Development Finance Institution Lending and Credit Guarantees in Casablanca

Programme Overview

Development finance institutions face mounting imperatives to mobilise private capital for long-term productive investments.⁣​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌⁣ In emerging economies, structural liquidity shortages and elevated credit perceptions routinely constrain private enterprise financing. This four-day intensive programme in Casablanca equips development finance professionals to design, execute, and monitor wholesale lending operations and partial credit guarantees. Participants evaluate tier-two intermediation architectures, structural credit enhancements, and balance sheet optimisations tailored to counter-cyclical economic mandates while strictly observing financial sustainability principles.

The curriculum addresses the technical mechanics of on-lending through participating financial institutions, concessional finance blending, and risk-sharing facility design. Delivered in Casablanca, an established regional financial hub, the course enables professionals to dissect international good practices and benchmark prudential frameworks. Special emphasis is placed on structuring credit facilities that unblock commercial bank liquidity for underserved small and medium-sized enterprises, infrastructure projects, and climate-resilient initiatives through tested, standard-compliant credit appraisal instruments.

Participants transition from theoretical capital structures to practical portfolio governance, credit assessment, and institutional monitoring frameworks aligned with multilateral development bank standards. Working through structured case analyses, credit specialists and financial analysts acquire pragmatic methodologies to evaluate intermediary balance sheets, calculate guarantee fees, manage moral hazard, and establish clear claims-settlement covenants. The programme produces actionable capabilities directly applicable to national wholesale funding lines and modern multi-donor credit support facilities.

Financial institutions across West Africa are actively operationalising sovereign-backed credit mechanisms to bridge the persistent gap in patient capital for productive private firms.⁣​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌⁣ Initiatives such as the US$250m Ghana Development Finance Project require national development finance institutions and participating financial intermediaries to apply rigorous appraisal systems, prudential underwriting, and transparent risk-sharing mechanisms. Establishing robust tier-two lending and credit guarantee architectures is essential now to accelerate sustainable capital deployment, prevent non-performing assets, and ensure full compliance with international fiduciary and environmental standards.

Delivered by Risalat Consultants International in Casablanca, Morocco, it combines expert-led sessions, real cases and group work, so that participants can apply what they learn in their own institution.

The Programme Strengthens Institutional Capability

• Development bank capital structures, counter-cyclical mandates, and wholesale models
• Screening and selecting Participating Financial Institutions using CAMELS frameworks
• Designing master on-lending agreements and tier-two liquidity transfer mechanisms
• Appraisal of intermediary governance, asset quality, and underwriting standards
• Fiduciary compliance, donor funds segregation, and anti-money laundering controls
• Typologies of credit enhancement: portfolio guarantees versus individual risk-sharing
• Mitigating adverse selection and moral hazard in commercial banking operations
• Actuarial principles for setting guarantee coverage ratios and cap thresholds
• Budget preparation and execution
• Financial reporting and accounting standards
• Cash and treasury management
• Internal control over payments and assets

It is designed for credit risk officers from national development finance institutions, wholesale banking managers and on-lending specialists, credit guarantee scheme administrators and risk managers and others who want practical, current skills in public financial management and finance.

The Growing Importance of Development Finance Institution Lending and Credit Guarantees in Casablanca

Sound financial management is the basis for credible budgets, timely payments and clean audits. Governments and financiers expect accurate reporting, disciplined budget execution and transparent use of funds.

Changes in reporting standards, digital payment systems and financier requirements mean finance teams must keep their skills current. Strong financial management also frees time and money for the services that matter.

Organisations increasingly require professionals capable of:

• Prepare and execute budgets in line with plans
• Produce accurate, timely financial reports
• Apply controls over payments and assets
• Meet financier financial management requirements
• Use financial information to support decisions

Strong public financial management and finance systems help organisations:

• Improve budget credibility and execution
• Produce reliable reports and clean audits
• Reduce payment delays and errors
• Build trust with financiers and oversight bodies

This Development Finance Institution Lending and Credit Guarantees in Casablanca programme brings these elements together in a practical format, so that participants understand not only what good practice looks like but also how to introduce it in their own setting, with the people and resources they have.

Who Should Attend This Development Finance Institution Lending and Credit Guarantees in Casablanca Training?

