Training Program
Climate-Responsive Public Investment Management
Deadline passed
Session No.: CE 25.17
Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait
Date: May 18-21, 2025 (1 week)
Delivery Method: In-person Training
Primary Language: English
Interpretation Language: Arabic
Target Audience
Mid-level and senior government officials from ministries of economy, finance, environment, and infrastructure, as well as officials from line ministries involved in Public Investment Management.
Qualifications
Participants are expected to have a degree in economics/finance/public policy and/or work experience in public investment management.
Course Description
The five-day course will be delivered in person, by the IMF's Middle East Technical Assistance Center (METAC) in cooperation with the IMF Middle East Center for Economics and Finance (CEF). The course will focus on the strategies and tools to strengthen infrastructure governance and public investment management, including the PIMA and its Climate module, to enable participants to assess the challenges in PIM in their own countries, and identify potential solutions to enhance PIM institutions. The course approach will involve a mix of lectures, country presentations and an exercise to map a reform program for particular PIM challenges. Participants are expected to actively contribute to presentations on country practices and exercises. Peer learning will be an essential element of the course.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Understand the current challenges in PIM and identify the specific needs for PIM reforms in their countries.
- Understand the key institutional roles and responsibilities, and coordination arrangements of PIM units, budget units as well as IT function throughout the planning, appraisal, selection and budgeting stages of PIM process.
- Have an overview of strategies and tools to strengthen public investment management, and good practices in the region and globally.
- Understand the objectives, tools and challenges of mainstreaming climate change considerations into the infrastructure cycle.
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