KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign Affairs Ministry (MOFA) and Islamic Banking and Finance Institute Malaysia (IBFIM) will collaborate and jointly organise the Associate Qualification in Islamic Finance (AQIF) programme beginning June 14 to 18, 2021, part of the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP) initiative.
AQIF is one of IBFIM's flagship certification assessed and selected by MOFA as Malaysia's value proposition to countries keen to develop skills and competencies of their talent in the Islamic finance industry.
The programme will be conducted virtually on the IBFIM Global Classroom platform, which aims at providing a progressive and structured life-long learning framework for professionals in the Islamic finance industry.
IBFIM chief executive officer Yusry Yusoff said the institute is pleased to be mandated by MOFA to organise the AQIF programme under the MTCP initiative.
"We are looking forward to welcoming delegates from Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Philippines and Brunei Darussalam.
"In line with our objective as a lifelong learning institution, we are indeed honoured to be allowed to share Malaysia's knowledge and expertise in Islamic finance across different jurisdictions," he said in a statement today.
Yusry said the collaboration between MOFA and IBFIM is also part of supporting the national agenda to position Malaysia as an international hub for education in Islamic banking and finance under the Malaysian Education Blueprint 2015–2025.
Since its inception in 2011, AQIF has produced 3,451 certificate holders.
"It is heartening to see the number of AQIF holders growing over the years in Malaysia as well as outside the country.
This is one of IBFIM's initiative to ensure the availability of a steady stream with competent and versatile talent to support greater innovation and dynamism of the Islamic finance industry, locally and globally," he added.