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The Reserve Bank of India in collaboration with OECD and the World Bank will host the Regional Dissemination Conference on Financial Education to present the work of the Russia/OECD/World Bank Trust Fund on Financial Literacy and Education and address specificities from India and the Asia region, notably national strategies for financial education, the measurement of financial literacy and methods for programme evaluation together with financial education for young people and women, as well as innovative delivery methods. Each session will include a discussion of case studies chosen among relevant and successful examples from Asia in particular. This conference will be attended by high-level Indian, OECD and World Bank representatives, high-level officials and experts from ministries of finance and education, central banks, regulatory and supervisory authorities, officials of State governments and international organisations, the private sector, the academic and civil community as well as NGOs.

The conference will be held at The Leela Ambience Convention Hotel, 1, CBD Maharaj Surajmal Road, Next to Yamuna Sports Complex, New Delhi - 110032. Please note that participation in the Conference is free but all participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation-related costs. For convenience of delegates, block booking has been arranged at the Leela Ambience Convention Hotel New Delhi. Accommodation must be reserved and paid for directly by delegates. This is only a guide. Delegates are free to choose any other hotel.

Launched on May 1, 2006, the Joint India-IMF Training Programme (ITP) is a cooperative venture of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).The Joint India-IMF Training Programme was formally inaugurated on January 24, 2007 by Mr. John Lipsky, First Deputy Managing Director of IMF and Dr. Rakesh Mohan, Deputy Governor of RBI The ITP is located in Pune, India

The purpose of the ITP is to provide policy-oriented training in economics and related operational fields to selected Indian officials, as well as to officials of certain other countries in South Asia and East Africa to be designated jointly by the RBI and the IMF.