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Financial Programming and Policies

Financial Programming and Policies (FPP)

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Session No.: OT 25.37

Location: Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan

Date: November 10-21, 2025 (2 weeks)

Delivery Method: Blended Training

Primary Language: English

Target Audience

Junior and highly motivated officials from central banks and ministries of finance and economy working on macroeconomic analysis, macro-fiscal issues, and macro-modelling, with 1 to 5 years of work experience, at a minimum a master's degree in economics or finance, and expectations of continuing their career within those institutions.

Qualifications

The training will be in English, hence strong English language skills are a must. Candidates should not have attended the following in-person courses at the Joint Vienna Institute: Financial Programming and Policies, Macroeconomic Diagnostics, Macroeconometric Forecasting and Analysis.

Course Description

This course, presented by the Institute for Capacity Development, explains how to diagnose macroeconomic imbalances and correct them through a coordinated set of adjustment policies. It covers the principal features of the four main macroeconomic sectors (real, fiscal, external, and monetary) and their interlinkages, highlighting both accounting and behavioral relationships and using data from a country case study.

Course Objectives

With an estimated hundred-fifty hours of training over an eight- month period, the new cohort training aims at providing junior officials with a comprehensive understanding of macroeconomic analysis and linkages, the business cycle, how to diagnose internal and external imbalances, and economic policies to address them. 

In addition, participants will have an opportunity to develop a strong peer network across the region.

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