Thematic Area Legal and Institutional Frameworks
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- Published: October 29, 2018
ABOUT
- These courses offer fundamental knowledge on legal, institutional, financial, and operational features of the International Monetary Fund.
- Explore Illustrative Learning Paths: IMF Legal and Institutional Frameworks.
TARGET AUDIENCE
- Lawyers and professionals from central banks, ministries of finance and justice, and other agencies with responsible for legal aspects of relations with the IMF.
- Lawyers, legal advisors, or officials from ministries of justice and finance, central banks, tax authorities, supervisory bodies, financial intelligence units, and public sector audit bodies responsible for legal aspects of tax policymaking or tax administration, relations with international financial institutions, bank regulation and supervision, bank resolution, and risk-based approach to AML/CFT supervision of financial institutions.
- Lawyers, legal advisors, and officials from ministries of justice and finance, central banks, financial sector supervisors, and financial intelligence unit officials responsible for legal aspects of combating money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing, public debt–related matters, public financial management issues, and the design or implementation of corporate and household insolvency legislation and related issues.
- Anticorruption agencies; public officials of presidential administrations or prime ministers’ offices; ministries of justice; officials of audit and ethics institutions; and attorneys general offices responsible for setting anticorruption policies and strategies.
- Central bank officials serving on governance and oversight bodies and/or responsible for accounting, financial reporting, auditing, risk management, internal control, legal operations, or reserve management operations.
ILLUSTRATIVE LEARNING PATH
- Online: Legal Aspects of the International Monetary Fund: An Introduction (LFIx)
- Online: IMF Financial Operations (IFOx)
Prudential Supervision
- Objective: Build a solid foundation in the legal underpinnings of the mandate, decision-making structures, autonomy, accountability, transparency, and operations of central banks.
- Online: Foundations of Central Bank Law (FCBLx)
- Objective: Understand the risk-based approach to AML/CFT regulation and supervision, in line with the international standards for the banking, securities, and insurance sectors.
- Online: Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Risk-based
- Note: This course can also be found under the Financial Sector Issues Thematic Area.
- Objective: Reflect on selected key issues related to the institutional and legal infrastructure, including tax law design, international financial institutions, and banking supervision frameworks.
- International Issues in Tax Law Design (TLWD) — This course can also be found under the Fiscal Issues Thematic Area.
- Legal Frameworks for Banking Supervision and Resolution (LBSR) — This course can also be found under the Financial Sector Issues Thematic Area.
Financial Stability
- Objective: Build capacities to implement international standards on AML/CFT and to assess legal aspects of debt sustainability and debt restructuring.
- Counter Terrorism Financing Best Practices Course (CFT Legal Reform) (CFT-BPC)
- Practical Considerations in Money Laundering Investigations (PCMLI)
- Public Debt Sustainability and Debt Restructuring (DSDR) — This course can also be found under the Fiscal Issues Thematic Area.
- Objective: Focus on institutional and legal issues related to sound and effective PFM, including emerging legal developments, such as gender and climate change.
- Public Financial Management Legal Frameworks (LFPFM) — This course can also be found under the Fiscal Issues Thematic Area.
- Public Debt: Law and Contracts (DCU)
- Legal and Institutional Framework for Public Debt Management (LIDM)
- NEW: Selected Issues in Fiscal Law and Governance (FLG) — This course can also be found under the Fiscal Issues Thematic Area.
- NEW: Legal Foundations for Local Currency Bond Markets (LFLCBM) — This course can also be found under the Fiscal Issues Thematic Area.
- NEW: Corporate Governance and Legal Frameworks of SOEs (SOE-CGLF) — This course can also be found under the Fiscal Issues Thematic Area.
- Objective: Share experiences on corporate and household insolvency law reform and implementation, including enforcement of claims and alternative techniques for the treatment of distressed debt.
- Workshop on Corporate and Household Insolvency (CHI)
- Implementing the International AML/CFT Standards (AMLS) — This course can also be found under the Financial Sector Issues Thematic Area.
Governance and Anticorruption
- Objective: Acquire an overview of strategies and approaches to reduce corruption and enhance the rule of law. Focus on legal and institutional aspects and effectiveness of anticorruption frameworks, as well as understanding the political economy of corruption.
- NEW Building Institutions to Fights Corruption (BIFC)
- NEW Confronting Macro-Critical Corruption (CMCC)
- Objective: Special focus on central bank governance and the importance of independent oversight, transparency, and accountability for improving financial safeguards. Review the concepts underlying autonomy and good governance in central bank legislation.
- Safeguards Assessment of Central Banks (SAC)
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