This programme is designed for:

• Credit risk officers from national development finance institutions
• Wholesale banking managers and on-lending specialists
• Credit guarantee scheme administrators and risk managers
• Treasury and capital market officers in development banks
• SME finance specialists from commercial partner banks
• Project coordination unit financial management specialists
• Central bank banking supervision and regulatory analysts
• Operations officers managing donor-funded credit enhancement lines
• Financial analysts underwriting tier-two intermediated loans
• Finance managers and accountants
• Budget officers and analysts
• Treasury and cash management staff

The programme suits experienced professionals as well as those moving into new responsibilities. Groups that mix institutions and countries are encouraged, because participants learn a great deal from each other’s experience.

Development Finance Institution Lending and Credit Guarantees in Casablanca Training Objectives

Upon successful completion of this Development Finance Institution Lending and Credit Guarantees in Casablanca Training, participants will be able to:

• Analyse wholesale development banking architectures and intermediary selection criteria
• Structure risk-sharing and partial credit guarantee instruments for private enterprises
• Design rigorous underwriting and due diligence systems for on-lending institutions
• Calculate risk-adjusted pricing and fee structures for financial guarantee mechanisms
• Establish credit risk governance frameworks consistent with Basel principles and prudential norms
• Integrate environmental, social, and governance standards into intermediated loan appraisal
• Formulate transparent claims-settlement protocols and portfolio recovery procedures
• Continuous monitoring of intermediary compliance, covenants, and exposure limits
• Early warning indicators and forward-looking credit deterioration metrics
• Claims-trigger events, verification procedures, and payout turnaround protocols

Each objective is practised during the programme through exercises, cases or group work, so that participants leave able to do it, not only to describe it.

Programme Contents and Structure

Development Finance Institution Lending and Credit Guarantees in Casablanca Training Methodology

The training employs a practical, practitioner-centred methodology comprising technical lectures, diagnostic spreadsheet modelling, institutional case studies, and policy formulation exercises.⁣​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌⁣ Participants work collaboratively through real-world intermediation scenarios, simulating the due diligence of commercial partner institutions and the contractual drafting of credit guarantee schemes. Daily sessions combine formal analytical presentations with peer critique, stress-testing operational tools against real regulatory constraints to ensure direct workplace applicability upon return to their institutions.

The programme combines:

• Expert-led sessions on current practice
• Regional and international case studies
• Group work and practical exercises
• Simulations and role plays where relevant
• Discussion of participants' own challenges
• Peer learning across institutions and countries
• Practical tools and templates to take back to work
• Daily reflection and action planning

Before the programme, a short pre-assessment helps the facilitators understand each participant’s role and priorities, so that examples and exercises can be adjusted to the group. Each day ends with a short reflection in which participants note what they will apply at work.

Expected Outcomes

Upon completion of this Development Finance Institution Lending and Credit Guarantees in Casablanca Training, participants will be able to:

• Capacity to conduct rigorous institutional appraisals of participating commercial lenders
• Competence in designing risk-sharing facilities that comply with international standards
• Ability to calculate financially sustainable guarantee fees and coverage caps
• Proficiency in drafting robust on-lending covenants and claims management protocols
• Skill in embedding multilateral environmental and social requirements into loan pipelines
• Strengthened institutional governance frameworks for managing portfolio credit risks
• Prepare and monitor budgets linked to plans
• Produce accurate financial reports

Participants leave with a personal action plan and practical tools they can use in their institution from the first week back. Institutions that send several participants can use the programme to agree shared methods and templates across teams, which makes improvements easier to sustain.

Institutional Application of Development Finance Institution Lending and Credit Guarantees in Casablanca Training

This programme supports organisations in strengthening:

• Budget preparation and execution
• Financial reporting
• Payment and cash controls
• Donor financial management
• Audit readiness

Participants return with practical tools to improve:

• Budget monitoring
• Interim financial reports
• Reconciliations
• Asset management
• Audit follow-up

The programme is built so that learning moves from the classroom into the institution. Participants work on their own processes and documents where possible, and leave with an action plan that their managers can review and support.

Regional Relevance & Application

Europe

European institutions apply public financial management and finance within detailed regulatory frameworks and reform agendas. Participants from Europe can compare their practice with colleagues from other regions and test how established methods work under different conditions.

Africa

Across Africa, ministries, agencies and project teams working in public financial management and finance increasingly operate alongside donor-financed programmes that expect clear systems and evidence. The programme helps participants adapt good practice to the institutions and resources they work with.

