## VITARA - Strategic Management (VITARA-SMG)

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [VITARA - Strategic Management (VITARA-SMG)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2021/vitara-smgol21-23)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 21.23
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: July 1-22, 2021 (3 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience: managers, senior leaders, and executives from tax administrations in developing countries.
- Qualifications: introductory level course; there are no qualification requirements.
- Technical requirements: access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser are essential.

### Course logistics and key statistics
- Session No.: OL 21.23
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: July 1-22, 2021 (3 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

### Program partners and initiative
- Virtual Training to Advance Revenue Administration (VITARA) is a joint initiative of:
  - the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT)
  - the Intra-European Organization of Tax Administrations (IOTA)
  - the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  - the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- VITARA was launched in 2020 to develop a highly effective, globally accessible, on-demand, and affordable online training curriculum on revenue administration issues.
- VITARA complements the four founding organizations' capacity development and training efforts.

### Course objectives and learning outcomes
- The module will introduce the application of strategic management in a tax administration.
- The module will explain how to reach and support the administration's goals.
- The module provides fundamental knowledge on the concepts related to strategic management of a tax administration.

### Content themes and structure
- Types of plans tax administrations create in relation to their strategy and its implementation.
- Content, timeline, resources, and tasks needed to develop a plan.
- Different planning phases and the hierarchy of plans.
- Common challenges and risks leaders of tax administrations face.
- Common mistakes made in strategic management of tax administrations.
- International good practices to follow in the strategic management of a tax administration.

### Institutional note on delivery
- The IMF offers online training to government officials and the public and provides current offerings through its training program calendar.

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## References

- [Online 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/ol/2021/vitara-smgol21-23_