The Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP) organizes a series of high-level policy conferences to enhance dialogue among policymakers. Practitioners from the region exchange views and find solutions to macroeconomic policy challenges facing their countries.
・High-level Economic Policy Conferences
In collaboration with internal and external partners in the public and private sectors, the Office arranges various peer-to-peer learning events, workshops, and conferences for Asia-Pacific officials to enhance their policymaking abilities.
The Office also represents the IMF in the region to ensure the Fund's engagement in policy fora for better regional integration and cooperation through policy dialogue. OAP’s director often participates in working sessions at the following platforms.
・Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
・ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO)
The Office has been administering the Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (JISPA) since 2000, seven years after the program’s inception. From administrative assistance to offering special orientation programs, workshops, and townhall meetings with the IMF Managing Director, the Office provides a wide range of support to scholars pursuing graduate studies in Japan and to alumni. The JISPA family now has more than 1,000 members from 24 Asian economies.
