BRIDGE Workshop - Building Readiness for IMF Dialogue and Engagement: Legal and Institutional Elements

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Session No.: ST 27.10
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Date: March 29, 2027 - April 2, 2027 (1 week) New dates
Delivery Method: In-person Training
Primary Language: English
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Pre-requisite: Completion of the MOOC "IMFx: IMF Legal Framework: An Introduction" prior to the workshop; preference given to applicants who have completed the MOOC at the time of application.

Target audience:
- Mid- to senior-level officials from member country central banks, ministries of finance, and equivalent institutions in the Asia-Pacific region who engage, or expect to engage, with the IMF (and other IFIs) as part of their work.
- Both legal and nonlegal professionals are welcome.
Qualifications:
- Particularly valuable for (legal and non-legal) officials who currently engage or expect to engage with the IMF in their work.
- All participants are expected to complete the MOOC (IMFx: IMF Legal Framework: An Introduction) ahead of the workshop to fully benefit from the workshop.
- Preference will be given to participants who have completed the pre-requisite MOOC course at the time of application.

Presented by the IMF Legal Department, BRIDGE brings together officials to share perspectives and practical tools to support member countries' effective engagement with the IMF.
Coverage includes the IMF's legal and institutional frameworks and how those frameworks shape country engagement through:
- Article IV consultations
- IMF lending operations
- Capacity development
Cross-cutting issues and thematic coverage:
- Sovereign debt
- Foreign exchange systems
- Capital flows
- Trade
- Sanctions
- Emerging areas such as fintech
Learning format and methods:
- Delivered over five days in an engaging, in-person format.
- Real-world simulations, case studies, scenario-based learning, interactive dialogue, small-group discussions, and role-play exercises.
- Participants will experience the dynamics of IMF-country engagement and the legal, policy, and institutional considerations that underpin it.

Upon taking this course, participants are expected to:
- Gain up-to-date knowledge of legal aspects of the IMF's lending and surveillance frameworks, financing model, and sovereign debt policies and the design of these frameworks to assist member countries, particularly in response to high global uncertainty.
- Understand the role of the IMF in the broader global context, and the interaction among the IMF, other international organizations and IMF member countries.
- Assess how the topics presented and discussed during the course can be used in their daily work.