## VITARA - Strategic Management

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [VITARA - Strategic Management](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2022/vitara-smgol22-126)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 22.126
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: January 1, 2022 - April 15, 2022 (15 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Target audience
- Managers, senior leaders, and executives from tax administrations in developing countries.

### Qualifications and technical requirements
- Introductory level course; there are no qualification requirements.
- Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser are essential.

### Course objectives
- Introduce the application of strategic management in a tax administration.
- Explain how to reach and support the administration's goals.

### Course description and core content
- 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), and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
- Launched in 2020 to develop a highly effective, globally accessible, on-demand, and affordable online training curriculum on revenue administration issues.
- Module scope:
  - Introductory-level coverage of fundamental concepts related to strategic management of a tax administration.
  - Overview of different plans tax administrations create in relation to strategy and its implementation.
  - Explanation of content, timeline, resources, and tasks needed to develop a plan.
  - Description of different planning phases and the hierarchy of plans.
  - Identification of common challenges and risks leaders of tax administrations face.
  - Discussion of common mistakes and international good practices to follow in strategic management of a tax administration.

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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)
- [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/ol/2022/vitara-smgol22-126_