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EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
During 2016, two certification and 64 training programs were
offered in a total of 103 days, which were attended by more
than 800 people.
Certification Program and Training Sessions Organized
Faculty members from Marmara University and voluntary
market professionals with training experience from the
financial leasing, factoring and financing companies offer
training within the frame of the Basic Expertise in Financial
Institutions Certification Program launched under a protocol
signed by and between AFI and Marmara University Continuing
Education Center.
A total of 25 participants from the three sectors received
training in 17 different topics, concentrated mainly on legal
aspects, accounting standards, credit risk management and
information on products offered by each sector. Following
an intensive professional training of a total of 108 hours,
participants received their certificates from the BRSA Chairman,
Mehmet Ali Akben.
Assets & Liabilities Management
Suggested to be taken by employees at any level, the program
is intended to give an introduction to banks’ balance sheet and
off-balance sheet items and income statement, along with
the skills to manage the risks involved in the financial world
with a profit-orientation, to give an insight into derivative
instruments, and to perform ratio analyses, trend analyses with
respect to assets and liabilities management and to determine
the strategy based thereupon. The course was attended by 9
people.
Trainer: Yenal Koçak
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) training deals with
the way individuals build and make sense of their inner
worlds based on the creation of their personal experiences,
the formulation of their thoughts and moods, and their
experiences. The course was attended by a total of 26 people.
Trainer: Ayşegül Ekmekçioğlu
Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on 14-16 October 2016.
During the symposium, participants submitted papers, made
presentations, and delivered speeches on suits for declaratory
relief and other issues of concern to the leasing industry.
About 170 people took part in the symposium, whose attendees
included the Supreme Court’s first vice president and president
of the General Assembly of Law; the heads, members, and
examining justices of the 19th Civil Chamber; the chief
justices of the 5th, 8 th, 9th , 11th, and 17th Commercial Courts;
representatives of the Banking Regulation and Supervision
Agency; the general director and representatives of the Credit
Bureau of Turkey; justices from TRNC Supreme and District
courts; and academicians and AFI Factoring Sector Board
representatives
6th Meeting of the Russian-Turkish Working Group on
Financial and Banking Cooperation
In response to an invitation received from the CBRT
Headquarters General Directorate for Banking and Financial
Institutions to attend the 6th meeting of the Russian-Turkish
Working Group on Financial and Banking Cooperation held in
Sochi on 10-11 November 2016 by the Joint Intergovernmental
Russian-Turkish Commission on Trade and Economic
Cooperation, AFI Board Member Alper Tunga Emecan and
Deputy Secretary General Vahit Altun were deputed to
represent the Association. Among the matters discussed during
the meeting were increasing the use of national currencies
to increase bilateral trade between Russia and Turkey and
the technical and practical issues involved in the creation
of mechanisms between the two countries’ central banks or
other financial institutions to achieve this. A memorandum
of understanding was signed in which the constructive and
valued opinions of both sides were noted and the appropriate
ministries of both countries were urged to consider the results
of the meeting.
The issues referred to in the joint memorandum of
understanding were discussed in detail at the first meeting of
the AFI Board of Directors held after the Sochi gathering and it
was noted that bilateral trade between the two countries would
be developed by companies that are AFI members.
The memorandum of understanding also says that the next
meeting will be held in İzmir.
2016 AFI operations
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