## VITARA - Reform Management Specific Topics: Managing a Reform Program

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**Canonical URL:** [VITARA - Reform Management Specific Topics: Managing a Reform Program](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2023/vitara-rmsol23-172)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 23.172
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2023 - April 15, 2024 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Course logistics and access
- Session No.: OL 23.172.
- Delivery Method: Online Training.
- Location: Course conducted online.
- Date: May 1, 2023 - April 15, 2024 (50 weeks).
- Primary Language: English.
- Deadline passed.
- Qualifications: Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser is essential.
- Institutional delivery: The course is a joint initiative of Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT), Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations (IOTA), International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

### Target audience
- Executives and senior managers in tax and revenue administrations, and ministries dealing with the implementation of reform programs and reform projects.
- Professionals engaged in organizing, managing, overseeing, and evaluating reform projects and programs.
- Professionals interested in change management and communication in a tax administration.

### Course description and duration
- Format: Self-paced online course.
- Total duration: 8 hour self-paced course.
- Topics covered:
  - Tools and methods in planning, monitoring and reporting tax administration reform programs.
  - Approaches to resourcing reforms.
  - Risk management and resourcing tensions.
  - Successful change management practices.
  - Concept of post-implementation evaluation.

### Course objectives — competencies participants should gain
- Identify tools and methods available in the areas of:
  - Reform program planning.
  - Monitoring and reporting.
  - Risk management.
  - Change control.
  - Resolution of issues.
- Apply approaches to resource the reform program with:
  - Adequate funds.
  - Skilled people.
  - Information technology.
  - Other assets.
- Manage different tensions that may arise in the reform process.
- Make advance preparations required for upcoming changes and the support mechanisms needed for successful change management.
- Recognize the purpose and benefits of post-implementation evaluation and receive guidance on how to conduct it.

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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/2023/vitara-rmsol23-172_