Middle East

In the Middle East, national development strategies and diversification plans place growing demands on public financial management and finance. Participants explore how to build the capability these plans need inside public bodies and companies.

Asia

Institutions across Asia combine rapid growth with ambitious modernisation programmes. Participants from Asia can share their experience of scaling systems quickly and learn from approaches used elsewhere.

Pacific

Small island and Pacific states face particular constraints of size, distance and capacity. The programme highlights practical, proportionate approaches to public financial management and finance that suit smaller institutions.

Holding the programme in Casablanca, Morocco brings participants together away from their daily pressures, so they can compare how public financial management and finance is handled in different settings. The same programme can also be delivered in-house for one institution, in its own country or online, with cases taken from its current work.

Host Country Profile – Morocco

Training programmes and study tours in Casablanca suit government officials, project teams and professionals focusing on international trade, maritime transport, banking and regional economic development.

Studying away from their own country gives participants time to focus, a fresh view of their own institution and the chance to build a network with colleagues from other countries.

Development Finance Institution Lending and Credit Guarantees in Casablanca Training Deliverables

Participants receive support before, during and after the programme, so that preparation, learning and follow-up form one continuous experience.

Before the Programme

• Participant Pre-Assessment
• Development Finance Institution Lending and Credit Guarantees in Casablanca Readiness Assessment
• Development Finance Institution Lending and Credit Guarantees in Casablanca Resource Pack
• Preparatory Reading Materials
• Complimentary Visa Support & Advisory

During the Programme

• Airport Pickup & Welcome Assistance
• Accommodation with Breakfast
• Welcome Networking Dinner
• Risalat Training Kit (Bag, Bottle, Mug, T-Shirt, Cap, Passport Cover, Pens, Notebook, Magnet & Keychain)
• Comprehensive Development Finance Institution Lending and Credit Guarantees in Casablanca Training Manual
• Budget Monitoring Template
• Interim Financial Report Template
• Reconciliation Checklist
• Audit Preparation Checklist
• Practical Workshops & Simulations
• Group Discussions & Peer Learning
• Daily Lunch and Refreshments
• Full Access to Training Venue Facilities
• Mini Pad / Tablet with Digital Learning Materials
• Field Visit (where applicable)
• Entertaining City Tour

After the Programme

• Certificate of Completion
• Risalat Programme Participation Recognition Award
• Post-Training Reference Materials
• Financial Management Self-Assessment
• Payment Control Checklist
• Post-Training Support & Follow-Up Guidance
• Programme Report

Institutions can also request a tailored in-house version of this programme, delivered at their premises or online. Request a proposal.

Common Challenges in Development Finance Institution Lending and Credit Guarantees in Casablanca, And How This Training Helps

How can institutions prepare and execute budgets in line with plans?

The programme addresses this directly on the first day (Day 1: Wholesale Lending Architectures and Intermediary Due Diligence), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions produce accurate, timely financial reports?

The programme addresses this directly on the second day (Day 2: Partial Credit Guarantee Design and Enterprise Risk Sharing), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions apply controls over payments and assets?

The programme addresses this directly on the third day (Day 3: Credit Risk Appraisal, Pricing, and Long-Term Capital Deployment), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions meet financier financial management requirements?

The programme addresses this directly on the fourth day (Day 4: Portfolio Supervision, Claims Administration, and Workout Protocols), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions use financial information to support decisions?

The programme addresses this directly on the first day (Day 1: Wholesale Lending Architectures and Intermediary Due Diligence), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

When and where does the Development Finance Institution Lending and Credit Guarantees in Casablanca programme take place?

It runs from 17 May 2027 to 20 May 2027, in Casablanca, Morocco. The registration deadline is shown at the top of this page.

Who should attend?

The programme is designed for credit risk officers from national development finance institutions, wholesale banking managers and on-lending specialists, credit guarantee scheme administrators and risk managers, treasury and capital market officers in development banks, and others who want practical skills in public financial management and finance.

Will I receive a certificate?

Yes. Participants who complete the programme receive a Certificate of Completion from Risalat Consultants International.

Can this programme be delivered for our institution only?

Yes. We can deliver a tailored in-house version at your premises, in another city or online, built around your own cases. Use the proposal request on this page.

Do I need prior experience in public financial management and finance?

No specialist background is required beyond experience in a related role. A short pre-assessment helps the facilitators adapt the sessions to the group.

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