Banking Surveillance Department organized a half-day Workshop on “BASEL II” for State Bank of Pakistan’s officials of Banking Cluster on Monday, 12th March, 2007 at the SBP Learning Resource Centre, Karachi. As a part of its ongoing efforts to the capacity building of State Bank of Pakistan’s officials, the Director-BSD invited Mr. Christian Marlier, Sr. Director & Head of CRO, Fortis Group, Brussels, who is also a former Director, Credit Risk Management and Fortis Representative for Working Group on Basel II Implementation, to conduct the Workshop.

The aim of the Workshop was to get in round SBP officials to familiarize them with Basel II: Risk Model Validation, its impact on regulatory authorities & their role and Basel II compliance. Total 25 officers from Banking Cluster including the Banking Inspection (On-site) Department, Off-site Supervision & Enforcement Department, SME & Microfinance Department, Islamic Banking Department and Banking Surveillance Department participated in the said Workshop.

At the end of the Workshop, Mr. Christian invited the participants to a Question & Answer session in which participants shared their views and knowledge gained during the session.

Mr. Christian made the following Presentation during the half-day session

• Basel II : Risk Model Validation - Quiet Revolution in the Supervisory World    (Size in PPT 2 MB)