## Virtual : Financial Programming and Policies

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**Canonical URL:** [Virtual : Financial Programming and Policies](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/sa/2021/fppsa21-26v)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 21.26V
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: July 5-16, 2021 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Target audience and session information
- Target audience: Officials from ministries of finance, economy, planning and central banks who advise on or help implement macroeconomic and financial policies.
- Session No.: SA 21.26 V
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Date: July 5-16, 2021 (2 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Virtual Training
- Primary Language: English

### Qualifications and prerequisites
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or equivalent experience and be proficient in the use of spreadsheets.
- It is strongly recommended that applicants have completed the online Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts and Analysis (FPP.1 x) or the online Financial Programming and Analysis, Part 2: Program Design (FPP.2 x) course.

### Course description
- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.
- Explains how to diagnose macroeconomic imbalances and correct them through a coordinated set of adjustment policies.
- Covers the principal features of the four main macroeconomic sectors: real, fiscal, external, and monetary, and their interlinkages.
- Highlights both accounting and behavioral relationships and uses data from a country case study.

### Course objectives
- Analyze economic and financial developments of a country in the region using historical data and a hands-on, Excel-based framework.
- Create consistent one-year macroeconomic projections on the assumption that policies do not change.
- Identify economic vulnerabilities and risks in a baseline scenario and policy measures to address them.
- Prepare an adjustment scenario that reflects the policy measures and their macroeconomic impact.
- Identify further policy goals and measures beyond the one-year horizon that will be incorporated into a medium-term framework.

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## References

- [Virtual 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/sa/2021/fppsa21-26v_