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The Covid-19 scenario significantly impacted of NIBAF Karachi trainings, as stated in the
regular trainings throughout FY21 as uncertainty beginning, remained the capacity building of SBP
prevailed. In October 2020, F2F trainings were staff during Q3-FY21. In sum, 86 trainings were
allowed but halted again in December 2020, conducted in Q3-FY21 comprising 107 training
making it difficult to follow the announced calendar. days, all of them except one were VILTs.
As a result, Q2-FY21 witnessed a drop in both Most of the trainings were derived from NIBAF
number of trainings as well as total number of Training Strategy 2020-21, comprising all three
training days. Particularly, many scheduled trainings categories. In Soft Skills category, ‘Managing
were forced to be abandoned. This situation led to Anger, Fear & Anxiety during and after Covid-19’,
plan Q3-FY21 on VILT mode only. Accordingly, Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), ‘Virtual Team
many trainings in Soft Skills category have been Building’, ‘Art of Persuasion’, ‘Mindfulness’,
redesigned; converted into VILTs from F2F. Besides, ‘Sustaining Happiness’, ‘Negotiation and Conflict
more full-day trainings were planned during Q3- Resolution’, were among the few. Besides, few topics
FY21 compared to previous quarters.
were selected on the basis of challenges faced by
Regarding trainings for PSPC staff, first-ever the society like ‘Embracing Diversity’, ‘Workplace
training of the trainers (TOT) module was Harassment’, ‘Workplace Ethics’, etc.
successfully conducted during Q3-FY21. Besides, the In central banking functional areas, almost every
Banking Services Corporation (SBP BSC) has begun topic was considered like ‘Shariah Audit &
FY21 trainings in third quarter, started with soft skill Compliance’, ‘IFRS 9’, ‘Problem Bank Management’,
trainings using virtual platform followed by trainings ‘Micropayment Gateway’, ‘Basel Current
in functional areas as well as IT Skills category. In Challenges & New Developments’, ‘Cyber Security’,
total 8 trainings consisting of 11 days were held in ‘Economic Policy Response of Covid 19’, ‘Artificial
Q3-FY21 for BSC.
Intelligence in Financial Markets’, ‘Cloud & Digital
In addition, the module for capacity building of Financial Services’, etc. In IT Skills category,
senior management, ‘Executive Skills for Leaders’ emerging areas were given priority like
started in Q3-FY21 with its first part on ‘Mastering ‘Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Basics
Delegations’; a two-day virtual intervention, for Central Bankers’, ‘Advanced MS Excel’, ‘ECM &
involving 11 directors of SBP. The intervention went BPM’, ‘Power BI Desktop’, ‘MS Power Pivot’, ‘MS
good as all participants were involved in active Power Query’, etc.
discussions throughout two days. The largest portion
Trainings at NIBAF Karachi
129
103 101
78 71
63
Q1-FY21 Q2-FY21 Q3-FY21
Total Number of Training Total Number of Training Days
21
