## Financial Programming and Policies, Part 2: Program Design

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**Canonical URL:** [Financial Programming and Policies, Part 2: Program Design](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/fpp-2xol26-149)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 26.149
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: French
- Status: Apply online by April 1, 2027

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### Program overview and logistics
- Session No.: OL 26.149
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: French
- Target Audience:
  - Officials in ministries of finance, economy, planning and in central banks who advise on or help implement macroeconomic and financial policies.
- Qualifications:
  - Some knowledge of economics is helpful.
  - Basic Microsoft Excel skills are essential.

### Course description
- Builds on the FPP.1x course to expand participants' understanding of the design and application of macroeconomic and financial policies.
- Presents simple forecasting methods for each macroeconomic sector.
- Explains the baseline assumptions for the diagnosis of macroeconomic performance.
- Demonstrates the preparation of a macroeconomic adjustment program for a case study country.

### Learning objectives (upon completion 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)
- [Apply Now](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=OL26.149E)
- [Executive Training 2 on Fiscal Policy Considerations (FPA)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fpcce26-16)
- [Institutional Sector Accounts-Advanced - Blended (ISA-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/hq/2027/isa-ahq27-02)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/fpp-2xol26-149_