## Virtual : Fiscal Frameworks (FF)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: CT 21.06V
- Location: Shenzhen, China
- Dates: July 12-16, 2021 (1 week)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Chinese

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### Target audience
- Junior to mid-level government officials in ministries of economy, planning, and finance, treasuries, central banks, independent fiscal agencies, and other agencies involved in the analysis, design, conduct, and assessment of fiscal policy.

### Qualifications and prerequisites
- Expected background: degree in economics or finance or equivalent work experience.
- Skills: good quantitative skills, proficiency in the use of computers to analyze data.
- Recommended prior courses: Financial Programming and Policies (FPP) and Fiscal Policy Analysis (FPA).
- Technical requirement: Familiarity with Microsoft Excel is essential as many workshops are conducted in Excel.

### Course description
- The course, presented by the Institute for Capacity Development, starts by reviewing the role of government and the objectives of fiscal policy.
- It revisits essential macrofiscal tools and methodologies.
- It identifies a country’s fiscal framework as the set of institutions that design and conduct fiscal policy.
- The course stresses the need for high-quality information, transparency, and responsibility in order to hold governments accountable for their medium- to long-term fiscal objectives.
- The course concludes with thematic presentations by participants.

### Course objectives
- Describe recently introduced institutions to enhance fiscal policy effectiveness.
- Critically assess the quality of data for fiscal policy.
- Design fiscal rules for specific national problems.
- Use an in-year tool to monitor fiscal performance.
- Contribute to building a medium-term budget (for consolidation or stimulus) while limiting recession risks and respecting sustainability.

### Additional note
- IMF offers online training to government officials and the public.

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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/ct/2021/ffct21-06v_