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customized training programs for
the Bank of Punjab on the topic of
“Banking on Equality: Reducing the
Gender Gap in Financial Inclusion”.
These online programs discussed
elements of SBP’s policy on Gen-
der Mainstreaming. The programs
were conducted by Mr. Umair Ah-
mad Senior Joint Director-SBP, Ms.
Faiqa Naseem, Deputy Director-
SBP and Mr. Shahid Iqbal, Subject
Specialist-NIBAF. The speakers
highlighted different concepts re-
lated to gender sensitization, the
importance of women in financial
inclusion and SBP initiatives /
schemes to facilitate easy adoption
of banking services by women.
5-Day Program on Risk Based
Awareness sessions for Supervision for Da Afghanistan
Customized training University Students Bank (DAB)

program on Policy Frame- Under the Corporate Social Re-
work for the Financial sponsibility (CSR), commercial SBP has adopted the Risk-Based Super-
vision(RBS) framework and has built the
Inclusion of Persons with banking team of NIBAF conducted necessary expertise in relevant team un-
Disabilities (PWDs) seminars /webinars for awareness der guidance of foreign technical assis-
of university students on various
important topics as summarized tance. On the exclusive request from Da
Millions of persons with disabilities below: Afghanistan Bank (DAB), NIBAF con-
ducted a five days’ comprehensive pro-
are able to work and thus contrib- gram for the central bankers of Afghani-
ute to the society. Despite this eco-  Seminar on Block Chain stan at Islamabad. The focus of the pro-
nomic contribution, they continue Technology for Federal gram was to help the participants de-
Urdu University-Karachi
to remain unbanked and excluded  Seminar on Anti-Money velop basic understanding of Risk-based
from the financial system. Since the Laundering for Iqra Uni- Supervisory regime. In the program par-
launch of the Policy for Financial In- versity-Islamabad ticipants learnt risk assessment method-
clusion of Persons with Disabilities  Seminar on Anti-Money ologies, risk monitoring tools, use of a
forward-looking risk-rating system and
(PWDs) by SBP in June 2021, NI- Laundering for Jinnah development of Risk based supervision
BAF is regularly offering training University for Women-Ka- policies. forward-looking risk-rating sys-
programs on the topic. In March rachi tem and development of Risk based su-
2022, NIBAF offered a customized  Webinar on Anti-Money pervision policies. SBP’s rationale and
Laundering for University
program on the topic for the Bank of Gujrat (UOG) experience of transitioning from compli-
of Punjab. The program was very ance-focused /transaction-based CAM-
successful and attended by large ELS approach to RBS was also dis-
cussed during the course.
number of participants from BOP.