## IMF Legal Framework: An Introduction (LFIx)

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [IMF Legal Framework: An Introduction (LFIx)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2025/lfixol25-11)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2025/lfixol25-11/index.md)
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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 25.11
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: September 24, 2025 - November 5, 2025 (6 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Course logistics and qualifications
- Session No.: OL 25.11
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: September 24, 2025 - November 5, 2025 (6 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: English
- Qualifications: Participants would typically hold degrees in law, economics/finance, public policy, international relations and related fields.

### Target audience
- Lawyers, economists and other professionals from central banks, ministries of finance, justice and foreign affairs, and other agencies with responsibility for legal aspects of relations with the IMF.
- Academics, policy makers, international organization staff and members of the public interested in understanding the IMF's legal framework.

### Course description
- The course is an online essential guide to the legal foundations of the IMF.
- Coverage includes the IMF's mandate and purposes, governance and financial structure, key powers and core functions such as lending, surveillance and capacity development and other activities.

### Course objectives
- Explain the purposes and functions of the IMF, including the rationale for its establishment and its distinction from other international financial institutions (IFIs).
- Describe the IMF's legal framework, decision-making processes, and financial structure, including the role of quotas, borrowing arrangements, and Special Drawing Rights (SDRs).
- Understand the legal basis for the IMF's main activities and functions, in particular, financial assistance/lending, surveillance, and capacity development.
- Recognize the rights, duties, and obligations of IMF member countries and the legal limits of the Fund's operations.
- Explore how emerging topics intersect with the IMF's legal framework.

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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/2025/lfixol25-11_