Open professional programmes
- Relevant work, study or career objective
- Ability to participate in English
- Identity and contact verification
- Agreement to programme conduct rules
Eligibility and vetting
Right participant. Right programme. Appropriate access.
Admission decisions protect learning quality, sensitive methods, participating institutions and the integrity of completion certificates.
General eligibility
Admission is based on relevance and readiness.
Programme-specific requirements apply. AFCP may request further information, recommend a foundation programme first, defer an application or decline admission.
Advanced programmes
- Foundation knowledge or equivalent experience
- Role-related examples or short motivation
- Prerequisite assessment where applicable
- Capacity for applied assignments
Institution-sponsored
- Authorised nomination
- Role and learning-need confirmation
- Agreed participant list
- Payment and data responsibilities defined
Verification evidence
Public institution confirmation may include:
- Official nomination letter on institutional letterhead
- Application from a verifiable official email domain
- Confirmation from authorised HR, line manager or programme focal point
- Government or institutional identity document, shown securely
- Current job title, function and programme relevance
- Confidentiality, information-use and conflict declarations
- Any additional clearance required by the sponsoring institution
Restricted access
Employment confirmation is mandatory for sensitive public-sector programmes.
Financial investigations, asset tracing, operational analysis, selected strategic analysis, advanced typology research, supervisory inspections and national or sectoral risk-assessment programmes are restricted.
The off-site inspection programme is available only to confirmed employees of competent financial regulators or formally authorised supervisory authorities. Applications from personal email addresses are not sufficient.
No automatic admission
Acknowledgement of an application, invoice, deposit or third-party referral does not constitute admission. Only a written admission notice issued after vetting confirms a place.
Admission workflow
Six steps from interest to confirmed place.
- Select a programme
Review audience, prerequisite, duration, mode, date and fee category. - Submit an application or nomination
Provide accurate personal, institutional and professional information. - Eligibility screening
AFCP checks role relevance, prerequisites and available cohort capacity. - Institutional vetting where required
Employment and authority are verified directly with the public institution or regulator. - Offer, invoice and acceptance
The written offer states conditions, payment deadline, venue status and cancellation terms. - Final joining instructions
Issued after conditions are met and the course reaches confirmation status.
Information and conduct
Participation carries responsibilities.
Applicants and sponsors must protect course materials, fictional case data, other participants' contributions and any restricted session information.
Confidentiality
No unauthorised recording, photography, distribution, copying or disclosure of restricted exercises or participant information.
Professional conduct
Respectful participation, academic integrity, proper source use and compliance with venue, digital-platform and assessment rules.
Data minimisation
AFCP should collect only what is necessary for admission, delivery, payment, safeguarding, certificate control and legal obligations.
Offline application draft
Prepare your enquiry or application.
This offline form does not transmit information. It creates a text draft on your device that you can review and email to AFCP. Do not place classified, law-enforcement-sensitive, personal-case or confidential customer information in this form.
Before sending
For restricted programmes, use your official institutional email and state the authorised contact who can confirm employment. Supporting documents should be shared only through an approved secure channel after AFCP responds.
Admissions FAQ
Common questions.
No. Eligibility should be screened before payment for restricted programmes. An institution-sponsored engagement may follow a separate contract process.
Not under the open calendar. The programme is available only to verified employees of competent regulators or authorised supervisory authorities unless a regulator formally sponsors and approves a controlled participant list.
A controlled certificate of completion or successful completion stating the programme title, dates, assessment status and verification reference. It is not described as a degree, diploma or internationally accredited qualification.
Yes. Reasons may include unmet prerequisites, insufficient verification, inappropriate access, conflict concerns, cohort capacity, non-payment or conduct risk.