The Financial institution of Ghana has received the Monetary Inclusion Institutional Management Award 2023 of the Alliance for Monetary Inclusion (AFI).
The award, which was given on the simply ended AFI 2023 International Coverage Discussion board (GPF) held in Manila, Philippines from twelfth – fifteenth September 2023, and hosted by the central financial institution of the Philippines (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) was in recognition of the Financial institution’s pioneering function in selling monetary inclusion and mental contributions to AFI Information Merchandise and Coverage Pointers.
By the Financial institution’s illustration on all seven Working Teams (WGs) of AFI, three of which it chairs, it contributes considerably to look evaluations of member jurisdictions’ coverage and regulatory frameworks and helps to form enabling coverage and regulation of varied pillars of monetary inclusion.
The Financial institution has additionally hosted numerous AFI peer studying trade programmes the place it has supplied coaching for members of the AFI community.
The award was obtained in Manila, Philippines on fifteenth September 2023 on behalf of the Financial institution by the Second Deputy Governor, Mrs. Elsie Addo Awadzi, who additionally chairs AFI’s Gender Inclusive Finance Committee.
The Alliance for Monetary Inclusion is a coverage management alliance owned and led by member central banks and monetary regulatory establishments with the frequent goal of advancing monetary inclusion at nation, regional and worldwide ranges.
Its eighty-five (85) member establishments come from over eighty (80) rising and growing international locations.
The GPF is an annual flagship occasion of AFI, organized to share experiences of monetary inclusion implementations of member international locations, assess influence of monetary inclusion insurance policies, socio-economic developments, and international monetary requirements on monetary inclusion, and make new coverage dedication on monetary inclusion to deal with noticed challenges.
The theme of the 2023 GPF was ‘’ Stability, Sustainability, and Inclusivity for Shared Prosperity’’ and emphasised the significance of monetary inclusion and sustainable improvement for financial and monetary stability.
The discussion board was attended by over 700 contributors from member establishments, international monetary sector commonplace setting our bodies and different coverage makers.