BIBF Free Workshops
Manama Entrepreneurship Week
Welcome to Manama Entrepreneurship Week (MEW). MEW is an event held annually presenting various events, seminars, workshops and conferences that are held in celebration of entrepreneurship, further promoting and optimizing the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem.
The BIBF is happy to partner with MEW to provide free training workshops across 4 different tracks on the 20th of October 2021.
You are able to select multiple training sessions. Click on each session to take you to the available training dates.
Kindly note that the registration for the free courses is limited to a first come first serve basis.
Course 1: Sustainable Development Awareness Session
- Date: 20 October 2021 (2 Hours)
- Trainer: Noorhan Al-Zann
- Time: 9 – 11 am
Description:
This course introduces the fundamental principles of sustainable development and its importance. It will examine the relationship between sustainability, resilience and business growth as well as introducing the different approaches to investing and lending (e.g. ESG, Impact, Ethical). The course will also shed light on international development initiatives such as the United Nations (UNEP FI, SDGs, UNFCCC, UNCTAD, etc.), Paris Agreement, Conference of Parties (COP), on the funding gap in achieving SDGs, and on the role of central banks (NGFS).
Course 2: AML Awareness
- Date: 21 October 2021 (1 day)
- Trainer: Savitha Raghavan
- Time: 9 – 2 PM
- Available Seats: 30
Description:
This is an introductory awareness programme where participants will be introduced to the definition and concept of Anti Money Laundering (AML) and financing terrorism (FT), the various stages of AML, and the legal and regulatory requirements and initiatives by the international, regional and local communities against Money Laundering /Terrorist Financing. In particular the guidelines and policies issued by the Kingdom of Bahrain and Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) are discussed including the essentials of customer Due Diligence (CDD) and Know Your Customer (KYC) standards.
Course 3: Negotiable Instruments
- Dates: 24 Oct to 25 Oct (2 Days)
- Trainer: Dr Mohamed Belgami
- Time: 9 – 2 PM
- Available Seats: 30
Description:
This course provides participants with the essential understanding of the practical aspects of negotiable instruments used in the daily transactions of banks on behalf of businesses, and will also focus on the legal practices and aspects of the instruments.
Course 4: Investment & Saving Seminar
- Date: 26 October 2021 (2 Hours)
- Trainer: Ahmed Askar
- Time: 5 – 7 PM
Description:
The Investment and Savings Seminar is an investment awareness programme that was established in collaboration between the BIBF and Bahrain Bourse with the purpose of increasing and enhancing investor’s awareness about the financial market.
With the objective to gradually enlighten the audience on the capital markets and investment processes, this seminar is now available, free of charge, on a monthly basis, over 3 stages:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
The main focus is to provide investment fundamentals and principals to enlighten the audience with key investment securities and their attributes, the process of establishing investment goals and the investment process with consideration for potential frauds.
Behavioural biases will also be briefed while focusing on investment portfolio management.
Course 5: Blockchain for Fintech
- Date: 21 Oct 2021 (1 day)
- Trainer: Fawaz Shakralla
- Time: 9 am to 2 pm
- Available Seats: 35
Description:
Blockchain is a core technology in FinTech. This session helps learners understand the design rationale behind the blockchain technology, and the technological and cryptographic components of a blockchain. This session also explains the variations and differences of existing major platforms and limitations.
Course 6: AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials
- Date: 20 – 21 Oct 2021 (2 days)
- Time: 9 am to 2 pm
- Trainer: Nishanth Pathi
- Cost: 75 BD
Description:
This fundamental-level, course is intended for individuals who seek an overall understanding of the AWS Cloud, independent of specific technical roles. It provides a detailed overview of cloud concepts, AWS services, security, architecture, pricing, and support to enable you to build your cloud skills and grow your professional credibility. It includes hands-on lab exercises reinforcing some of the core concepts of the course’s lecture.
Course 7: Scrum Fundamentals
- Date: 24 – 26 Oct 2021 (3 days)
- Time: 9 am to 2 pm
- Trainer: Yousif Faraj
- Available Seats: 40
Description:
Scrum embodies the simplest and most purest approach to managing project work at the team level. Scrum is employed by over half of all Agile practitioners across all industries.
The course aims to provides a complete concept of managing a project by using a scrum approach and how to use its elements to manage a project.
Course 8: Introduction to Public Relations
- Date: 24 – 25 Oct 2021
- Time: 9 am to 2 pm
- Available Seats: 10
Description:
The course will introduce you to the fundamentals of public relations(PR), including dealing with the media, identifying appropriate PR tools & techniques, writing press releases, developing a PR campaign from scratch, and evaluating campaign success.
Course 9: Intrapreneurship
- Date: 24 – 25 Oct 2021
- Time: 9 am to 2 pm
- Available Seats: 10
Description:
This course is for individuals who are interested in making a difference in their organizations and keen on learning entrepreneurial techniques that will allow them to be Intrapreneurs and drive their organizations forward.
Course 10: Goal Setting for Personal & Professional Success
- Date: 20 October
- Time: 12 – 2 pm
- Trainer: Manal AlKhan
Description:
This workshop will uncover the strategies that will help you to successfully set, plan and accomplish your goals in order to help you reach your dreams and achieve winning results.
