AMRO’s Technical Assistance (TA) function successfully organized a two-day training course to provide high-level guidance on producing a Non-Bank Macroeconomic Outlook report for staff from the General Secretariat of the Cambodian Non-Bank Financial Services Authority (NBFSA).

The training was a precursor to a TA consultancy project that AMRO’s TA function are arranging for the NBFSA. The project will aim to provide more comprehensive data, analytics and assistance to support the NBFSA’s development of their first Non-Bank Macroeconomic Outlook Report.

The delegation was led by Dr Phay Som, the Deputy Secretary General of the NBFSA. The training programme was delivered by Nicholas Wood and Ajay Surana, from FinTorque, who have been working with the NBFSA on a separate consultancy project supported by AMRO.

Staff from AMRO also delivered presentations. AMRO Deputy Group Head and Principal Economist Jinho Choi explained the process around how AMRO’s Annual Consultation Report for Cambodia was drafted. AMRO Group Head and Principal Economist Allen Ng and Senior Economist Marthe M. Hinojales also delivered a session on processes and best practices in the drafting of AMRO’s ASEAN+3 Regional Economic Outlook (AREO) report. This training course aims help to develop the capacity of NBFSA’s staff in producing a Non-Bank Macroeconomic Outlook report.

This is the third such training AMRO has provided to the NBFSA. Last year, AMRO organized a workshop which covered key risk issues and challenges in the Non-Bank Financial Sector in Cambodia. In 2022, AMRO provided a tailored training course on undertaking macroeconomic surveillance and developing a regulatory framework for the real estate market.

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