## VITARA - Strategic Management (VITARA-SMG)

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**Canonical URL:** [VITARA - Strategic Management (VITARA-SMG)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/vitara-smgol26-231)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 26.231
- 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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### Target audience
- Executives and senior managers in tax administrations, and ministries dealing with strategic planning and management of a tax administration.
- Module also supports staff with a foundational knowledge of tax administration practices and staff who have no previous experience in formulation and implementation of strategic plans in a tax administration.

### Qualifications and prerequisites
- This module has no educational prerequisites.
- Appropriate for tax administration staff with a foundational knowledge of tax administration practices.
- Primary audience includes senior and executive officials responsible for strategic management, while also supporting less experienced staff.

### Course description
- Provides fundamental knowledge on concepts related to strategic management of a tax administration.
- Highlights the different plans tax administrations create in relation to their strategy and its implementation.
- Explains the content, timeline, resources, and tasks needed to develop a plan and the different planning phases.
- Elaborates on common challenges and risks leaders of tax administrations face, common mistakes made, and international good practice to follow in the strategic management of a tax administration.

### Course objectives
By the end of this module, participants should be able to:
- Define the concept of strategic management and its benefits for tax administrations.
- Describe the content of a strategic plan for a tax administration.
- Define the timeline, resources, and tasks needed to develop and implement a strategic plan.
- Identify the organization, people, activities, and processes needed to perform the strategic management function successfully within a tax administration.

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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=OL26.231F)
- [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/2026/vitara-smgol26-231_