## Financial Programming and Policies

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**Canonical URL:** [Financial Programming and Policies](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/jv/2024/fppjv24-02)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: JV 24.02
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Dates: February 5-16, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Russian
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience:
  - Officials from central banks and ministries of finance, economy, and planning who advise on or help implement macroeconomic and financial policies.
- Expected qualifications:
  - Degree in economics or equivalent experience.
  - Proficiency in the use of spreadsheets.
  - It is strongly recommended that applicants have completed the online Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts and Analysis (FPP.1 x) course.
  - The course description also notes the online Financial Programming and Analysis, Part 2: Program Design (FPP.2 x) as an alternative recommended preparatory course.

### Course description and scope
- The course explains how to diagnose macroeconomic imbalances and correct them through a coordinated set of adjustment policies.
- Coverage:
  - Principal features of the four main macroeconomic sectors: real, fiscal, external, and monetary.
  - Interlinkages among sectors, highlighting both accounting and behavioral relationships.
  - Use of data from a country case study.
  - Hands-on, Excel-based framework for analysis and projection.

### Learning objectives and participant outcomes
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.

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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/2024/fppjv24-02_