In regard to training and in close coordination with the National Banking Training Centre, members of the bank supervision group have attended to various seminars given by the Centre for Latin American Monetary Studies, which have counted on first class specialists. Example of these are the following:

• Course in Risk Analysis imparted in Mexico, in 1996.
• Seminar in Banking Supervision imparted in Mexico, in 1997.
• Continental training program. Refresher course in Bank Supervision imparted in Mexico, in 1998.
• Seminar in the new Basel accords imparted in Mexico, in 2001.
• Seminar in money laundering and financial crime imparted in Brazil, in 2001.
• During the 2000, with participation of highly qualified professors from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, France and Uruguay, eight subjects were imparted, each with a duration of two weeks, making up a postgraduate course. These subjects were:
  • Financial Mathematics
  • Financial Innovations
  • Supervision of Financial Innovations
  • Trusts
  • Consolidated Supervision
  • Offshore Supervision
  • Money Laundering
  • On and Off site Bank Supervision

Afterwards, they received a second course in On and Off Site Bank Supervision imparted by outstanding Bolivian professors.

Supervisors have also been trained at the National Bank and Securities Commission of Mexico, at the National Bank Commission of France and at the Bank of Spain.

Likewise, they have been in professional contact with representatives from the Superintendence of Chile, Dominican Republic, of the central

banks of Uruguay and Spain, as well as the FSA of Great Britain and with senior professors at Bucconi’s University in Italy, who have recently imparted a Diploma course in Bank Supervision at the National Banking Training Centre of Banco Central de Cuba.

During the last years, they have also participated at several national and international events on the fight against money laundering and drug trafficking.