INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BANKING AND FINANCE Katowice, Poland

History established in 1991 first educational institution for bankers of this type in Poland initiators of the founding - National Bank of Poland, leading Polish banks, Centre de Formation de la Profession Bancaire (CFPB), France founder of the Higher School of Banking and Finance in Katowice in 1996

Mission Our mission is to work for the benefit of a widely perceived banking and financial environment, public and private enterprises as well as public administration. This goal is to be achieved by top-quality training courses, seminars and conferences, provided by us, in order to improve the knowledge and upgrade practical skills of staff and management of these entities.

Strategy to hold the high position on the commercial training market in Poland to enlarge the participation in the absorption of European Union funds dedicated to human resources development programmes

Team 15 persons of permanent staff - 3 Managers - 8 Experts - 3 Assistants - 1 Supporting staff Over 150 co-operating trainers and experts

Training activities About 200 various topics in the field of: - banking - finance - marketing - legal issues - taxation and accounting - human resource management - managerial skills development

Types of training services provided short-term courses long term certified courses international certified courses (for example - European Foundation Certificate in Banking, ACI Dealing Certificate, ACI Diploma) post-graduated studies blended learning e-learning top management conferences

Our training services – advantages specialisation in the organisation of complex, sophisticated training projects for large groups of participants tailored courses especially adapted to the needs of our clients by fulfilling their requirements on the programme, time and location of training focus on practical aspects of knowledge, broadening skills and professional experience useful in everyday practice teaching methods which require an active participation of the trainees

Number of courses participants - more than 115 300 (Jan ’08)

Consultancy training needs identification and analyses complex training projects development applying for international founds for Training projects

International Co-operation member of the EBTN European Banking & Financial Services Training Association Asbl. participation in the international consortia created in order to apply for realisation of projects financed by the EU within the framework of pre-accession funds such as PHARE, SAPARD, TACIS, Leonardo da Vinci, etc. organisation of international conferences and seminars

e-mail: msbf@isbf.katowice.pl THANK YOU INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BANKING AND FINANCE Katowice, Poland tel./fax: +48 32 251 78 23 e-mail: msbf@isbf.katowice.pl Koszarowa Str. 6 PL 40-068 Katowice