## 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/2024/amfrst24-13)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: ST 24.13
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Dates: May 27, 2024 - June 7, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Training program and logistics
- Session No.: ST 24.13
- Deadline: Deadline passed
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Date: May 27, 2024 - June 7, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Presented by: 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
- The course discusses key institutions that help governments better assess and manage risks to the government budget.
- Provides an overview of typical fiscal risks including those created by the COVID-19 pandemic, their scale and relative importance.
- Covers approaches for identifying and analyzing fiscal risks and possible mitigating measures.
- Explores institutional arrangements for dealing with fiscal risks.
- 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 — participant competencies on completion
- 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)
- [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)
- [Climate in Macroeconomic Framework (CMF)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/cmfat26-22)
- [Big Data for Macroeconomic Statistics (BDMS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/bdmsat26-27)
- [Financial Development and Financial Inclusion (FDFI)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/fdfiat26-24)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/st/2024/amfrst24-13_