## Vulnerability Diagnostics (VDS)

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Vulnerability Diagnostics (VDS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/jv/2026/vdsjv26-38)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: JV 26.38
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Dates: November 30, 2026 - December 11, 2026 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Qualifications
- Participants are expected to have an advanced degree in economics or equivalent experience.
- A basic background in econometrics is required.
- Familiarity with the use of software for econometric applications is required.

### Target audience
- Officials of all levels in central banks, ministries of finance, and other governmental agencies with macro-fiscal units (e.g., cabinet office, parliament).
- Officials who monitor and assess country-wide and regional multisectoral vulnerabilities and risks.

### Course description
- The course complements the Macroeconomic Diagnostics (MDS) course.
- Aims to enhance participants’ ability to assess fiscal, financial, and external vulnerabilities in an integrated fashion.
- Uses several diagnostic tools and methods to capture tail risks.

### Course objectives
- Assess risks using fiscal, financial, external, and real sectors’ vulnerability indicators.
- Describe how vulnerabilities can morph into distress, leading to crises as a result of adverse shocks or a flawed policy mix.
- Use diagnostic tools (including tools currently employed in IMF surveillance), to track multi-sectoral vulnerabilities and predict indicators of tail risks.
- Adapt diagnostic tools, (organized as templates of country vulnerability reports), to country data.

### Related IMF training context (from source)
- IMF offers online training to government officials and the public. Click Learn more to find our current offerings.

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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)
- [Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mrcce26-44)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/jv/2026/vdsjv26-38_