Day 1: Monday, December 10, 2018
Welcome | Video Introductory and key-note remarks for the training, including an overview of learning objectives and the training agenda. |
Session 1: National Financial Inclusion Strategies Overview | Video | PDF This session provides an overview of the NFIS development and operationalization process in the context of key barriers to financial inclusion and the potential for digital approaches to accelerate progress. |
Session 2: NFIS Development Process - Overview | Video | PDF This session explores how to identify and engage NFIS stakeholders during the development process, as well as identify an appropriate drafting model, roadmap and conduct preparatory work. Experiences and insights from the experiences of several countries are explored and discussed. |
Session 3: NFIS Development Process – Learning from Peru, Jamaica and Indonesia | Video | PDF 1 | PDF 2 | PDF 3 Representatives from Peru, Jamaica and Indonesia present an overview and lessons learned from the NFIS development experience in each country – including related to data and diagnostics, stakeholder engagement, and approval processes - followed by a discussion and Q&A. |
Session 4: Data and Diagnostics for NFIS Development | Video | PDF 1 | PDF 2 | PDF 3 Presenters highlight key global data sources and diagnostic tools for evidence-based NFIS development, including the Global Findex, CGAP Smallholder Household Surveys and the Enterprise Surveys. |
| Session 5: NFIS Development Process - Activity Participants map relevant stakeholders, draft an initial NFIS roadmap, and identify data and diagnostic gaps. |
Session 6: NFIS Policy Area – Credit Infrastructure | Video | PDF This session explores the role of credit infrastructure in advancing financial inclusion – with a focus on MSME finance - as well as various policy, regulatory and supervisory actions to consider in the context of an NFIS. |
Session 7: NFIS Policy Area - Regulating Fintech | Video | PDF This session explores how to leverage and regulate FinTech to advance financial inclusion, including various approaches to help enable innovation for greater access, usage and quality of financial products and services. |
Day 2: Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Session 8: NFIS Template and Key Components - Overview | Video | PDF This session guides participants through a template to facilitate the drafting of a comprehensive and action-oriented NFIS. Topics include crafting an effective vision, baseline assessments and analysis of policy areas, barriers and gaps, and discussion of how to use these elements to develop action plans and M&E frameworks. |
Session 9: NFIS Template and Key Components – Learning from Peru, Jamaica and Indonesia | Video | PDF1 | PDF2 | PDF3 Representatives from Peru, Jamaica and Indonesia present an overview and lessons learned from the NFIS drafting experience in each country – including related to formulating policy objectives, determining key actions, and designing governance arrangements - followed by a discussion and Q&A. |
Session 10: NFIS Policy Area - Digital Payments | Video | PDF This session explores the role of digital payments in advancing financial inclusion, including potential policy, regulatory and supervisory actions to consider for an NFIS. The session explores the CPMI-WBG Payment Aspects of Financial Inclusion framework, highlighting, among other topics, agent-based models, the role of non-banks, and digitization of government payments. |
| Session 11: NFIS Template and Key Components - Activity Participants initiate drafting of a NFIS vision, objectives, policy areas and core targets, including through the use of key tools and templates. |
Session 12: NFIS Policy Area – Financial Consumer Protection | Video | PDF This session explores the role of financial consumer protection in advancing financial inclusion, with special attention to consumer risks in fintech. Topics include potential policy, regulatory and supervisory actions to consider for an NFIS. Presenters highlight key elements of the Good Practices for Financial Consumer Protection, 2017 edition. |
Session 13: NFIS Policy Area – Documentation Barriers | Video | PDF This session explores how documentation requirements can contribute to financial exclusion, and outline effective, risk-based approaches to meet financial integrity and financial inclusion objectives as well as the role of digital identification. |
Session 14: NFIS Policy Area – Financial Capability | Video | PDF This session explores the role of financial capability in advancing financial inclusion, and actions to explore when considering an NFIS. Topics include effective approaches for financial education, and areas to consider for an NFIS. |
Day 3: Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Session 15: Operationalizing an NFIS - Overview | Video | PDF This session provides an overview and guidance on how to operationalize key NFIS elements. Topics include establishing and convening related NFIS governance arrangements, initiating and implementing the action plan, and operationalizing the NFIS M&E system. |
Session 16: Operationalizing an NFIS – Learning from Peru, Jamaica and Indonesia | Video | PDF 1 | PDF 2 | PDF 3 Representatives from Peru, Jamaica and Indonesia present an overview and lessons learned from NFIS implementation in each country – including related to establishing the M&E system, operationalizing governance arrangements, and implementing key actions - followed by a discussion and Q&A. |
| Session 17: Operationalizing an NFIS - Activity Participants operationalize learnings from the previous session. Topics include developing a robust theory of change for NFIS actions, action plan tracking, and collecting and monitoring outcomes and national progress. A range of operational tools for a NFIS Secretariat are explored. |
Session 18: NFIS Policy Area – Insurance and Pensions | Video | PDF This session explores the role of insurance and pensions in advancing financial inclusion – including particular challenges and opportunities with respect to digital/fintech models - and actions to explore when considering an NFIS. |
Session 19: NFIS Policy Area – Regulation and Supervision of Non-Bank Financial Institutions | Video | PDF This session explores how proportional regulation and supervision of non-bank financial institutions (e.g. microfinance institutions and financial cooperatives) can advance financial inclusion, highlighting the 2016 Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Guidance on the Application of the Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision to the Regulation and Supervision of Institutions Relevant to Financial Inclusion. |
Session 20: NFIS Policy Area – Reaching Rural and Agricultural Consumers | Video | PDF This session explores the particular challenges of reaching rural and agricultural consumers, highlighting the roles of various providers, policy approaches and spatial challenges. |
| Session 21: Next Steps for an NFIS Participants share their plans for NFIS development and operationalization and solicit feedback from peers and World Bank experts. |
| Wrap-Up & Closing Remarks Speaker: Alfonso Garcia Mora |
NFIS Training Conference Participants - (c) World Bank 2018