Twenty one participants from 14 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe attended the sixth edition of the Certificate in Law and Regulation of Inclusive Finance which ended on 27 January 2022.

The Certificate is organised by the University of Luxembourg’s Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance and Appui au Développement Autonome (ADA). It is further supported by the European Investment Bank (EIB) Institute and the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“For the EIB Group, it is particularly important to create a community of future counterparts at the time we are launching our new development branch, EIB Global”, said Henry von Blumenthal, acting Dean of the Institute.

The Certificate offers classes on regulatory supervision, law and ethics, investment vehicles and banking law, enabling an exchange between scholars, regulators and financial intermediaries, facilitating academic and non-academic cooperation. EIB Group staff teach courses on inclusive finance, microfinance at the EIB, banking law and impact measurement.

More than 100 professionals from central banks, regulators, the private sector or academia from developing countries have attended the classes since the beginning of the programme.

The next edition of the Certificate in Law and Regulation of Inclusive Finance is scheduled to take place in January 2023. The Institute has been cooperating for many years with the University of Luxembourg. Both parties renewed their cooperation in 2019.