## VITARA - Compliance Risk Management (VITARA-CRM)

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [VITARA - Compliance Risk Management (VITARA-CRM)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/vitara-crmol26-216)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/vitara-crmol26-216/index.md)
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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 26.216
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: French
- Status: Apply online by April 1, 2027

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### Course Description and Scope
- Provides an overview of key CPI concepts, methods and uses.
- Covers different index number formulas and the practical implications of choosing the index number formula at lower and higher levels of aggregation.
- Discusses sources and methods for sampling areas, items, outlets, and varieties.
- Addresses treatment of temporarily and permanently missing prices.
- Covers updating and linking CPI data series.
- Highlights linkages to the 2025 SNA, including the related principles of scope, coverage, and valuation.
- Follows the principles and recommendations of the CPI Manual (2020).

### Topics Covered
- Defining key CPI concepts, uses, and their impact on the CPI design.
- Meeting data users' needs to ensure relevancy.
- Calculating elementary and upper-level indexes.
- Methods for sampling areas, items, outlets, and varieties.
- Methods for handling temporarily and permanently missing prices, including adjusting prices for quality changes.
- Chaining and linking indexes with updated weighting structures.

### Course Objectives (Learning Outcomes)
- Identify key uses of CPI data and explain key CPI concepts and definitions.
- Identify and explain differences between index calculation formulas.
- Define and explain the different levels of sampling in a CPI and how sampling methods are applied in practice.
- Identify and explain the different methods for the treatment of missing prices and describe how these are applied in practice.
- Update CPI weights and link old and new indexes to form continuous time series of data.

### Additional Institutional Note
- IMF 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)
- [Apply Now](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=OL26.216F)
- [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/2026/vitara-crmol26-216_