## Virtual : Thinking through Central Bank Digital Currency (TCBDC)

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**Canonical URL:** [Virtual : Thinking through Central Bank Digital Currency (TCBDC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2024/tcbdcat24-18v)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: AT 24.18V
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius
- Dates: February 12-16, 2024 (1 week)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: French Portuguese
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Program overview and logistics
- Session No.: AT 24.18 V
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius
- Date: February 12-16, 2024 (1 week)
- Delivery Method: Virtual Training
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: French Portuguese
- Deadline status: Deadline passed
- Presented by: Monetary and Capital Markets Department

### Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
  - Mid- to senior-level officials working in the payment, legal, technology, monetary policy, and financial stability departments at the central bank and in positions with similar responsibilities.
- Qualifications:
  - Participants should have experience in the operations and/or oversight in one or more of the following areas: payments, legal, technology, monetary policy, and financial stability.

### Course description — scope, pedagogy, and analytical focus
- Scope:
  - Focuses on the high-level CBDC decision-making and project management process.
- Pedagogical design:
  - Interactive format using a combination of lectures, case studies/simulations, and panel discussions.
  - Hands-on self-assessment exercises followed by group presentations and de-briefings.
- Analytical focus:
  - Lectures emphasize that the CBDC decision-making process should be viewed as dynamic and iterative with multiple feedback loops to gradually evaluate the relevance of CBDC.
  - Self-assessment exercises follow systematic procedures and cover:
    - use cases,
    - pain points,
    - requirements,
    - solution,
    - feasibility,
    - proof of concepts,
    - pilots.
  - Participants apply the decision-making framework to a hypothetical country to understand the problem to be solved and the full array of solutions.

### Course objectives (learning outcomes)
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Evaluate CBDC pros (benefits), cons (costs), and conditions.
- Formulate a framework for guiding CBDC design and feasibility.
- Explore the regulatory and legal changes/framework on CBDC.

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## References

- [Virtual Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [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/schedule/at/2024/tcbdcat24-18v_