Toronto Centre - Strengthening Financial Sector Supervision and Regulation 2014-2016

This project aims to strengthen financial supervision and regulation in low-income countries and emerging markets to improve economic growth financial stability and access to finance. The project works to improve the ability of financial supervisors and regulators to contribute to their agencies’ crisis preparedness and promote change that leads to more sound and inclusive financial systems. This project supports the Toronto Centre which provides leadership courses and technical training for regulatory agencies in the financial sector with the goal of creating stronger financial systems in low-income countries and emerging-market economies. The Centre provides international regional and country short-term training programs and multi-year country capacity-building partnerships that are tailored to a country’s specific needs. This project also supports the Toronto Centre Community a forum that helps alumni apply what they have learned in real settings and a new stream of activity that delivers practical advice and analysis.

The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: (1) increased effectiveness of financial sector supervisory and regulatory personnel in developing countries; (2) enhanced supervisory and regulatory frameworks and associated policies are implemented through financial supervisory and regulatory agencies; (3) increased access by Toronto Centre program participants to the Toronto Centre Community to connect with counterparts and program leaders and directors; and (4) increased production and dissemination of applied research on financial sector supervision and regulation.