Government Finance Statistics - Advanced

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Target audience:
- Officials whose main responsibility, for at least three years, has been compiling and disseminating GFS and who are regularly faced with complex GFS methodological and compilation issues.
Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, public financial management or statistics or the equivalent.
- It is strongly recommended that applicants have completed the online Government Finance Statistics (GFSx) or the Government Finance Statistics fundamental (GFS-F) courses.

Framework and focus:
- Focuses on the conceptual framework of government finance statistics (GFS) as presented in the Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 (GFSM 2014), with an emphasis on new concepts introduced in GFSM 2014.
- Requires that participants are familiar with the basic GFS framework and classification system.
- Emphasizes the integrated GFS framework.
Complex cross-cutting issues addressed:
- Social protection
- Government employee pension liabilities
- Standardized guarantee schemes
- Contracts
- Leases
- Licenses
- Public-private partnerships
- Public sector balance sheets
Additional topics:
- Coverage of the public sector, with special attention to borderline and complex cases.
- Internal and intersectoral data consistency.
- Coordination between data-producing agencies.
- Data presentation and communication with users.
Format:
- Lectures and discussions.

Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Explain the new concepts introduced in the GFSM 2014.
- Apply the general principles in GFSM 2014 to complex cross-cutting GFS issues in the integrated framework, such as social protection, government employee pension liabilities, standardized guarantee schemes, social protection, government employee pension liabilities, standardized guarantee schemes, contracts, leases, licenses, public-private partnerships, and public sector balance sheets.

IMF offers online training to government officials and the public; current offerings include:
- Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC) — English (Arabic) | December 7-18, 2026 | In-person Training | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Integrating Basel III Liquidity Standards with ILAAP A Framework for Effective Liquidity Risk Management — English (Arabic) | October 4-8, 2026 | In-person Training | Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Big Data for Macroeconomic Statistics (BDMS) — English (French, Portuguese) | October 26-30, 2026 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius