{
  "title": "Virtual : Fiscal Sustainability (FS)",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2021/fsat21-27v",
  "canonical": "https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2021/fsat21-27v",
  "overlayPath": "/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2021/fsat21-27v/index.md",
  "summary": "Virtual : Fiscal Sustainability Training Program Target Audience Junior to senior officials with some intermediate fiscal background who are interested in understanding and applying fiscal sustainability analyses and learning how such analyses may relate to a country-specific environment.",
  "publishDate": "2023-03-13",
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "Training program overview",
      "content": "- Event: Virtual : Fiscal Sustainability\n- Organizer: Institute for Capacity Development, International Monetary Fund (IMF)\n- Session No.: AT 21.27 V\n- Location: Ebene, Mauritius\n- Date: October 25, 2021 - November 5, 2021 (2 weeks)\n- Delivery Method: Virtual Training\n- Primary Language: English\n- Interpretation Language: French Portuguese\n- Status: Deadline passed"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Target audience and qualifications",
      "content": "- Target Audience:\n  - Junior to senior officials with some intermediate fiscal background who are interested in understanding and applying fiscal sustainability analyses and learning how such analyses may relate to a country-specific environment.\n- Qualifications:\n  - Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or equivalent work experience and some familiarity with using spreadsheets."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course description and focus",
      "content": "- The course looks at fiscal sustainability as a requirement for macroeconomic stability and sustainable and inclusive long-term growth.\n- Provides a thorough overview of how to assess fiscal sustainability from a policy and tools perspective.\n- Discusses long-term fiscal pressures and risks as well as debt management strategies and the early warning indicators used by the IMF.\n- Special attention is given to case studies of fiscal crises and the subsequent fiscal adjustments."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course objectives (learning outcomes)",
      "content": "- Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:\n  - Describe why fiscal sustainability is central to macroeconomic stability and sustainable growth.\n  - Apply effective concepts, definitions, and techniques for analyzing fiscal sustainability.\n  - Identify fiscal vulnerabilities, distinguishing between near-term and long-term risks.\n  - Analyze crises and fiscal adjustment cases.\n  - Differentiate between various debt sustainability analysis (DSA) frameworks.\n  - Prepare a brief DSA for either a country with access to financial markets or a low-income country."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Related training offerings (as listed by the IMF Institute for Capacity Development)",
      "content": "- Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)\n  - English (French, Portuguese) | January 18-29, 2027 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius\n- Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)\n  - English (Arabic) | December 13-17, 2026 | In-person Training | Kuwait City, Kuwait\n- Fiscal Sustainability (FS)\n  - English (Arabic) | November 9-20, 2026 | In-person Training | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates\n- Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)\n  - English (French, Portuguese) | November 9-13, 2026 | In-person Training | Ebene, Mauritius"
    }
  ],
  "bullets": [
    "Event: Virtual : Fiscal Sustainability",
    "Organizer: Institute for Capacity Development, International Monetary Fund (IMF)",
    "Session No.: AT 21.27 V",
    "Location: Ebene, Mauritius",
    "Date: October 25, 2021 - November 5, 2021 (2 weeks)",
    "Delivery Method: Virtual Training",
    "Primary Language: English",
    "Interpretation Language: French Portuguese",
    "Status: Deadline passed",
    "Target Audience:",
    "Qualifications:",
    "The course looks at fiscal sustainability as a requirement for macroeconomic stability and sustainable and inclusive long-term growth.",
    "Provides a thorough overview of how to assess fiscal sustainability from a policy and tools perspective.",
    "Discusses long-term fiscal pressures and risks as well as debt management strategies and the early warning indicators used by the IMF.",
    "Special attention is given to case studies of fiscal crises and the subsequent fiscal adjustments.",
    "Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:",
    "Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)",
    "Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)",
    "Fiscal Sustainability (FS)",
    "Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)"
  ],
  "alternates": {
    "markdown": "/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2021/fsat21-27v/index.md",
    "json": "/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2021/fsat21-27v/index.json",
    "bundleManifest": "/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2021/fsat21-27v/bundle-manifest.json"
  },
  "generatedAtUtc": "2026-09-29T16:44:43.367Z"
}