CAFRAL's learning mandate is to enhance awareness and stimulate thinking so as to translate into strategic policies and actions at the senior level among central banks, regulators, banks and financial institutions. Hence, the focus is on seminars, conferences, workshops and round tables, Webinars and Virtual Learning Program facilitating a two-way exchange of experiences and insights, rather than conventional learning programmes for capacity building. The learning programmes are conducted or facilitated by experts with rich knowledge and practical experience.

A key aspect of CAFRAL's learning programmes is to bring in experts and regulators with rich practical experience in the subject to interact with senior functionaries in the banking and financial sector so as to promote more informed thinking and decision making