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Interpretation Language: Arabic
October 4-7, 2021
(1 week)
Deadline passed
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Officials from debt management offices, central banks, and regulators who deal with topics related to the securities markets in middle and lower-income countries from DMF eligible countries.
Primary Language: English
Interpretation Language: Arabic
October 11-21, 2021
(2 weeks)
New dates
Deadline passed
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Officials whose main responsibility is compiling public finance statistics.
Primary Language: English
October 18-28, 2021
(2 weeks)
New dates
Deadline passed
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Junior to mid-level officials who work with exchange rate policy and analysis.
Primary Language: English
Interpretation Language: Arabic
November 1-4, 2021
(1 week)
Deadline passed
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Financial sector supervisors and regulators with responsibilities that include cyber risk regulation and / or supervision at central banks and agencies charged with supervising financial institutions.
Primary Language: English
November 1-4, 2021
(1 week)
Deadline passed
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Officials responsible for compiling short-term or monthly economic indicators in central banks and statistical offices.
Primary Language: English
Interpretation Language: Arabic
November 1-11, 2021
(2 weeks)
New dates
Deadline passed
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Junior to senior officials with some intermediate fiscal background who are interested in understanding and applying fiscal sustainability analysis and how it may relate to the country-specific macro-fiscal environment.
Primary Language: English
Interpretation Language: Arabic
November 15-18, 2021
(1 week)
Deadline passed
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Central bank officials serving on governance and oversight bodies, and/or senior central bank staff responsible for accounting, financial reporting, auditing, risk management, internal control, legal, or reserve management operations.
Primary Language: English
November 29, 2021 - December 9, 2021
(2 weeks)
New dates
Apply online by October 25, 2021 Deadline extended
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Junior to mid-level officials from emerging markets and low-income countries interested in understanding and analyzing the conduct of monetary policy and its interaction with the rest of the economy.
Primary Language: English
Interpretation Language: Arabic
December 6-16, 2021
(2 weeks)
New dates
Apply online by November 6, 2021 Deadline extended
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Mid-level to senior officials involved in economic and strategic planning; monitoring and evaluating policy strategies for reducing poverty and inequality; and promoting job creation.
Primary Language: English
December 13-23, 2021
(2 weeks)
New dates
Rabat, Morocco
Officials of all levels in central banks, ministries of finance, and other governmental agencies with macro-fiscal units (e.g., cabinet office, parliament), who monitor and assess country-wide and regional multisectoral vulnerabilities and risks.
Primary Language: English
Interpretation Language: Arabic
January 10-13, 2022
(1 week)
Apply online by December 3, 2021
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Officials from debt management offices, ministries of finance, or central banks who deal with public debt management.
Primary Language: English
January 10-20, 2022
(2 weeks)
Apply online by December 3, 2021
Rabat, Morocco
Officials of all levels in central banks, ministries of finance, and other governmental agencies with macro-fiscal units (e.g., cabinet office, parliament), who monitor and assess country-wide and regional multisectoral vulnerabilities and risks.
Primary Language: Arabic
January 10-20, 2022
(2 weeks)
Apply online by December 3, 2021
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Officials from ministries of finance, economy, planning and central banks who advise on or help implement macroeconomic and financial policies.
Primary Language: English
Interpretation Language: Arabic
January 24-27, 2022
(1 week)
Apply online by December 17, 2021
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Compilers of consumer price indexes (CPIs).
Primary Language: English
Interpretation Language: Arabic
January 24-27, 2022
(1 week)
Apply online by December 17, 2021
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Mid- to senior-level officials working in the payment and technology departments at the central bank and in positions with similar responsibilities.
Primary Language: English
Interpretation Language: Arabic
February 1-3, 2022
(1 week)
Apply online by December 24, 2021
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Mid- to senior-level officials working in the payment, legal, technology, monetary policy, and financial stability departments at the central bank and in positions with similar responsibilities.
Primary Language: English
February 7-17, 2022
(2 weeks)
Apply online by December 31, 2021
Rabat, Morocco
Mid-level to senior officials from central banks and government agencies dealing with regulation of the financial sector. Preference is given to applicants working on issues directly related to financial development and inclusion.
Primary Language: Arabic
February 7-17, 2022
(2 weeks)
Apply online by January 6, 2022
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Junior to senior officials interested in understanding fiscal policy and its macroeconomic implications.
Primary Language: English
Interpretation Language: Arabic
March 7-10, 2022
(1 week)
Apply online by January 28, 2022
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Mid- to senior-level officials working in the payment systems oversight departments of central banks and in positions with similar responsibilities.
Primary Language: English
Interpretation Language: Arabic
March 14-17, 2022
(1 week)
Apply online by February 10, 2022
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Officials at central banks and supervisory agencies for the financial sector who are involved in the collection, compilation, and analysis of financial soundness indicators.
Primary Language: English
Interpretation Language: Arabic
March 21-31, 2022
(2 weeks)
Apply online by February 11, 2022
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Mid-level to senior officials from central banks, ministries of finance, and other government agencies tasked with the design and execution of policies in resource-rich countries (RRCs).