## Financial Programming and Policies, Part 2: Program Design (FPP.2x)

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**Canonical URL:** [Financial Programming and Policies, Part 2: Program Design (FPP.2x)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2024/fpp-2xol24-108)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 24.108
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: January 1, 2024 - April 15, 2024 (15 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Qualifications and technical requirements
- Some knowledge of economics is helpful.
- Basic Microsoft Excel skills.
- Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser are essential.

### Target audience
- All government officials are welcome to register.
- Particularly relevant for officials in ministries of finance, economy, planning and in central banks who advise on or help implement macroeconomic and financial policies.
- The course is offered in English French, and Spanish.

### Course description
- The Institute for Capacity Development presents an online course that builds on the FPP.1x course to expand participants’ understanding of the design and application of macroeconomic and financial policies.
- The course presents simple forecasting methods for each macroeconomic sector.
- The course explains the baseline assumptions for the diagnosis of macroeconomic performance.
- The course demonstrates the preparation of a macroeconomic adjustment program for a case study country.

### Course objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Construct baseline projections of the real, external, government, and monetary sectors using sector-specific variables.
- Describe the relationships between the sectors in both accounting and behavioral terms.
- Create consistent one-year economic projections on the assumption that policies do not change.
- Use a macroeconomic model to analyze how policy changes affect a forecast.
- Identify and appraise the economic vulnerabilities inherent in an emerging market economy.
- Prepare a macroeconomic policy scenario using a given set of data.

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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/2024/fpp-2xol24-108_