Program Overview

Today’s business environment is characterized by increasing complexities and uncertainties. The challenges resulting from climate change, geopolitical tensions, war, technological disruptions, COVID-19, trade tariff complexities, and numerous other factors are issues that are confronting the business environment. In addition to these challenges, most African economies are facing macroeconomic issues, including inflation and fluctuations in exchange rates. All these factors have enormous risk implications on the lending and operational activities of development finance institutions, even as DFIs are expected to play a counter-cyclical role in difficult times. The Risk Management Forum is designed to discuss traditional and emerging risk issues affecting the operations of DFIs in recent times, to enhance risk management practices within African DFIs, and maintain operational continuity. The delegates will also share insight into the various countries’ risk regulatory frameworks and best practices.

Objectives

• The Forum will examine the conceptual positioning of Risk Management across all lines of defence, the value-adding practices, structures, reporting, and reviews, and the adoption of new ‘aids’, both technological and conceptual, to increase the knowledge and use of metrics to support these practices.
• Facilitating knowledge exchange and peer learning among African DFIs.
• Strengthening collaboration and partnerships on risk-related issues.

Furthermore, the forum will:

• Facilitate ongoing discussions on risk management challenges in DFIs and explore how to effectively link risk management practices with strategy execution to strengthen DFIs.
• Challenge Risk managers to adopt innovative and technological approaches to enhance their risk management, lending, and monitoring programmes. Including strategies and risk approaches that adopt technology, robotics, and the use of AI to improve efficiencies while managing the risk within DFI’s risk acceptable levels.
• Unlock benefits to individual DFIs through the implementation of relevant thematic programmes and,
• Provide a platform for knowledge sharing and engagement for risk management actors in African DFIs in embedding the risk management role, practices, and tools to bring effectiveness in the operations and sustainability of DFIs.

Contents

• Understanding different types of risks:
  • Financial risks (credit, market, liquidity)
  • Operational risk management (cybersecurity, fraud, etc.). 
  • Non-financial risk: Environmental and social risk management (climate change, supply chain risks, reputational risk, etc.).
• Risk assessment and measurement
• Risk mitigation strategies
• Regulations and guidelines
• Governance and compliance issue
• Emerging risks: climate change, digital technologies,cybersecurities, geopolitical shifts
• Risk management strategy formulation and execution (Practical)
• Case studies and practical applications

Program Administration

1. The AADFI Directorate will administer the workshop.
2. AADFI training activities are governed by rules to facilitate maximum learning and foster good relations among participants, instructors, and the Workshop Directorate. Below are the relevant extracts of the regulations for this workshop:
   • The nomination of a candidate is deemed to imply their readiness to comply with the advice of the instructors and the Workshop Directorate.
   • Participants must promptly and regularly attend all sessions, including group meetings.

Participants’ Expenses and Payment of Fees

1. Frais d'inscription

Please contact AADFI Training Unit at : training@adfi-ci.org / info@adfi-ci.org

2. Inscription

The fee does not cover participants’ hotel accommodation, airfare, and other personal expenses.

3. Politique d’annulation

Les frais d’inscription au programme ne sont pas remboursables en cas de non-participation au programme. Toutefois, ils pourront être utilisés pour un programme futur dont les frais d’inscription sont équivalents et dont la tenue est prévue au cours de l’année suivante.

Par ailleurs, les frais d’inscription déjà versés ne seront pas remboursés ou ne serviront pas à financer un autre programme de l’AIAFD si l’institution dont relève un participant inscrit n’avise pas par écrit l’Association de son retrait soit 20 jours ouvrables avant la date de début du programme.

Nonetheless, the nominating institution reserves the right to replace a registered staff with another staff 20 working days before the start of the training.

L’AIAFD prend des mesures pour s’assurer que les programmes qu’elle annonce se tiennent. Mais, dans des circonstances indépendantes de sa volonté, l’Association se réserve le droit d’annuler ou de reporter les dates de ses programmes. En pareil cas, les participants seront informés en conséquence.

4. Hébergement à l’hôtel

Les frais de voyage, d’hébergement et de collation, y compris les dépenses personnelles, sont à la charge des participants. Toutefois, des négociations sont en cours avec des hôtels de la place. Les tarifs négociés relatifs à l’hébergement et la restauration seront communiqués aux participants en temps opportun.

Documents et préparatifs de voyage

Depending on participant’s status, a visa et international vaccination certificate are required to enter Côte d’Ivoire. For participants from countries that require visas to enter Côte d’Ivoire, the necessary documents and procedures for the processing of entry visas will be provided when the Acceptance Letter is dispatched.

Please note that the AADFI cannot directly procure visas for any prospective applicant. Therefore, participants are advised to forward their nomination forms early so that they can commence necessary travel arrangements in good time.

1. International Vaccination

The International Vaccination Certificate (Yellow Fever Vaccination Card) is also required to enter Côte d’Ivoire.