## Compliance Risk Management (CMPLRM)

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Compliance Risk Management (CMPLRM)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/courses/cmplrm)

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: October 23, 2020

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### Overview
- The course is presented by the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD).
- Designed for senior officials who have a leadership role in Compliance Risk Management.
- Purpose: consider the importance of a risk based approach to compliance and how this leads to the efficient administration of the revenue system.
- Emphasis on alignment of compliance activity to the organization’s mission, vision and values to guide practical compliance work.
- Tailored toward participants responsible for establishing or leading the compliance risk unit within their administration.

### Core approach and format
- Each module begins with coverage of theoretical concepts followed by practical examples and exercises.
- Course materials are based on practical support materials to ensure hands-on learning.
- Participants undertake practical work to establish strong fundamentals and apply concepts to their administrations.

### Main topics covered
- What is risk management and why is risk based management important
- Undertaking intelligence gathering
- Risk differentiation
- Mitigating risks through a compliance improvement program
- Development by each administration of plans to implement a risk register and adopt risk differentiation

### Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience: Officials who have a senior role in Compliance Risk Management in their agencies.
- Qualifications: No academic qualifications are necessary.

### Course objectives and expected outputs
- Objective: cover conceptual course material (theory) and ensure strong fundamentals through practical work.
- Provide participants with sufficient knowledge and tools to return to their administrations and:
  - Develop an organizational risk register.
  - Develop a risk differentiation approach to compliance.
  - Design plans to implement risk registers and adopt risk differentiation within their administrations.

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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)
- [Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mrcce26-44)

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