## VITARA - Reform Management Fundamentals: Setting up a Reform Program

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [VITARA - Reform Management Fundamentals: Setting up a Reform Program](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2025/vitara-rmfol25-211)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 25.211
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2025 - April 15, 2026 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Logistics and access
- Session No.: OL 25.211
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2025 - April 15, 2026 (50 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: English
- Deadline passed
- Access requirements:
  - Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser is essential.

### Target audience
- Executives and senior managers in tax and revenue administrations, and ministries involved in the design of tax administration reform programs and reform projects.
- Other tax administration staff involved in reforming:
  - the business model,
  - legal framework,
  - IT systems,
  - work processes,
  - organizational structure,
  - management,
  - staffing and culture,
  - external relationships of a revenue administration.

### Course description
- Duration and format:
  - 8 hour self-paced course.
- Purpose:
  - Helps tax administration leaders embark on a reform journey.
  - Explains key concepts of reform management.
  - Covers the process of developing a tax administration reform program.
  - Describes key management and governance arrangements of tax administration reforms.
  - Covers tax administration reform project management.
- Institutional collaboration:
  - This course is a joint initiative of four international organizations: 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).

### Course objectives and learning outcomes
- Upon completion, participants should be able to:
  - Define key terms related to reform management.
  - Identify the steps involved in developing a reform program and the relationship between a tax administration’s strategic plan and reform program.
  - Recognize the management and governance infrastructure required to ensure reforms are delivered on time, within budget, and of acceptable quality, along with the roles and responsibilities of key players.
  - Understand how to prepare and execute a reform project plan, outlining the five key phases of a project.
  - Draft project plans and other documents.

### Institutional note
- The International Monetary Fund offers online training to government officials and the public.

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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/2025/vitara-rmfol25-211_