OUR WORK: Policy Dialogue and Capacity Development
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IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP)
Tokyo, Japan
For inquiries about OAP's activities,
please submit your questions here.
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Email: OAPMedia@IMF.org
Policy Conferences
- 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.
- Program example: High-level Economic Policy Conferences.
Peer-to-Peer Learning
- OAP arranges peer-to-peer learning events, workshops, and conferences in collaboration with internal and external partners in the public and private sectors.
- Objective: Enhance policymaking abilities of Asia-Pacific officials.
- Program example: Peer-to-Peer Learning.
Regional Fora
- The Office 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 frequently participates in working sessions at regional platforms, including:
- Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO)
Asian Scholarship (Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia, JISPA)
- OAP has administered the Japan-IMF Scholarship Program for Asia (JISPA) since 2000, seven years after the program’s inception.
- Administrative and scholar support includes orientation programs, workshops, and townhall meetings with the IMF Managing Director.
- The JISPA alumni network has more than 1,000 members from 24 Asian economies.
- Program milestone referenced: JISPA 30th Anniversary.
News and Social Media
- News archive: News on OAP Website.
- Social media and outreach channels referenced: IMF Newsletter ー Tokyo; IMF Tokyo; IMF Asia Pacific Office; More on IMF Social Hub.