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  "title": "Emergency Liquidity Assistance",
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  "summary": "Back to top Qualifications Participants should have a background in economics or finance, relevant work experience in central banking and basic knowledge of operational aspects of liquidity assistance.",
  "publishDate": "2026-01-21",
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      "heading": "Event details",
      "content": "- Session No.: SA 26.16\n- Deadline passed\n- Location: New Delhi, India\n- Date: April 20-24, 2026 (1 week)\n- Delivery Method: In-person Training\n- Primary Language: English\n- Target Audience:\n  - Central bank officials involved in implementing Emergency Liquidity Assistance/Last Resort Loan\n- Qualifications:\n  - Background in economics or finance\n  - Relevant work experience in central banking\n  - Basic knowledge of operational aspects of liquidity assistance"
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    {
      "heading": "Course description and scope",
      "content": "- Offered by the IMF South Asia Regional Training and Technical Assistance Center (SARTTAC) in collaboration with the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Mongolia Regional Capacity Development Center (CCAMTAC).\n- Focus: primary challenges central banks in emerging markets and developing economies face when executing Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA).\n- Core content areas:\n  - Conditions for ELA, parameters, and conditionality\n  - Internal organization and governance of ELA operations\n  - Role and building blocks of a collateral framework in ELA, including eligibility, valuation, and risk control measures\n  - Communication and transparency in ELA while balancing the legitimate need for confidentiality\n- Pedagogy:\n  - Main lectures and discussion sessions\n  - Selected country case studies\n  - Practical training exercises\n  - Concluding panel discussion to summarize key insights and identify opportunities to enhance implementation efforts and technical support"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course objectives",
      "content": "- Enhance understanding of the ELA framework among central bank officials\n- Identify challenges and solutions related to implementing ELA in emerging markets\n- Explore the role of collateral in ELA operations\n- Discuss the parameters and conditionality associated with ELA frameworks\n- Facilitate knowledge sharing through country case studies and practical workshops\n- Explore the role of communication and transparency in ELA processes while balancing the legitimate need for confidentiality"
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    "Deadline passed",
    "Location: New Delhi, India",
    "Date: April 20-24, 2026 (1 week)",
    "Delivery Method: In-person Training",
    "Primary Language: English",
    "Target Audience:",
    "Qualifications:",
    "Offered by the IMF South Asia Regional Training and Technical Assistance Center (SARTTAC) in collaboration with the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Mongolia Regional Capacity Development Center (CCAMTAC).",
    "Focus: primary challenges central banks in emerging markets and developing economies face when executing Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA).",
    "Core content areas:",
    "Pedagogy:",
    "Enhance understanding of the ELA framework among central bank officials",
    "Identify challenges and solutions related to implementing ELA in emerging markets",
    "Explore the role of collateral in ELA operations",
    "Discuss the parameters and conditionality associated with ELA frameworks",
    "Facilitate knowledge sharing through country case studies and practical workshops",
    "Explore the role of communication and transparency in ELA processes while balancing the legitimate need for confidentiality"
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