BBTA: Mandate and Strategic Objectives

Bangladesh Bank Training Academy (BBTA), the training department of Bangladesh Bank (The central bank of Bangladesh), is entrusted with the responsibility of capacity building and human resources development for both the employees of the central bank and commercial banks with a view to contributing towards ensuring corporate governance and bringing stability in the financial system. To achieve this assigned goal, BBTA organizes different training courses, workshops, seminars, conferences focusing on the regulatory issues, economics, banking and finance, human resources, macroeconomic management and any other issues directly or indirectly related to banking activities.

Mandate

BBTA, established in 1977, has been operating its activities at the Mirpur campus since 2006. Its main objective is to impart training to the personnel of the central bank, scheduled banks and other financial institutions and make them equipped with the latest knowledge of all regulatory, economic, financial, banking issues. As a training academy, BBTA wants to be a centre of excellence and uphold its standard to the international level. In this regard, BBTA, being a Knowledge Management Centre, regularly publishes a journal titled “Thoughts on Banking and Finance” to collect and disseminate information for the financial system. It is also continuing its endeavor to upgrade and modernize its training modules.

Strategic Objectives

BBTA has been assigned, vide Bangladesh Bank’s five years Strategic Plan 2015-2019, with the responsibilities to implement effective training policy, exert its maximum/utmost efforts to become a “Centre of Excellence”, attain global standard in training and development, upgrade and modernize training modules to impart skill based knowledge. In order to achieve the above mentioned strategies, BBTA has taken the following initiatives:-

• Prepare regarding Bangladesh Bank-wide TNA individual training requirements (Training Need Assessment) based on the experience and information collected from all the departments.
• Revisit training policy to streamline nomination process and selection criteria;
• Institutionalize the training outcomes into regular business functionality;
• Prepare academic calendar incorporating training plans and programs in line with TNA of BB officials and other stakeholders in the financial sector;
• Improve the physical and logistic facilities of BBTA;
• Involve as many participants as possible under the umbrella of yearly training plan by utilizing the full capacity of BBTA infrastructure;
• Upgrade the skill of faculty members through arranging TOT (Training of Trainers) program in collaboration with the internationally reputed organizations.

Vision of BBTA

Attaining excellence in imparting training courses education and research with a view to developing the skill of Bangladesh Bank officials and other stakeholders of the country continually in parallel with the central banks of the developing countries of the world with a forward-looking approach.

Mission of BBTA

Arranging robust foundation training courses for the newly recruited Assistant Directors/officers of Bangladesh Bank; conducting beneficial training course, workshops, seminars, lecture series, conferences, e-learning, professional diploma courses in line with the Training Need Assessment for the officials of Bangladesh Bank and other stakeholders; undertaking research; and publishing the BBTA Journal regularly.