## Financial Programming and Policies

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**Canonical URL:** [Financial Programming and Policies](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/sa/2026/fppsa26-28)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 26.28
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: July 16-24, 2026 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: New dates

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### Target Audience and Qualifications
- 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 complete the online FPP courses (FPP.1 x and FFP.2 x) before enrolling in this 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.
- Highlights both accounting and behavioral relationships and uses data from a country case study.
- Uses a hands-on, Excel-based framework for analysis.

### Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- 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 (i.e. the baseline scenario).
- 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

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Executive Training 2 on Fiscal Policy Considerations (FPA)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fpcce26-16)
- [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)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/sa/2026/fppsa26-28_