Level #1 Get Started courses are available for free.

Level #2 Go Deeper courses are offered for EUR 800, for 40 hours of training over 9 weeks, with enriched content, a qualified instructor, virtual classes, peer exchanges, mock audit, and a training certificate. If you have already validated a Level #2 course (e.g., Go Deeper on SEPM) and want to attend another Level #2 course (e.g., Go Deeper on CP), we will offer you a 25% discount (EUR 600 for the second Level #2 course).

If you are selected to pursue to the Level #3 Get Qualified program, there is an additional cost of EUR 1,200 to benefit from individual coaching and a qualification certificate. If you are already qualified on a pathway (e.g. on SEPM) and want to get qualified on another pathway (e.g. on CP), we will offer you a 40% discount on the Level #3 Get Qualified program (EUR 720 instead of EUR 1,200).

Suppose you have been qualified on SEPM before 2023 and you want to get qualified on CP. In that case, you will have to pay a total of EUR 1,520 (instead of EUR 2,000): you will still pay the full price for the Level #2 Go Deeper course (since it will be your first time attending this enriched-content course) but you will benefit from the 40% discount on the Level #3 Get Qualified program.

If starting in 2023, you get qualified on CP or SEPM following the full pathway (#1 Get Started > #2 Go Deeper > #3 Get Qualified) and you want to get qualified on the second pathway, you will pay a total of EUR 1,320 (instead of EUR 2,000): you will indeed benefit from both discounts on the Level #2 Go Deeper course and Level #3 Get Qualified program.

Cerise+SPTF no longer offers internal qualifications for FSPs. If you work for an FSP, you can build your SEPM or CP skills by completing the Level #1 Get Started and Level #2 Go Deeper courses.

The Level #3 Get Qualified program is exclusively reserved for experts available to bring field support to FSPs:

• Independent consultants
• Impact/SEPM/CP managers of national or international networks
• Managers of investment funds
• Staff of technical assistance firms
• Rating agencies
• Certification bodies

Access to the qualification program is subject to a selection process in which the candidate’s profile and work prospects for conducting audits will be evaluated.

Cerise+SPTF qualifies a maximum of 2 persons per organization.

No. Cerise+SPTF only qualifies individuals and not entities. Your qualification certificate is personal.

If you leave your organization and want to keep your qualification, you must inform Cerise+SPTF and continue abiding by the Terms & Conditions for SEPM/CP qualified auditors.

Since the Smart Campaign’s closure in 2020, there have been key changes on client protection (CP) in the inclusive finance sector:

• The Client Protection Standards are now fully hosted by Cerise+SPTF under the Client Protection Pathway.
• Furthermore, the client protection standards have been updated, including an 8th standard related to governance, and published in February 2022.
• As before, the client protection standards are included in the Universal Standards for Social and Environmental Performance Management, which were also updated in early 2022.
• We also introduced new tools, and an introductory tool as well as a comprehensive tool for client protection are now hosted on SPI Online.

So there’s still a lot to learn about!

If you were a Support Assessor under the Smart Campaign program, you need to go through the training and qualification process to become CP qualified.

If you were a Lead Assessor under the Smart Campaign program, you will need to pass a test to confirm the equivalence of your status. If you don’t reach the minimum score required, you will need to go through the training and qualification process to become CP qualified.