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Date Training Session Location
15-16 October 2015
Leadership Skills for Board Directors
The training targets senior staff members who are nominated as Directors or Board Members in portfolio companies or may prospectively take a board position in future. We updated the course design together with the Institute of Directors (UK), using the vast and profound feedback from all EDFI delegates over the last years.
Cologne, Germany
10-11 November 2016
Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets Training: Financial Institutions
Training on: (i) general corporate governance principles, (ii) specific corporate governance risks and challenges to financial institutions, (iii) principles and use of the EDFI Corporate Governance Toolkit for Banks, NBFIs and MFIs in FMO’s investment process and (iv) making the corporate governance business case. Interested delegates can register by contacting Jasper Veel, Corporate Governance Office, FMO, at J.Veel@fmo.nl.
The Hague, The Netherlands
10-11 November 2015
Nominee Directors Network Annual Meeting
Annual training organized by IFC for its nominee directors and open to other DFIs’ nominee directors
Washington DC, USA
7-12 January 2015
Governance and Risk Management Practices for the Financial Markets in the 21st Century
Corporate governance in the 21st century; Directors’ duties: From Shareholders to Stakeholders; Creating an ethical culture; Planning Succession;Board effectiveness;The Board and Strategy; Risk Management Case studies
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
20-21 April 2015
Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets Training: Family-owned companies
Training on: (i) general corporate governance principles, (ii) specific corporate governance aspects of family-owned companies, (iii) principles and use of the EDFI/FMO Rapid Risk Screening Tool for unlisted, listed (family-owned) corporates in FMO’s investment process and (iv) making the corporate governance business case
The Hague, The Netherlands
20-21 May 2015
IFC ASIA NOMINEE DIRECTOR WORKSHOP
For IFC External Nominees, IFC Staff, and Potential Nominee Directors: Most of the workshop will focus on Corporate Governance Topics and your role as a director. It will largely be a case-study driven program, designed for maximum discussion and to draw learning experiences from one another. You will also hear perspectives from senior IFC staff, as well as sessions on internal policies and need to know information for you as an IFC Nominee.
Hong Kong
9-10 June 2016
Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets
FMO’s Corporate Governance team cordially invites you to attend a training course on Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets to be held June 9-10 at the NH Hotel in the Hague. The training will combine formal presentations, with interactive sessions. Participants will work in groups to analyse the case of a family-owned company using the EDFI Corporate Governance Toolkit, and complement the analysis with a role play exercise. The fee for the training course is 850 EUR. For registration and additional logistical information please contract Marcella Boelhouwer-Van Schijndel at M.Boelhouwer@fmo.nl.
The Hague, The Netherlands
7-9 September 2016
Leadership Skills for Board Directors
The revised three day-course provides an interactive setting for directors and senior portfolio managers who want to learn the basic concepts of Corporate Governance and the roles and responsibilities of a board director and wish to elaborate their knowledge of respective conflicts of interests, and especially best practice in solving and handling them, in an emerging markets environment. Interested delegates can register by contacting helga.jerusalem@deginvest.de before July 15.
Cologne, Germany
12-14 December 2016
Nominee Directorship Workshop
The IFC Nominee Directorship Workshop will focus on the IFC's expectations from new/recent nominees, reporting and communication, recognition and management of existing and potential conflicts of interest, indemnification and D&O protections, E&S, and IDD, Sanctionable Practices and AML/CFT. This year’s faculty includes both internal and external speakers. The IFC has partnered with the Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution (CEDR) from the UK for the last several years to lead the discussions on leadership skills. Professor Ulrich Steger will lead the overall program.
Washington DC, USA
27-28 April 2017
IIC’s Annual Corporate Governance Symposium
In the Corporate Governance Symposium for Family Businesses, you will learn through theory, case studies and group activities, about the differences between the roles and responsibilities of owners, family members (those in as well as out of management), and executives, and you will explore key factors to consider in succession planning. Moreover, you will study strategies to ensure fluid communication and support in family relations and explore practices adopted by other business-owning families who successfully overcame difficult governance challenges.
Cartagena, Colombia
8-9 June 2017
Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets: Family-Owned Companies
Training will combine formal presentations with interactive sessions as well as the practical application of the FMO's Corporate Governance toolkit, designed to assess corporate governance of your investee companies to ultimately end up with a tailor-made action plan. The course will cover: the nuts and bolts of corporate governance; (ii) corporate governance in emerging markets; (iii) the FMO's approach to corporate governance and an introduction to the FMO's Corporate Governance Toolkit; (iv) the special governance risks and opportunities of family-controlled companies; (v) case studies and a role play exercise. The course is open to staff of EDFI’s (and other DFIs, by request) and the cost for attending is Euro 950.00. Please contact Marcella at M.Boelhouwer-Van.Schijndel@fmo.nl on how to register.
The Hague, The Netherlands
7-8 June 2018
Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets: Family-Owned Companies
Training will combine formal presentations with interactive sessions as well as the practical application of the FMO's Corporate Governance toolkit, designed to assess corporate governance of your investee companies to ultimately end up with a tailor-made action plan. The course will cover: the nuts and bolts of corporate governance; (ii) corporate governance in emerging markets; (iii) the FMO's approach to corporate governance and an introduction to the FMO's Corporate Governance Toolkit; (iv) the special governance risks and opportunities of family-controlled companies; (v) case studies and a role play exercise. The course is open to staff of EDFI’s (and other DFIs, upon request) and the cost for attending is Euro 1250.00. Please contact Marcella at M.Boelhouwer-Van.Schijndel@fmo.nl for information on how to register.
The Hague, Netherlands
9-10 October 2018
Corporate Governance for Financial Institutions
The interactive training, which will be delivered jointly by David Risser from Nestor Advisors and FMO’s CG Specialists, will take place on Tuesday, October 9th (half day) and Wednesday, October 10th (full day) at the Babylon Meeting Centre in The Hague. Our methodology will combine formal presentations with interactive sessions as well as the practical application of the FMO's CG toolkit, designed to assess CG of your investee companies to ultimately end up with a tailor-made action plan. We typically receive staff from other EDFIs, so the course will also provide you with an opportunity to network with colleagues from our partner institutions. We implemented our revised CG toolkit earlier this year and this training provides the ideal opportunity to learn all about it. You can register through the FMO Academy and come learn techniques to better understand the governance of your clients, and how you can add value in this area. Feel free to contact Jasper Veel on j.veel@fmo.nl for any content-related questions, or our FMO Academy colleagues for any questions related to registration and materials.
The Hague, The Netherlands