## Transforming Public Finance Through GovTech

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**Canonical URL:** [Transforming Public Finance Through GovTech](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/st/2024/pfrst24-27)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: ST 24.27
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Dates: October 21-25, 2024 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
  - Mid-level to senior government officials in ministries of finance, economy, treasuries, digitalization, and infrastructure.
- Qualifications:
  - Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, business or a related field, and proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

### Course description
- Presented by Fiscal Affairs Department.
- The course provides comprehensive knowledge about the benefits of digitalization and policies to support faster digital adoption by households, firms, and governments.
- Key thematic elements:
  - Evidence on the implications of the digital divide across and within countries, including the impact of COVID-19.
  - Overview of government policies on the supply and demand sides to encourage faster digital adoption to close the digital divide.
  - Methods to estimate digital infrastructure investment needs at a country level to achieve universal broadband.
  - Cross-country experiences of government-supported programs to increase digital adoption.
  - Social dividends from digital adoption in terms of labor, education, health, and social outcomes.
  - How adoption of GovTech solutions helps improve tax revenue collection and improve efficiency and transparency of government spending.
  - How to implement reform plans that entail the implementation of comprehensive digitalization reform strategies.

### Course objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Have a good understanding of how to assess a country's and government's digital development.
- Assess the needs for digital infrastructure costs and social dividends.
- Understand the benefits for public finance from implementing digitalization programs.
- Understand key principles for implementing digitalization strategies.

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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/2024/pfrst24-27_