Statement of Principles for Fund Engagement with External Partners

Policy Papers, September 23, 2026

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Canonical URL: Statement of Principles for Fund Engagement with External Partners

The Fund’s engagement with external partners complements the Fund’s work in accordance with its mandate and in support of its core activities of surveillance, Fund financing, and capacity development.
The paper outlines high-level principles to guide the Fund’s engagement with external partners, consistent with the Fund’s legal framework and building on existing policies and practices.
The principles aim to anchor engagement while retaining flexibility to adapt to changing institutional needs and to address operational challenges posed by the diverse nature and depth of Fund engagement across external partners and activities.
Such engagement would support the Fund’s core activities of surveillance, Fund financing, and capacity development, consistent with the Fund’s purposes under the Articles of Agreement.

Purpose:
- Provide high-level principles to guide the Fund’s engagement with external partners.
Context:
- Developed in response to the 2024 IEO Report on the Evolving Application of the IMF’s Mandate and the subsequent Management Implementation Plan (MIP).
- Builds on a review of existing arrangements and on existing policies and practices.
Emphasis:
- Anchor engagement with external partners while retaining flexibility to adapt to changing institutional needs.
- Address operational challenges posed by diversity in nature and depth of Fund engagement across external partners and activities.

Core activities supported:
- Surveillance
- Fund financing
- Capacity development
Consistency:
- Engagement is to be consistent with the Fund’s legal framework and the Fund’s purposes under the Articles of Agreement.
Operational considerations:
- Flexibility to adapt to changing institutional needs.
- Address operational challenges arising from diverse external partners and activities.