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

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**Canonical URL:** [VITARA - Reform Management Fundamentals: Setting up a Reform Program](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2025/vitara-rmfol25-213)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 25.213
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2025 - April 15, 2026 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: Spanish
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Program overview
- Title: VITARA - Reform Management Fundamentals: Setting up a Reform Program (VITARA-RMF)
- Session No.: OL 25.213
- Deadline passed
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2025 - April 15, 2026 (50 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: Spanish
- Qualifications: Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser is essential.
- 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.
- Executives and senior managers in ministries dealing with the design of tax administration reform programs and reform projects.

### Course description
- Purpose: To help tax administration leaders embark on a reform journey by explaining key concepts of reform management, the process of developing a tax administration reform program, key management and governance arrangements of tax administration reforms, and tax administration reform project management.

### Course objectives
Upon completion of this course, 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.

### Delivery context and related offerings
- IMF offers online training to government officials and the public.
- Example IMF in-person training listings provided (for context of IMF training portfolio): Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS) — January 18-29, 2027; Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A) — December 13-17, 2026; Fiscal Sustainability (FS) — November 9-20, 2026; Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC) — November 9-13, 2026.

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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/vitara-rmfol25-213_