## Fiscal Sustainability (FS)

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**Canonical URL:** [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/jv/2023/fsjv23-36)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: JV 23.36
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Dates: December 4-15, 2023 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Course overview and delivery
- Session No.: JV 23.36
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Date: December 4-15, 2023 (2 weeks)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Deadline passed

### Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience: Junior to senior officials with some intermediate fiscal background who are interested in understanding and applying fiscal sustainability analyses and learning how such analyses may relate to a country-specific environment.
- Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or equivalent work experience and some familiarity with using spreadsheets.

### Course description
- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.
- Focus: Fiscal sustainability as a requirement for macroeconomic stability and sustainable and inclusive long-term growth.
- Coverage:
  - Thorough overview of how to assess fiscal sustainability from a policy and tools perspective.
  - Discussion of long-term fiscal pressures and risks.
  - Debt management strategies.
  - Early warning indicators used by the IMF.
  - Special attention to case studies of fiscal crises and the subsequent fiscal adjustments.

### Course objectives
- Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
  - Describe why fiscal sustainability is central to macroeconomic stability and sustainable growth.
  - Apply effective concepts, definitions, and techniques for analyzing fiscal sustainability.
  - Identify fiscal vulnerabilities, distinguishing between near-term and long-term risks.
  - Analyze crises and fiscal adjustment cases.
  - Differentiate between various debt sustainability analysis (DSA) frameworks.
  - Prepare a brief DSA for either a country with access to financial markets or a low-income country.

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## References

- [In-person 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/jv/2023/fsjv23-36_