Cash and Debt Management

Source details

Event: Cash and Debt Management training program.
Session No.: AT 26.31.
Location: Ebene, Mauritius.
Date: September 7-11, 2026 (1 week).
Delivery Method: In-person Training.
Primary Language: English.
Interpretation Language: French Portuguese.
Status: Deadline passed.
Presented jointly by the Fiscal Affairs Department and the Monetary and Capital Markets Department.

Target Audience:
- Officials from finance ministry, treasury department, debt management offices, cash management units, and central banks.
Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or finance, or equivalent experience.
- At least two years of working experience in debt or cash management.

Course aims:
- Build capacity on linking cash and debt management, and their interactions with fiscal and monetary policies, while taking into account market and macro risks.
Key thematic elements:
- Importance of cash management considerations during the implementation of debt management strategy.
- Use of an annual borrowing plan and issuance calendar based on cash flow and cash balance forecasts.
- Management of certain contingent liabilities and financing risks, and their implications for cash and debt management strategies.
- Sending consistent signals to the market regarding the government's financial management strategy.

Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:

Describe the linkage between debt and cash management.
Explain the importance of managing the government's cash and debt as an integrated portfolio.
Understand how to better manage contingent liabilities and associated risks and their significance for cash and debt management.
Describe the importance of sending consistent signals to the market regarding the government's financial management strategy.