July 29 - August 2, 2024

From July 29 to August 2, 2024, the course on Risk-Based Banking Supervision, jointly organized with the People’s Bank of China (PBC), took place in Dalian. In addition to 30 participants from the PBC and the National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA), the course also welcomed 10 participants from the national banks and financial regulatory agency in Georgia, Mongolia, Pakistan, and Tajikistan.

This course was delivered by Mr. Roland Raskopf and Mr. P. R. Ravi Mohan from the Monetary and Capital Markets Department at the IMF. It presented the fundamentals and goals of risk-based supervision (RBS), its challenges, and factors central to its success. It introduced the RBS approach and challenges for effective implementation of RBS in prudential regulations and supervisory processes, RBS assessment methodologies of banks’ financial soundness, with highlights on governance and risk management frameworks, as well as various risk domains including the credit, liquidity, market, and operational. Combining lectures and interactive workshops and role play exercises, the course provided guidance for supervisors to decide relevant supervisory priorities and early intervention measures to address bank fragilities. The course received excellent feedback from the participants.