Middle East Regional Technical Assistance Center
International Monetary Fund

Risk Management of Large and Medium-Sized Taxpayers

Remittances Data

Joint Workshop on Asymmetries in Bilateral Remittances Data

This joint workshop was organized by The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and METAC for balance of payments compilers of METAC and Gulf countries, specifically dedicated to the compilation of workers’ remittances.

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Operation of the International Transactions Reporting Systems

Medium Term Budget Framework

Developing the Government Securities Market

Islamic Banking

Basel III: Challenges and Implications for the Region

The workshop aimed to explain the main supervisory enhancements over the last few years, in particular the Basel III reforms in terms of liquidity and capital standards. The workshop discussed the challenges for implementing these reforms and the implications for banks and banking supervisors in the region. Some of the main topics that were presented during this workshop are: Basel III and the lessons learnt from the crisis; enhancing quality of capital under Basel III; assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement for global systemically important banks; liquidity risk management and measurement standards; macro-prudential tools and techniques; and Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) as an essential prerequisite for Basel III. The workshop tackled the issues from a practical perspective through practical examples and case studies.

• 01-Basel III and the Lessons Learnt from the crisis
• 02-Enhancing Quality of Capital under Basel III
• 03-New Capital Buffers and Risk-Weighted Assets under Basel III
• 04-Reforms in Financial Reporting and Accounting Standards after the Crisis
• 05-Global Systemically Important Banks Assessment Methodology and the Additional Loss Absorbency Requirement
• 06-Global Liquidity Measurement Standards
• 07a-Implementation of Basel II and III in Egypt Challenges and Implications for the Egyptian Banking Sector
• 07b-Basel II and III Commercial Banks' Perspective
• 08-Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP)
• 09-Enhancing Corporate Governance in response to the Financial Crisis
• 10-Good Practices for Sound Stress Testing
• 11-Macro-Prudential Tools and Techniques
• 12-Concluding Remarks
• 13-Case Studies
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Islamic Sukuk

The workshop focused on the following issues: Key Islamic Finance Principles; Islamic Finance Underpinnings for Issuing Securities; Government Funding Instruments under Islamic Finance; Legal and Regulatory Environment, the Sukuk Issuance Process; and Impact of Active Sukuk Market on Economic and Financial Development.

• Agenda Arabic & English
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• Presentation ENG Case Studies on Sukuk Issuance
• Presentation ENG Legal and Regulatory Framework Enviornment

Value-Added Tax