## VITARA - Enterprise Risk Management (VITARA-ERM)

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [VITARA - Enterprise Risk Management (VITARA-ERM)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/courses/vitara-erm)

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 22, 2025

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## Upcoming offerings

| Start date | End date | Location | Delivery Method | Session No. | Primary & (Interpretation) language | Apply |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| May 1, 2026 | April 15, 2027 | Course conducted online | [Online Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods) | [OL 26.221](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/vitara-ermol26-221) | English | [Apply online](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=OL26.221E) by April 1, 2027 |

### Overview
- Module aim: build knowledge and understanding of how adopting a systematic approach to ERM supports tax administrations to achieve their overall goals successfully.
- Includes practical tools, methodologies and templates to facilitate and accelerate the design and implementation of ERM in tax administrations.
- Topic: Fiscal Issues

### Target Audience
- Relevant for executives and senior managers dealing with enterprise risk management (ERM) issues in a tax administration.
- Important for other tax administration staff involved in:
  - implementation of a tax administration's ERM policies,
  - identification and prioritization of enterprise risks,
  - development and oversight of treatment strategies.

### Qualifications
- No educational prerequisites.
- Appropriate for tax administration staff with a foundational knowledge of tax administration practices.
- Primary audience: senior and executive officials working in the ERM function.
- Also supports staff who have no previous experience in ERM and wish to establish ERM practice in their organization for the first time.

### Course Objectives
Upon completion of this module, participants should be able to:
- Define the concept of ERM and its benefits for tax administrations.
- Outline the ERM framework and process.
- Determine the necessary organizational and governance arrangements needed for ERM.
- Explain the role of senior leaders of a tax administration in enterprise risk management.

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## References

- [Online Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [OL 26.221](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/vitara-ermol26-221)
- [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)
- [Apply online](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=OL26.221E)

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