## Assessing and Managing Fiscal Risks

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**Canonical URL:** [Assessing and Managing Fiscal Risks](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/st/2023/amfrst23-19)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: ST 23.19
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Dates: May 22-31, 2023 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Course logistics and status
- Session No.: ST 23.19
- Title: Assessing and Managing Fiscal Risks (AMFR)
- Deadline passed
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Date: May 22-31, 2023 (2 weeks)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Presenting institution: Fiscal Affairs Department

### Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
  - Mid-level to senior government officials in ministries of economy and finance, treasuries, government accounting offices, and national-level fiscal planning bodies.
- Qualifications:
  - Relevant experience in fiscal policy, management of fiscal risks, treasury management, or budgeting.

### Course description — scope and themes
- Provides an overview of typical fiscal risks including those created by the COVID-19 pandemic, their scale and relative importance.
- Discusses approaches for identifying and analyzing fiscal risks and possible mitigating measures.
- Covers institutional arrangements for assessing and managing risks to the government budget.
- Discusses standards for the disclosure of fiscal risks as prescribed in the IMF’s Fiscal Transparency Code.
- Reviews lessons from the IMF’s fiscal transparency evaluations.

### Course objectives — learning outcomes
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Define fiscal risks and contingent liabilities and identify their key characteristics.
- Identify the main fiscal risks a country may face, and assess and prioritize these risks according to their relevance.
- Identify approaches to analyzing macroeconomic risks and risks from specific sources, such as government credit guarantees, sub-national governments, state-owned enterprises, insurance programs, and public-private-partnerships.
- Develop the content of a fiscal risk statement.
- Identify institutional arrangements required for effective fiscal risk monitoring and management.

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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)
- [Tax Regional Workshop on Strategic Management](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/taxce26-43)
- [Institutional Sector Accounts-Advanced - Blended (ISA-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/hq/2027/isa-ahq27-02)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/st/2023/amfrst23-19_