Global Research Network
eStandardsForum supports a global research network of prominent universities and research institutes. Three types of partnerships are offered: university-based partnerships that seek to expose future business and policy leaders to the 12 Key Standards for Sound Financial Systems; research institute-based partnerships that provide more rigorous Country Reports on compliance with the Standards; and research institute-based partnerships that provide greater understanding of the Standards, their applications, and their implications through complementary reports and working papers. The specifics of each relationship-including deliverables, schedules, deadlines, guidance, and support-as agreed upon by both parties are recorded in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
University Partnership: Educational and Professional Development
Project: Course-for-Credit
eStandardsForum works with faculty members to develop a curriculum that introduces advanced students who wish to pursue careers in business, finance, or public policy to the 12 Key Standards for Sound Financial Systems.
Commitments
The university provides faculty to develop and teach a course on International Standards for Sound Financial Systems.
eStandardsForum advises faculty on curriculum development, as well as providing relevant literature and teaching materials.
Structure
Course: Courses can be up to one semester long. Alternatively, the Standards could be included as a seminar or module in a currently offered course. Each student completes a final research paper by the end of the semester.
Internships/Research: Internships/research opportunities may be available upon completion of the course. Projects may consist of gathering and analyzing information and/or conducting meetings with government officials, regulators, supervisors, and issuers of the standards.
Co-sponsorship of seminars and/or conferences: In conjunction with eStandardsForum, the university organizes special events that showcase its activities and promotes the Standards cause.
Research Institute Partnership: Country Reporting
Project: Country Reports
eStandardsForum works with dedicated researchers to assess, write, and issue a Country Report on compliance with the 12 Key Standards for Sound Financial Systems.
Commitments
The research institute provides expertise on the country's economic, political, and financial conditions relative to the Standards. Researchers communicate with government officials, supervisors, regulators, and issuers of the standards in order to gather relevant recent public information and publish results of these activities.
eStandardsForum provides its research network, expertise, methodology, literature, sources of information, and training.
eStandardsForum provides financial sponsorship for a dedicated staff, including senior oversight, for up to a year. eStandardsForum provides full funding for the first six months of the partnership and half of funding for the second six months. For subsequent years, funds are raised by the research institute with eStandardsForum's assistance and support.
Structure
Project Development: Meetings between both parties are scheduled to share eStandardForum's approach and methodology and to exchange ideas on how to structure the projects. Ongoing meetings are arranged to discuss the projects' progress and to provide support and assistance.
Country Report: Partner institutes identify, gather, and analyze information regarding country compliance with the Standards, based on the research institute's own expertise, access to latest local research, and discussions with regulators. The research institute also promotes the dissemination of relevant and accurate information not currently available to the public.
Co-sponsorship of seminars/ conferences/round tables: In conjunction with eStandardsForum, the research institute organizes special events to present its work, publicize its activities, and promote the Standards cause.
Research Institute Partnership: Collaborative Research
Project: Collaboration on Complementary Reports and Working Papers
eStandardsForum works with senior researchers to research, write, and issue complementary reports and working papers on the state of Standards observance and compliance and Standards-related issues in a country or region.
Commitment
The research institute provides expertise on the country's economic, political, and financial conditions relative to the Standards. Researchers communicate with government officials, supervisors, regulators, and issuers of the Standards.
eStandardsForum provides its research network and expertise on the 12 Key Standards for Sound Financial Systems and related issues.
Structure
Co-sponsorship of seminars/ conferences/round tables: In conjunction with eStandardsForum, the research institute organizes special events to present its work, publicize its activities, and promote the Standards cause.
Current Formal Partnerships
Universidad Anahuac del Sur is a prominent university in Mexico City, with a highly regarded Business School. Mr. Jorge Fabre, who is the dean of the Business School, is also the founder and director of the Mexican Center for Excellence in Corporate Governance (Centro de Excelencia en Gobierno Corporativo de Mexico). To access their website, click here: http://www.uas.mx/english/deanswelcome.htm
We began working with the Universidad Anahuac del Sur in May 2006. Our initial project involved educating students and faculty members on the 12 Key Standards for Sound Financial Systems. Subsequently, the students were offered internships in our New York office. The 12 Key Standards are taught as a module in an important Business School course. The University hosted a Public Policy Forum with government officials and regulators on April 10, 2008 to address the state of Mexico's compliance with the 12 Key Standards. Currently, the University is working on setting up a series of meetings between advanced students and the local authorities involved in issuing, regulating, and supervising the Standards. The information gathered will be used to evaluate the steps the country has taken to encourage the adoption of and enforce compliance with international standards.
CEF (Centro para la Estabilidad Financiera) an independent research institute established in Argentina in 2002, focuses on the analysis and discussion of financial services and policies. CEF is in regular contact with the financial services sector in Argentina and around the world. To access their website, click here: http://www.cefargentina.org/
In April 2007 we began partnering with CEF in order to assess the current state of Argentina's compliance with the 12 Key Standards for Sound Financial Systems. Drawing on CEF's extensive local expertise has allowed us to deepen our analysis of the Argentine economy and financial system. The CEF conducts meetings with government officials in order to have access to current and publicly available information and to encourage supervisors to issue and publish self-assessments on Argentina's compliance with the Standards. The CEF hosts a series of conferences and seminars on Insolvency, Banks Liquidity, Capital Controls, Financial Instruments, Corporate Governance, and Anti-Money Laundering Prevention to promote awareness of the 12 Key Standards.
