Supporting the Development of a Bankers’ Association and a Financial Services Training Center
Objectives, ways and means of making a bankers’ association an effective advocate of industry concerns; establishing a sustainable bank training center in Iraq which offers an accredited training curriculum.

Panel Participants

• Moderator: Faleh Dawood Salman, Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq
• David Munro, Senior Banking Advisor, USAID Izdihar Project
• Mostafa Hodeib, President, Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences, Amman
• Dr. Fouad Shaker, Secretary General, Union of Arab Banks, Lebanon
• Walid Sharif, General Manager, Iraq Association of Securities Dealers

Topics Discussed

1. Role and functions of a bankers’ association
   1. Trade association
   2. Policy development: Input into draft legislation regarding the banking industry
   3. Advocacy
   4. Public relations
2. Training needs of the banking community
   1. Existing training institutions in Iraq and training curricula
   2. Programs offered by Izdihar/ICBG
3. Arab and foreign training institutions and the possibilities cooperation / collaboration
   1. The experience of neighboring countries (Bahrain, Lebanon, Jordan)
4. The development and activities of the Iraq Private Bankers’ League (IPBL)
5. The needs of a financial services training center:  Is it reasonable to expect such an institution to be self-sustaining and, if so, over what timeline?
   1. Recruiting and training faculty
   2. Exploring certification processes both within Iraq and from outside agencies

Reference Works

Salman, Faleh D. Presentation (Arabic).

Ruder, Cliff and Munro, David. “Financial Services Institution". IZDIHAR Concept Paper. March 2006.

USAID Izdihar/ICBG. "Iraq Company for Bank Guarantees (ICBG) Proposed Training Program through 2008" (English).

USAID Izdihar/ICBG. "Iraq Company for Bank Guarantees (ICBG) Training Results" (Arabic).

USAID Izdihar Project. "Training Courses 2006 - SME Development/Bank Lending" (English).

USAID Izdihar Project. "Training Courses 2006 - SME Development/Bank Lending". (Arabic)

USAID Izdihar Project. "Training Courses 2007 - SME Development/Bank Lending".  (English)

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