Background:

Ministry of External Affairs conducts capacity building programmes under the Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation (ITEC) initiative in partnership with various institutes of repute. The ITEC Programme, fully funded by the Government of India, has evolved and grown over the years. Under ITEC, 161 countries in Asia, Africa, East Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean as well as Pacific and Small Island countries are invited to share in the Indian developmental experience acquired over seven decades of India’s existence as a free nation. As a result of different activities under this programme, there is now a visible and growing awareness among other countries about the competence of India as a provider of technical know-how and expertise as well as training opportunities, consultancy services and feasibility studies. These programmes have generated immense goodwill and substantive cooperation among the developing countries.

Under Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation (ITEC), National Institute of Securities Market (NISM) hosts the training programs. This training programmes intends to train foreign delegates on areas related to global securities markets. The programmes are aimed at capacity building as well as familiarizing the participants with various financial Instruments and its issuance processes.

The objective of the programmes is to provide a holistic perspective to the participants about the different facets of the securities market. Sessions on overview of financial markets, evolution of Indian securities markets,corporate govenernance framework, investment objectives and strategies, investment restrictions and processes, pricing and valuation of assets of schemes, credit evaluation and risk management mechanism, regulatory framework, understanding of various pooled investment schemes like CIS, Mutual Fund, AIFs, REITs, InvITs, etc. including regulatory framework are included in the training programmes.

NISM is a partner institute with the Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation (ITEC) initiative of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India and conducts many offline as well as online training programs for the participants from different countries since 2018.

ITEC and e-ITEC Programmes conducted since 2018:

Sr. No.	Name of Programme	Dates	Number of Participants
1	Programme on ‘Overview of Global Securities Markets’	October 15 – 19, 2018	15
2	Programme on An Overview of Global Securities Markets for ITEC Participants	September 16 – 20, 2019	14
3	Programme on Pooled Investment Vehicles (Indian and Global Perspective)	December 9 – 13, 2019	7
4	Online Programme on ‘Familiarization of SEBI’s Policy and Regulatory Framework’	November 25 – 27, 2020	9
5	Online Programme on financial Instruments and Issuance Processes	March 15 – 19, 2021	37
6	Online Programme on Pooled Investment Vehicles	March 22 – 26, 2021	15
7	Online Programme Financial Instruments and Issuance Processes	October 25 – 29, 2021	13
8	Online Programme on Pooled Investment Vehicles	December 6 – 10, 2021	17

Upcoming e-ITEC Programmes in FY 2022-23:

Sr. No.	Course Name	Proposed Dates	Training Duration
1	Regulatory Role in Development of Capital Markets-SEBI Perspective	July 4 – 8, 2022	5 days
2	Financial Instruments and Issuance Processes	October 10 – 14, 2022	5 days
3	Programme on Basics of Derivatives	December 5 – 9, 2022	5 days

How to Apply for the e-ITEC Programmes?

The applicant may visit https://itecgoi.in/e-itec portal, which has a wide range of courses offered by many prestigious institutes of India. The applicant may choose the suitable course as per their interest, field of work etc. The procedure to apply for specific courses is given on the ITEC Portal.

For more information, please visit:

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In case of any query, please send an email to susanta.das@nism.ac.in and jinal.rohit@nism.ac.in.