Fiscal Frameworks (FF)

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• Session: JV 24.10
• Location: Vienna, Austria
• Dates: April 22, 2024 - May 3, 2024 (2 weeks)
• Delivery method: In-person Training
• Primary language: English
• Interpretation language: Russian
• Status: Deadline passed

Overview and Logistics

• Session No.: JV 24.10
• Location: Vienna, Austria
• Date: April 22, 2024 - May 3, 2024 (2 weeks)
• Delivery Method: In-person Training
• Primary Language: English
• Interpretation Language: Russian
• Status: Deadline passed

Target Audience

• Junior to mid-level government officials in:
  • ministries of economy, planning, and finance
  • treasuries
  • central banks
  • independent fiscal agencies
  • other agencies involved in the analysis, design, conduct, and assessment of fiscal policy

Qualifications and Participant Expectations

• Expected background:
  • degree in economics or finance or equivalent work experience
  • good quantitative skills
  • proficiency in the use of computers to analyze data
• Strong recommendation:
  • completion of the Financial Programming and Policies (FPP) and the Fiscal Policy Analysis (FPA) course before enrolling
• Technical requirement:
  • familiarity with Microsoft Excel is essential as many workshops are conducted in Excel

Course Description and Core Content

• Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.
• Core themes:
  • review of the objectives of both government and fiscal policy
  • introduction to tools and methodologies to analyze, monitor, and improve fiscal policy
  • methods to obtain high-quality information for fiscal analysis
  • approaches to improve transparency and responsibility to hold governments accountable for medium- to long-term fiscal objectives
  • thematic presentations by participants conclude the course

Course Objectives (learning outcomes)

Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:

• Describe the debate on the proper role of government and fiscal policy.
• Use data to assess national fiscal policy.
• Design fiscal rules for specific national problems.
• Monitor fiscal performance.
• Contribute to building a medium-term budget to limit recessions while respecting sustainability.

References

• In-person Training
• Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)
• Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)
• Fiscal Sustainability (FS)
• Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)
• Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)