Trade Finance Training Workshop
Foundations of International Trade & Finance
Athens, Greece, Monday 26th & Tuesday 27th June 2017
Venue: Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Akadimias 7- Athens, Greece.
Supported through the EBRD TFP
AGENDA
Day 1 : Monday 26 June 2017
08.45 - 09.15 - Registration
09.15 -09.30 - Welcome and Opening Remarks
Nicolas A. Vernicos, President ICC Hellas
Charoula Apalagaki, Secretary General, Hellenic Bank Association
Marco Nindl, EBRD Trade Facilitation Programme
09.30 - 11.00 - Presentation Vincent O’Brien (ICC BC)
Global Trends in International Trade & Finance
11.00 – 11.20 - Coffee Break
11.20 – 12.45 - Presentation Vincent O’Brien (ICC BC)
International Contract of Sale
Transport and logistics for International Trade
The role of documents in International Trade
Incoterms 2010
Settlement Options for International Trade
12.45 – 13.30 - Lunch
13.30 – 14.45 - Presentation Vincent O’Brien (ICC BC)
Documentary Letters of Credit & UCP600
Documentary Credit Detailed Workflow
14.45 – 15.10 - Coffee Break
15.10 – 16.30 - Presentation Vincent O’Brien (ICC BC)
Review SWIFT Documentary Credit
Documentary Credit Variants
Concise Documentary Collections & URC522
16.30 – 17.00 - Questions and Answers
Day 2 : Tuesday 27 June 2017
09.00 – 09.30 – Arrival
09.30 - 11.00 - Presentation Vincent O’Brien (ICC BC)
Standby Documentary Credits
Demand Guarantees and URDG 758
Forfaiting with Documentary Credit
Technology and Trade Finance BPO
11.00 – 11.20 - Coffee Break
11.20 – 12.00 - Presentation Marco Nindl (EBRD TFP)
Briefing on EBRD Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP)
12.00 - 12.45 - Presentation Vincent O’Brien (ICC BC)
Trade Finance Case Studies
12.45 – 13.30 - Lunch
13.30 – 14.10 - Presentation Vincent O’Brien (ICC BC)
CITF Test Questions and Cases
14.10 – 14.40 - Presentation Sabina Dziurman, EBRD Director, Greece and Cyprus
The EBRD in Greece
14.40 – 15.00 - Presentation of Certificates and Closing Remarks
15.00 - Close of Seminar
