## Financial Programming and Policies

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**Canonical URL:** [Financial Programming and Policies](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/hq/2023/fpphq23-06)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: HQ 23.06
- Location: Washington, D.C., United States
- Dates: October 23, 2023 - November 3, 2023 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: Blended Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Qualifications and prerequisites
- Educational/professional requirements:
  - Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or equivalent experience.
  - Participants are expected to be proficient in the use of spreadsheets.
- Recommended prior training:
  - It is strongly recommended that applicants have completed the online Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts and Analysis (FPP.1 x) or the online Financial Programming and Analysis, Part 2: Program Design (FPP.2 x) course.

### Course description
- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.
- Explains how to diagnose macroeconomic imbalances and correct them through a coordinated set of adjustment policies.
- Covers the principal features of the four main macroeconomic sectors:
  - real
  - fiscal
  - external
  - monetary
- Highlights both accounting and behavioral relationships and uses data from a country case study.
- Emphasizes hands-on, Excel-based analysis.

### Course objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Analyze economic and financial developments of a country in the region using historical data and a hands-on, Excel based framework.
- Create consistent one-year macroeconomic projections on the assumption that policies do not change.
- Identify economic vulnerabilities and risks in a baseline scenario and policy measures to address them.
- Prepare an adjustment scenario that reflects the policy measures and their macroeconomic impact.
- Identify further policy goals and measures beyond the one-year horizon that will be incorporated into a medium-term framework.

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

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## References

- [Blended Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Executive Training 2 on Fiscal Policy Considerations (FPA)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fpcce26-16)
- [Institutional Sector Accounts-Advanced - Blended (ISA-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/hq/2027/isa-ahq27-02)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/hq/2023/fpphq23-06_