THEMATIC WORKSHOP ON ISLAMIC FINANCIAL LITERACY

25-26 February, 2015 / 5-6 Jamadil Awal, 1436

Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam

JOINT ORGANIZERS:
Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali
(FBMS, UNISSA), Brunei Darussalam
and
Islamic Research and Training Institute, Islamic Development Bank
(IRTI, IsDB), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
in Collaboration with
Centre for Islamic Banking Finance and Management, Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam
(CIBFM, AMBD)

CALL FOR PAPERS

Financial education and awareness should be promoted by all relevant stakeholders and clear
information on consumer protection, rights and responsibilities should be easily accessible by
consumers. Appropriate mechanisms should be developed to help existing and future consumers
develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to appropriately understand risks, including
financial risks and opportunities, make informed choices, know where to go for assistance, and
take effective action to improve their own financial well-being.

It obvious that a sound financial health is critical to the well-being of the individual and family.
Well-informed consumers will enhance the functioning of the financial sector in general and
financial industry in particular. A population that is prudent and knowledgeable helps to
contribute to the financial resilience of the country. It will also help people to be more self-reliant
in financial affairs – skillful in managing day-to-day finances, make prudent investments and
plan for longer-term needs which comply to syariah. The correct understanding on financial
management and responsibility is crucial to avoid debt society culture.

Best Practices, advanced experiences, researchers and related regulators are expected to join this
workshop aiming to design a better Islamic Financial Literacy project in the future.

The main characteristics of this workshop are: a strongly operative perspective, presentations by
experts including regulators, best practices from practitioners, participation of a limited number
of attendants (few best selected papers).

Expected output from the workshop is list of action and concrete project possibilities which
suggesting Islamic financial literacy for benefit of ummah from socio and economic perspectives.
IRTI will prepare brief and concrete synthesis reports on the results of the workshop that will be
sent to the participants.

The Thematic Workshop’s objectives

Aims to provide a thorough overview of the Islamic Financial Literacy; the current status and
future prospects. It is to promote the Islamic financial literacy, highlight the Issues and challenges
and to suggest solution and choices to the consumers.

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Scopes and Topics to be covered:

The thematic workshop will cover the following areas and topics (but not limited to) both
conceptual and empirical studies:

 Financial Education
 Financial Planning
 Consumption and saving
 Consumer Protection in Financial Sector
 Financial Management
 Financial Inclusion
 Islamic Social Finance Sector
 Roles of Bank and Non-Bank Institution in Financial Literacy
 Investments

Who to participate:

Academicians, researchers, regulators and practitioners are cordially invited to contribute papers
and participate in the workshop.

Tickets and Accommodation:

International authors of the accepted papers will be covered by IRTI for round-trip economy
class air ticket, registration fee and hotel accommodation during the workshop. In the case of
more than one authors, only one presenter will be covered by IRTI.

Proceedings / Publication:

This workshop is intended as a meeting of minds among thinkers, scholars and practitioners
(maximum 40 persons). The papers presented at the discussion will be reviewed for consideration
to publish in a book that will be published by IRTI.

Registration:

Registration fees
Participant BND100
Participant (Student) BND20
 Deadline for payment : 11 February 2015

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 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

1. Submissions are to include the following:

 Abstract and full paper in one document (further instructions given below)
 Recent Curriculum Vitae (CV) of the author(s) (in separate documents for each co-
author)
2. Paper and CV submissions are to be sent electronically to TWIFL2015@gmail.com
with “Submission for TWIFL2015” in the subject line.
3. Paper submissions should begin with the following information:
TITLE OF ARTICLE
AUTHOR, AFFILIATION
E-MAIL ADDRESS
CONTACT ADDRESS & CONTACT NUMBER
4. The submission may fall into one of the following categories:
 Rejected or
 To be presented in the workshop

Abstract
The guidelines for the abstract are:
1. The abstract should be written in Times New Roman with font size 12 and single (1.0)
spacing.
2. Abstracts should be within 250-300 words only.
3. Abstract should be submitted in one paragraph only.
4. Keywords should be identified (not more than one line)

Full Paper
The guidelines for the papers are:
1. Papers should be written in Times New Roman with font size 12 and 1.5 spacing.
2. Papers should be no more than 20 pages in length.
3. The formatting system should follow the APA Formatting and Style Guide which can be
accessed at this URL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
4. The paper should be original and of high academic standard.

Language: English.

Important Dates

1. Deadline for full paper submission: 20 December 2014

2. Notification of full paper acceptance: 15 January 2015
3. Camera ready paper submission: 25 January 2015

Kindly direct all queries to:

TWIFL2015@gmail.com

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 CONTACT PERSONS

Prof Dr Abdul Ghafar Ismail Dr. Abdelrahman Elzahi Saaid Ali

Head Senior Researcher
Islamic Economic Research Division Islamic Economic Research Division
IRTI/IsDB IRTI/IsDB
E-mail: AgIsmail@isdb.org E-mail: aelzahi@isdb.org
Tel:+966 2 646 6330 Tel:+966 2 6466328

Dr Fadzliwati Mohiddin Dr Kamaru Salam Yusof

Dean
Faculty of Business and Management Sciences
Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali
Brunei Darussalam
E-mail : fadzliwati@unissa.edu.bn
Tel : +6732462000 ex 801
Deputy Dean
Faculty of Business and Management Sciences
Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali
Brunei Darussalam
E-mail : kamarul@unissa.edu.bn
Tel : +6732462000 ex 801

Paper Submission:
The submission of the full paper and curriculum vitae shall be sent to:
TWIFL2015@gmail.com

For further information about the workshop kindly go to:

www.isfin-literacy.com and www.irti.org

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