Training Initiative for Banking Supervision: bringing together market practitioners and banking supervision experts 17 TH BSCEE CONFERENCE CROATIA DUBROVNIK May 2004 NBP National Bank of Poland

NBP 2 Agenda  A brief history of TIBS  Mission of TIBS  TIBS training approach  Achievements of TIBS  TIBS assessment  Benefits to the CEE region  Future of TIBS

NBP 3 A brief history of TIBS  Idea of organizing TIBS (2000)  Official estabilishment of TIBS (2001)  TIBS Coordinating Committee (2002)  Opening of TIBS web-site (2002)  End of TIBS pilot stage (2003)  Approval of the TIBS strategic plan for 2004 (2003)

NBP 4 Mission of TIBS  TIBS was established to:  promote profesional development of supervisors in CEE  share practical experiences and enhance supervisory practices in CEE  exchange information on institutional development, regulations, new risk assessment methods in CEE  capitalise on priror experiences and lessons learnt by supervisors, bankers, risk managers, and auditors  leverage practical, technical implementation of the Basle recommendations and other international standards

NBP 5 TIBS Target Group  International mix of supervisors from CEE countries and CIS  Middle management supervisory staff  Technical experts  Initially English speaking audience  Expansion to Russian speaking participants  Country-tailored bilateral special seminars

NBP 6 Key features of TIBS approach  Practitioners talk to practitioners  Based on real life case studies  Practical excercises and discussions  Good market practices from region and global  Collection of training materials and topical reading from various resources (CD ROM)  Present regional experience and not only Polish  Very intensive and interactive 5-days

NBP 7 Positioning TIBS: add technical seminars to existing senior level or general seminars for the CEE region and leverage regional experience BSCEE GROUP FSI

NBP 8 TIBS training approach POLISH EXPERIENCE GLOBAL EXPERIENCE REGIONAL EXPERIENCE SUPERVISORS MARKET PRACTITIONERS ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AD HOC COMPARATIVE RESEARCH CONTACTS FRIENDLY NETWORK

NBP 9 TIBS - a few statistics  Number of the seminars held so far:5  Total number of training days: 25  Number of represented countries: 23  Number of participants: 147

NBP 10 TIBS: Topics ( )  5 seminars on:  Foreign Exchange Risk: Regulations and Examination in Banks  Optimisation of Bank Inspection Process  Assessment of Banks' Credit Risk  Market Risk Regulation and Supervision  Optimisation of Banking Supervision Process Regulation and Examination: Regional Practices and Challanges (in Russian language)

NBP 11 Achievements of TIBS  23 Countries represented in TIBS seminars

NBP 12 Achievements of TIBS

NBP 13 Assessment of TIBS

NBP 14 TIBS calendar and budget  Twice a year: June and November, each 5 days  Preparation - 6 months or more: ca speakers  Try to respond to issues captured by PSQ  Funded by the National Bank of Poland (NBP):  no tuition fee  preparation and translation costs covered by NBP  local transportation, catering, accomodation paid by NBP  Initial help of the USAID, ended in 2003  Flat fee 300 EUR for certain seminars to cover part of the accomodation and catering costs

NBP 15 Benefits to the CEE region

NBP 16 TIBS - future projects and challenges  Is such forum needed in the future ?  Responding to major challenges ahead of CEE supervisors  further improvement of technical skills of supervisors in practical implementation of Core Principles and risk based supervision  Basle II practical implementation  IAS  Consolidated supervision  Strenghtening cooperation with FSI, JVI, Toronto Centre and BSCEE Supervisors in order to better serve the region  Further development of the TIBS web-site

NBP 17 Future of TIBS  Preliminary calendar of TIBS events:  Credit Risk Managment: The Banker’s and Regulator’s perspective (May 31 - June 4, 2004) IN RUSSIAN  Risk Based Supervision - Joint TIBS and National Bank of Ukraine seminar (Kiev September,2004)  Consolidated Supervision: Regulation, Analysis and Examination - Practical Implementation ( November 2004)  Problem Bank Supervison ( June, 2005)

NBP 18 Contact persons and information  Contact persons: Mrs. Agata Czamara Director of NBP Personnel Deptartment or Mr. Artur Radomski Head of Foreign Liaison and Training GINB or WEB SITE

NBP 19  Thank you very much for your attention