Regulation and Deregulation of the Financial System

June 16, 2009 (Tue) 10:00 – 13:00 (JST)

Asia-Pacific economies and their different financial regulatory systems have been impacted in different ways by the ongoing global financial crisis.

This seminar aims to share knowledge and experience from the Asia-Pacific, with its diverse policies and practices in financial regulation and deregulation providing sound bases for comparison and analyses.

SME Financing in the Asia-Pacific Region: Crisis and Countermeasures

June 8-10, 2009 10:00-17:30 (JST)
(open house throughout sessions)

This workshop/video conference event aims to help the audience to:

1. understand new trends and key challenges of SME financing in the Asia-Pacific region
2. define the role of government in SME financing
3. understand the institutional innovation of financial institutions, innovations in financial products and services to promote SME financing
4. understand trade financing and equity financing for SMEs
5. explore possible solutions in promoting SME financing

Microfinance Training of Trainers Course (MFTOT)

A Blended Distance Learning Course

July - October 2009

The Microfinance Training of Trainers Course is a unique blended learning program which incorporates CD-ROMs, web-based discussion and videoconference. Since 2005, 335 “graduates” from 36 countries have been accredited as certified microfinance distance learning course trainers.

Localization efforts are underway in many countries, and course materials have been translated into Chinese, Khmer, Lao, Thai, Vietnamese, Mongolian and Indonesian to increase accessibility.

Download the MFTOT6 brochure.pdf.

MFTOT incorporates Moodle as its learning management system. For more information, see http://mftot.jointokyo.org/.