You walk into your office one ordinary morning and find your systems down, weeks of planning gone, and no clear picture of what caused it. That is how most crises actually begin — not with a dramatic warning, but with a sudden loss of information and control, while nobody is quite sure yet what is really going on.

This Training Course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy examines how financial crises build up — rising debt fuelling rising asset prices until repayment starts outpacing income — and equips participants with the crisis-management skills needed to respond before a downturn spirals out of control.

Who this training course is for:

• Students of economics colleges and institutes.
• Professionals working in international economic affairs.
• New and aspiring business owners entering the commercial market.
• Anyone interested in stock markets, speculation, or fast-moving trade deals.

What participants take away:

• What actually causes economic crises, and how debt reduction plays out across an economy.
• How falling income and reduced spending feed into rising debt.
• How borrowing connects to stock-market collapses and banking setbacks.
• How markets get flooded during a crisis, and practical ways to ease the resulting social tension.

Module 1: How a Financial Crisis Actually Forms

• Defining an economic crisis and identifying its underlying causes.
• The visible signs, or manifestations, of a crisis as it develops.

Module 2: The Fallout — Debt, Banks, and the Wider Economy

• The consequences of an economic crisis on institutions and individuals.
• How borrowing connects to economic crises, and the impact on the banking sector.

Module 3: Managing the Crisis Once It Hits

• A scientific, structured approach to crisis management and its key steps.
• Handling sensitive information responsibly during a crisis.
• The qualities a crisis-management leader needs, and how to develop them.

Module 4: Learning From Past Rescue Plans

• Reviewing rescue plans used during previous financial crises, and what made them work or fail.