
    • A systematic process for risk management
    • Preventive, detective, and corrective controls
  • We Are the Institution
    • Mission and core values of an MFI
    • Institutional values and their relation to an MFI’s operations
    • Barriers to institutionalizing values
    • The role of people in risk management
    • Key elements in effective risk management
  • Tools for Risk Management
    • Human Resource policies and mitigating risks
    • Preventive actions to mitigate risks
    • Proper separation of job functions
    • Using policies and procedures to mitigate risks
    • The critical role of the information system in risk management
  • Business Cycles, Risks, and Internal Controls
    • Mitigating Risks – Implementing Corrective Controls and Moving Forward

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    • Using the cycle approach to identify risk areas and need for internals controls
    • Objectives and purpose of internal controls
    • Characteristics of effective controls
    • Limitations of IC and how to compensate for them
  • Internal Audit
    • The difference between internal and external audits
    • The role of internal audit in the internal control system
    • Characteristic internal audit activities
    • How to use internal audit results
  • External Audit
    • The role of external audit in risk management
    • Planning and coordinating external audit activities
    • Formulating terms of reference (ToR) and establishing scope for an external audit
    • Selecting quality external auditors
    • Evaluating audit results and planning for appropriate corrective action

1.      Corrective controls and their role in risk management

2.      The dynamic process of risk management

  • Action Plan, Evaluation, and Closure

 

INTENDED AUDIENCE

 

This course is recommended for Executive Directors, Finance Managers, Credit Managers, Credit Officers, Operation Managers, Branch Managers, and Board Members from Microfinance NGOs, credit unions, banks, and other financial institutions.

TRAINING METHOD:

This course will combine 3 main methods include:

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    • Participant get centered : All training activities have taken participant to the center with training methods open discussion, flexible, non-imposing;
    • Training with co-participate methods: improving ability, knowledge of participant and encourage learning from the two. The training with co-participate will create opportunities to trainer can guide to monitor directly and give detail instruction for each participant in this course to apply into their work. Creative and brain storming;
    • Learning through experience and case study exercise: The process of work will allow participant to self-design and operation management for organization with high practice to develop organization and improving capacity.


FACILITATORS

Dr. Do Thi Kim Hao is a financial and economic specialist with 18 years experience in working within the financial service and economic development industries. She has extensive knowledge in the areas of education, training and development, as well as financial and economic policy reform, financial and economic appraisal, investment theory, risk management, credit assessment, project finance, and micro-enterprise finance.  She has assessed training needs of financial service companies and designed and developed training products and services that address the training needs identified.  In addition she has published articles on such topics as Interest Rate Risk in Vietnam Commercial Banks, Re-pricing Model for measuring Interest Rate Risk, Using Financial Derivatives to hedge Interest Rate Risk, and Financial Investment and Loan Program in Japan for such publications as the Banking Science & Training Review and the Banking Review

MA. Trần Thị Thanh Hương (chia sẻ kinh nghiệm) is an expert in risk management in Banking. She has 5 year working experience in the position of Head department of Risk Management with Viet Nam Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development. She used to be chief development of Microfinance Project with the bank of Agriculture & Rural Development Bank.

Program detail:

Venue: Hà nội

Language : Vietnamese

Dated : 02-04/10/2011

Size: Maximum is 30 people.

CERTIFICATE

The participants who attend fully 3 day training course will be awarded a certificate of the training course from Microfinance and Community Development Institute

COURSE FEE

Participants will contribute a fee of 280$/ per person (This course fee will be include  only lunch throughout whole training course but not include transportation, accommodation  and other expenses of participants)

Payment of the fee: By cash or bank transfer to MACDI’s bank account at least 3 days before the course started.

Bank account information detail:

Account name: Viện tài chính vi mô và phát triển cộng đồng

Account number: 11025487 – Tại ngân hàng VP bank chi nhánh 152 Thụy Khuê, Hà nội

Further information, please contact:

Mrs.: Nguyễn Diễm Phương

Phone: 043.7590344

DĐ: 0983757122

Email: macdivn@gmail.com

 

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