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  "title": "Central Bank Digital Currencies: Principles and Policy Considerations (CBDC)",
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  "summary": "Central Bank Digital Currencies: Principles and Policy Considerations Training Program Target Audience Mid-level to senior officials in central banks and other government agencies dealing with regulation of the financial sector.",
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      "heading": "Event logistics and identifiers",
      "content": "- Session No.: JV 24.21\n- Location: Vienna, Austria\n- Date: July 22-26, 2024 (1 week)\n- Delivery Method: In-person Training\n- Primary Language: English\n- Status: Deadline passed"
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      "heading": "Target audience and qualifications",
      "content": "- Target Audience:\n  - Mid-level to senior officials in central banks and other government agencies dealing with regulation of the financial sector.\n- Qualifications:\n  - Participants are expected to have an advanced degree in economics or finance or equivalent work experience."
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      "heading": "Course description — scope and content",
      "content": "- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.\n- Designed to give participants a foundation in central bank digital currencies.\n- Key analytical strands and content areas:\n  - Assessment of the business case for CBDC adoption from the perspective of users and central banks.\n  - Motivations and introductory remarks on digitalization.\n  - Discussion of the different forms of CBDCs and considerations for CBDC design and a conceptual framework.\n  - Presentation of the benefits, costs and risks related to CBDCs.\n  - Analysis of implications for:\n    - Financial stability and bank intermediation.\n    - Monetary policy transmission.\n    - Financial integrity.\n    - Financial inclusion.\n  - Regulatory considerations at the national and international level.\n  - Case studies to reflect on and discuss country experiences, including why some strategies have been successful and why some countries have chosen not to proceed with implementation.\n  - In a longer (face to face) version of the course, participants would be expected to prepare final presentations on a set of predetermined issues."
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      "heading": "Course objectives — expected competencies on completion",
      "content": "- Explain the economic rationale for the use of CBDCs compared to other payment instruments.\n- Use the framework presented in the course to think about the design and implementation of CBDCs.\n- Use the concepts introduced in the course to assess the benefits and costs of CBDCs.\n- Identify threats to financial stability and various risks based on country case studies.\n- Extract lessons from country pilots to try to prevent design pitfalls."
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    "Session No.: JV 24.21",
    "Location: Vienna, Austria",
    "Date: July 22-26, 2024 (1 week)",
    "Delivery Method: In-person Training",
    "Primary Language: English",
    "Status: Deadline passed",
    "Target Audience:",
    "Qualifications:",
    "Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.",
    "Designed to give participants a foundation in central bank digital currencies.",
    "Key analytical strands and content areas:",
    "Explain the economic rationale for the use of CBDCs compared to other payment instruments.",
    "Use the framework presented in the course to think about the design and implementation of CBDCs.",
    "Use the concepts introduced in the course to assess the benefits and costs of CBDCs.",
    "Identify threats to financial stability and various risks based on country case studies.",
    "Extract lessons from country pilots to try to prevent design pitfalls."
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