The Central Bank of Egypt hosted a five-day training programme on micro and macro stress testing for central banks, delivered in cooperation with the COMESA Monetary Institute and held at the Egyptian Banking Institute in Cairo. The programme brought together 28 participants from 11 central banks in COMESA member states alongside a COMESA Monetary Institute delegation. Sessions combined discussions and practical examples on standard stress testing models, including applications to credit risk, liquidity risk, climate change risk and interbank contagion risk, and were delivered by lecturers from the Central Bank of Egypt’s offsite supervision and macroprudential functions. The Central Bank of Egypt also noted this was the 12th consecutive year it has provided training programmes for COMESA central bank staff. The programme concluded with proposals and recommendations on the use of stress testing and related regulatory frameworks, which are due to be discussed by central bank governors at their annual meeting in Uganda in November 2025.
Central Bank of Egypt 2025-07-06
Central Bank of Egypt hosts five-day stress testing training for COMESA central banks
The Central Bank of Egypt and the COMESA Monetary Institute conducted a five-day training on micro and macro stress testing for central banks. Held at the Egyptian Banking Institute in Cairo, it included 28 participants from 11 COMESA member states and covered credit, liquidity, climate change, and interbank contagion risks. The event concluded with proposals on stress testing and regulatory frameworks to be discussed by central bank governors in November 2025.