## Building Institutions to Fight Corruption (BIFC)

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Building Institutions to Fight Corruption (BIFC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/courses/bifc)

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: December 15, 2022

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### Training program
- Presented by IMF staff and led by the Fiscal Affairs Department.
- Sets out a detailed road map to identify and address vulnerabilities to corruption in the public financial management cycle.
- Covers systems and institutions for both revenue and expenditure management.
- Presents indicators and red flags that can alert policy makers and oversight agencies of possible challenges and weaknesses.
- Discusses the potential macro-fiscal implications and costs of corruption.
- Includes examples and case studies from the region.
- Aims to help country authorities build their institutions and skills to fight corruption.

### Target audience
- Mid-to senior level professionals from:
  - Ministries of Finance
  - Central Banks
  - Leader/President/Prime Minister’s Office
  - Supreme Audit Institution
  - Anti-Corruption Commission
  - Accountant General's Office
- These agencies are identified as critical in shaping and implementing a country’s anticorruption strategy and policies.

### Qualifications
- Applicants are expected to be mid-to senior level qualified professionals with several years of experience of policy making and/or working on addressing vulnerabilities to corruption in the fiscal area.

### Course objectives
- Identify the legal instruments, mechanisms, and strategies that need to be in place to both prevent and prosecute corruption.
- Better understand the need for a strong rule of law and how it relates to corruption.
- Understand mechanisms for international cooperation designed to fight corruption.

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## References

- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/courses/bifc_