## Developing a Medium-Term Fiscal Framework Tool

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 22.31
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: July 25-29, 2022 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Target audience and qualifications
- The training is intended for mid-level staff working in macro-fiscal units, economic analysis departments or budget departments, typically within Finance or Planning ministries, who are involved in macro-fiscal forecasting or high-Ievel budget formulation.
- Qualifications:
  - Candidates should have at least intermediate Excel skills.
  - Candidates should have a good understanding of English.

### Session logistics
- Session No.: SA 22.31
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Date: July 25-29, 2022 (1 week)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

### Course description and scope
- The course focuses on designing and building a medium term fiscal framework (MTFF) spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel.
- It emphasizes that at the heart of a MTFF is a spreadsheet that brings together macroeconomic and fiscal data, and projects these into the future.
- The course situates MTFFs as central to medium term budgeting and fiscal planning for finance ministries.

### Course objectives and competencies
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Understand the principles of "Useful, useable, accurate, and sustainable" in developing an appropriate MTFF tool.
- Understand the key role in having a binding "fiscal anchor" when setting up a MTFF and determining a resource envelope for the next year's budget.
- Link together data and exogenous forecasts from different sources and use appropriate methods to forecast revenues, financing and expenditures into the medium term.

### Related institutional offering note
- The institution offers online training to government officials and the public; participants are directed to "Learn more" to find current offerings.

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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Institutional Sector Accounts-Advanced - Blended (ISA-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/hq/2027/isa-ahq27-02)
- [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)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/sa/2022/ffsa22-31_