Vision

To be the premier institution for capacity building for the Financial Sector in Africa.

Mission

The Kenya school of monetary studies is to be engaged in research and capacity building dedicated to supporting the stability of the Financial Sector.

Values

In fulfilling the vision and mission, The School will:

• Put the needs of the students and clients at the heart of the work and help all learners attain their full potential.
• Aspire to excel in all areas of activity with commitment to fairness, equality of opportunity and respect to all.
• Endeavour to maintain high ethical and professional standards
• Engage in continuous review and improvement of performance.
• Facilitate the empowerment of others and to encourage collaboration and teamwork
• Appreciate and reward success

Long Term Strategy

• The primary objective of the School is capacity building for economists, bankers and financial experts to meet the manpower requirements for sound economic management and stability of the financial sector in Kenya and the region.
• The long-term objective of KSMS is to transform the School into a regional Centre of Excellence for capacity building for high caliber economists and financial experts required to formulate and implement policies geared towards sustainable economic growth and stable financial sector.

Key Objectives

The key objectives of the School that will enable attainment of its long term strategies are:

• To ensure financial sustainability of operations
• To augment existing training with broad-based research and postgraduate programmes.
• To complete the legal process leading to autonomy of the School from Central Bank of Kenya.
• To enhance ability to offer conferencing and other hospitality services to support the training function and the drive to attain financial sustainability

Activities to operationalise key objectives

In pursuit of its objectives, the School set out to operationalise / implement the following core activities.

• Teach and prepare candidates pursuing professional courses in banking, finance and information technology.
• Organize and facilitate management and skills development courses, seminars and workshops.
• Facilitate specialized short-term regional training programmes in economics, banking and finance.
• Undertake Postgraduate training with a view to developing a reputable research and consultancy centre of excellence in Sub-Sahara Africa.
• To make use of excess capacity in its physical facilities, by running conference, hospitability and sports facilities as its non-core business.