6 months | part-time | online
Certified Expert in Microfinance (CEMF)
Are you familiar with tools and techniques for improving the operations of an MFI? Are you looking for chances to improve your skills and knowledge in the area of microfinance in a flexible study pace? This course is an excellent and comprehensive qualification for microfinance practitioners. It prepares you for the challenge of serving your clients in changing and increasingly competitive environments.
6 months | part-time | online
Certified Expert in Islamic Microfinance (CEIM)
In the growing area of Islamic microfinance, a diverse skillset is required. Professionals have to be knowledgeable in traditional retail banking, in the ethics of Islamic finance and in the relevant compliance and regulation issues. This course was designed to provide you with the necessary skills and know-how to become a well-rounded Islamic microfinance professional.
6 months | part-time | online
Certified Expert in Microinsurance (CEMI)
Are you seeking to understand microinsurance? Would you like to know how this product proposition could benefit your clients or organization? The Certified Expert in Microinsurance provides you with an understanding of the target market, marketing strategies and distribution channels to be successful with this product proposition.
6 months | part-time | online
Certified Expert in Risk Management (CERM)
The objective of this course is to deepen your understanding of modern risk analysis including credit, market, liquidity and operational risk and to implement this understanding in your institution. The course teaches global concepts applied to the special conditions of developing and emerging markets.
6 months | part-time | online
Certified Expert in SME Finance (CESF)
This online course, which is based on Frankfurt School’s broad experience in practical project work and theoretical business school education programs, is tailored to the needs of mid-level managers and loan officers active or interested in SME Finance.
18-24 months | part-time | online
Certified Expert in Financial and Managerial Accounting (CEFMA)
Every manager (aspiring to) in a leadership position needs to have a grasp of accounting in order to steer business processes in a sustainable way. Knowledge, Skills and Competencies used from this project contribute in particular to the understanding of the Modules Risk Management for Managers, SME Finance, Strategy & Change Management as well as the final project work.
6 months | part-time | online
Certified Expert in Climate & Renewable Energy Finance (CECRF)
This course will help you to understand two different perspectives on financing climate and RE projects: firstly, why markets alone might fundamentally not be able to trigger investment in a way that environmental issues are appropriately taken into account and which policy instruments are available to correct these so-called “market failures”. Secondly, the project perspective of investors or financiers confronted with the specifics of RE and EE financing including but not limited to dealing with the specific risk profile of capital intense business models in an often policy and regulation driven market. Understanding both perspectives and the interlinkage is key to policy design and investment decisions in the years to come.
6 months | part-time | online
Certified Expert in Climate Adaptation Finance (CECAF)
This course will help you to understand the many facets of, and perspectives on, climate adaptation finance – which is not and shall not be limited to grant funding. An overview of how financing typically takes place in different adaptation related projects will form the basis for discussions about why finance is flowing towards adaptation projects in some cases whereas in other situations commercial adaptation investment is inhibited. The different perspectives of businesses, investors and policy makers on adaptation will be given. This will support the participants to reflect on appropriate policy interventions to facilitate adaptation and to identify funds from various sources available to implement required measures globally.
6 months | part-time | online
Certified Expert in Financial Inclusion Policy (CEFI)
The significant contribution that financial inclusion can make to achieving inclusive economic growth and the Sustainable Development Goals has gained global recognition.
18-24 months | part-time | online
Master of Leadership in Development Finance (MA) - online
aims to prepare new generations of leaders who are passionate about finance and its role as a catalyst for economic development and growth in emerging economies worldwide.
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Coming soon: Certified Expert in Agricultural Finance
Frankfurt School Development Finance e-Campus will launch the following courses soon:
Education is central to development - both in the sense of personal advancement and in the wider context, defined as the development of countries. Our online programmes help you to systematically and successfully develop your qualifications and to build your career while recognizing the social function of education.
FSDF e-Campus online courses are conducted completely online, with the exception of the final exam. The paper-based final exams can be taken on fixed dates at one of our partner institutions spread around the world.
Our online certification programmes are 6-month part-time trainings, designed to be conducted along full-time work or other obligations. Apart from a few deadlines, the courses follow a very flexible approach, allowing participants to follow their own study schedule.
FSDF online certification courses start twice a year, beginning of March and beginning of September. The next course period will start on September 2018.
The flexibility of our courses offers you the opportunity to follow your own schedule and to combine daily work with professional development.
The high quality offered will immediately improve your daily job performance as well as the performance of your institution.
Introvideos
After viewing the lectures, participants will have a basic understanding of each topic and will be able to classify importance and relevance of different techniques and aspects in a broader context.
Web-based Presentations
Web based presentation complement the scripts and give additional input on important topics.
Each unit ends with an online test comprising a set of 10 - 15 multiple choice questions. Only after having successfully completed an online test you will gain access to the next unit.
A PDF script is for most of our courses the main studying material. The scripts provide basic concepts and principles applicable to the subject of each unit.
The key to successful learning is the immediate use of newly acquired knowledge and the transfer of theory into practice. Our online courses are therefore supplemented by mandatory assignments.
A course discussion forum enables the interaction between participants and trainers and facilitates the exchange of experiences as well as possibilities to ask questions or get clarifications.
System requirements
You need to have access to stable internet connection to:
an internet browser which enables html5, as for example:
the following browser settings have to be made:
Finally, you need to have an PDF-reader, for example the Adobe Reader, which you can download for free at www.adobe.com as well as an officesoftware to be able to open MS-Word (.doc & .docx) and MS-Excel files (.xls & .xlsx). If you don't posses Microsoft Office you can download the free Open Office (http://www.openoffice.org/).
