## Budget Preparation (FMTB)

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**Canonical URL:** [Budget Preparation (FMTB)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/sa/2026/bppsa26-08)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 26.08
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Dates: April 6-10, 2026 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: New dates

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### Training program and audience
- Training Program: Joint CDOT/SARTTAC course.
- Target Audience: Mid-to-senior level officials from CDOT and SARTTAC member countries working in Budget and Macro-fiscal or Departments in national governments.
- Qualifications: Mid-to-senior level officials should be responsible for preparing the Medium-Term Fiscal Framework, National Budget or developing fiscal policies within their country.

### Course description
- Duration: Five-day course.
- Focus: Key steps involved in preparing the national budget with emphasis on medium-term fiscal planning.
- Core topics and methods:
  - Integration of strategic budgeting concepts to strengthen the credibility of the annual budget process from the medium-term fiscal framework.
  - Developing budget baselines.
  - New policy option costing techniques.
  - Performance-informed budgeting practices.
  - Frameworks for monitoring & evaluation.
  - Use of lectures, exercises, and groupwork to provide practical experience and opportunities to share country experiences.

### Course objectives
- Provide participants with an understanding of how budgeting processes fit into the overall public financial management framework.
- Consider the key stages and documentation required for the preparation of the budget and its key supporting statements.
- Improve the understanding of the importance of the strategy setting stage of the budget cycle including the key elements of the medium-term fiscal and budget frameworks.
- Raise awareness of the concepts of budget baselines and policy costing techniques to enhance the credibility of annual and medium-term forecasts.
- Provide participants with an understanding of the differences and steps to be taken to move from performance-based to performance-informed budgeting.
- Equip participants with knowledge to develop monitoring and evaluation frameworks, including analytical approaches for program evaluation and understanding how program logic & public policy analysis can be applied to assist this.

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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Consumer Price Index-Advanced (CPI-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/cpi-ace26-33)
- [Integrating Basel III Liquidity Standards with ILAAP A Framework for Effective Liquidity Risk Management](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/ce26-31)
- [Confronting Macro-Critical Corruption (CMCC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/cmccce26-39)
- [Macro-Stress Testing (MST)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mstce26-37)
- [Diversification and Industrial Policy for Sustainable Growth](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/wspce26-36)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/sa/2026/bppsa26-08_