APEXFINCOOP - ADVANCE POLICY AND EFFECTIVENESS FOR FINANCIAL COOPERATIVE APEXES

ApexFinCoop is a training and strategic planning programme that aims to empower financial cooperative apex organizations and support institutions to advance the scale and effectiveness of financial cooperatives in a specific country or region. ApexFinCoop is designed to support financial cooperative apex organizations in developing and implementing an effective strategic planning, with the objective of fulfilling their functions over the long term in a cost-effective way, to the satisfaction of their members. OBJECTIVES Broaden understanding of the various functions that contribute to successful performance of apexes as member based institutions • Assist apexes in improving effectiveness of current service delivery • Inspire thinking around services and products that might be necessary to meet the members’ growing needs • Stimulate thinking and arrive at good practices around an enabling environment CONTENT Module 1: Introduction. Strategic direction and trends. Apex’s lifecycle Module 2: Sustainability and triple bottom line. Module 3: Apex’s products, services and shared services Module 4: Managing risks Module 5: An Enabling Policy, Legislative and Regulatory Environment and the role of apexes ACHIEVEMENT - Participants attended a series of webinars with industry experts and speakers from partner organizations - Participants had access to a number of online self-learning modules accompanied by a series of assignments and quizzes - Participants had the opportunity to think through their apex’s strategy and operations in underserved markets, and exchanged ideas with the peers confronted with similar challenges.