To be able to stream our video lectures a broad band internet access is required as well as a minimum of 1GHz CPU. Furthermore, you need to have the flash player installed, which is available for free at www.adobe.com.
If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact your FSDF e-CampusTeam at e-campus@fs.de
If you wish to be certified from Frankfurt School, you have to take the final exam at the end of the course. The final exam takes 2 hours, is paper based and can be taken at any of our partner institutions.
Any travel costs related to the final exam must be arranged independently and is at your own expense.
If you do not wish to receive a Certificate, after completing the course you will receive a confirmation of course participation.
You can take the final exam after completing the respective online course. Meaning, passing all the online tests and the mandatory assignments
The final exam takes place twice a year:
A network of partners is hosting our final exam
Is your country not in the list? Let us know, we might find a cooperation partner there.
Americas
Barbados: Bridgetown, The Cave Hill School of Business Inc. - The University of the West Indies
Canada: Montreal, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Colombia: Bogotá, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
Ecuador: Quito, Red de Instituciones Financieras de Desarrollo
Guatemala: Guatemala City, REDIMIF
Haiti: Port-au-Prince, La Societe Financiére Haitienne de Developpment S.A. (SOFIHDES)
Honduras: Tegucigalpa, Red Katalysis
Mexico: Mexico City, Pro Desarrollo
Nicaragua: Managua, AFODENIC
Panama: UNEP
Peru: Lima, COPEME
Suriname: Paramaribo, FHR Lim A Po Institute for Social Studies
Asia
Afghanistan: Kabul, Afghanistan Institute of Banking and Finance
Azerbaijan: Baku, AMFA
Bangladesh: Dhaka, BIBM
Cambodia: Phnom Penh, ACLEDA Training Center Ltd.
China: Beijing, CAM (China Assiciation of Microfinance)
Georgia: Tbilisi, International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University
India: Chennai, Hand in Hand Academy for Social Entrepreneurship
India: Lucknow, MicroSave
India: Hyderabad, MicroSave
India: Mumbai, FSFM Office
India: New Delhi, Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, German House
Indonesia: Jakarta, MICRA Indonesia
Kyrgyz Republic: Bishkek, Association of Microfinance Institutions
Laos: Vientiane, ACLEDA Bank
Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur, Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI)
Myanmar: Yangon, Management & Accountancy School (MAS)
Pakistan: Islamabad, School of International Law
Tajikistan: Dushanbe, AMFOT
Vietnam: Hanoi, chool of Banking and Finance, National Economics University
Europe
Austria: Vienna, currycom communications GmbH
Belgium: Brussel, Fabelfin Academy VZW
France: Paris, OLAN SAS
Germany: Frankfurt, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Germany: Hamburg, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Germany: Munich, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Greece: Athen, Hellenic Bank Association
Italy: Neaples, I.P.E. - Istituto per ricerche ed attività educative
Kosovo: Pristina, Association of Microfinance Institution in Kosovo, AMIK
Luxembourg: Luxembourg City, European Microfinance Platform
Poland: Warsaw, Warsaw Institute of Banking
Romania: Sibiu
Russia: Moscow, Finance Academy and Higher School of Economics
Serbia: Belgrade, Association of Serbian Banks
Switzerland: Zurich
The Netherlands: Utrecht, NPM, Platform for Inclusive Finance
Turkey: Ankara, Frankfurt School Office
UK: Birmingham, Humanitarian Academy for Development
Ukraine: Kyiv, Private Institution of Higher Education "International University of Finance"
MENA (Middel East and North Africa)
Bahrain: Isa Town, Bahraini German International Services
Egypt: Cairo, Sanabel – The Microfinance Network of Arab Countries in Egypt
Iraq: Bagdhad, Iraqi Microfinance Network
Jordan: Amman, JO Consultancy
Lebanon: Beirut, Morgan International
Morocco: Casablanca, Centre Mohammed VI de soutien à la Microfinance Solidaire
Oman: Baushar, College of Banking and Financial Studies
Palestine: Ramallah, Palestine Microfinance Network Sharakeh
Palestine: Gaza, Palestine Microfinance Network Sharakeh
Syria: Damascus, PDI Institute
Tunisia: Tunis, Enda inter-arabe
United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi, Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies
Oceania
Papua New Guinea: PNG Institute of Banking and Business Management Inc. (IBBM)
Sub-Sahara Africa
Burundi: Bujumbura, Institut Français du Burundi
Cameroon: Douala, MPV Academy - The International Business School
DR Congo: Kinshasa, Congolese German Center of Microfinance
Ghana: Accra, National Banking College
Ivory Coast: Abidjan, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Statistique et d'Economie Appliquée
Kenya: Nairobi, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Mali: Bamako, Mali Folkecenter
Mozambique: Maputo
Namibia: Windhoek, Namibia University of Science and Technology
Nigeria: Abuja, Centre for Microenterprise Development
Nigeria: Lagos, Centre for Microenterprise Development
Rwanda: Kigali, AMIR Association of Microfinance in Rwanda
Seychelles: Victoria, The Morel Institute
South Africa: Durban, Durban University of Technology
Tanzania: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Association of Microfinance
Uganda: Kampala, Uganda Institute of Banking
Zambia: Lusaka, Association of Microfinance Institutions of Zambia (AMIZ)
Zimbabwe: Harare
Please note that Frankfurt School of Finance & Management cannot guarantee the availability of the listed final exam locations
* as of April 2018. Subject to change.
