Welcome to CEF
The mission of the IMF’s Middle East Center for Economics and Finance (CEF) in Kuwait is to build capacity through hands-on training for policy makers from the Arab League countries, as well as to lead conferences, symposia and seminars geared at strengthening the design and implementation of sound economic policies in the region.
Joint Virtual Webinar on “Financial Inclusion in the Middle East and North Africa”.
January 24, 2023
The IMF-CEF and the IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development (ICD) held a joint webinar titled "Financial inclusion in the Middle East and North Africa" on January 24, 2023 to discuss a book chapter on “Financial Inclusion” co-authored by Anta Ndoye and Adolfo Barajas.
Joint IMF-CEF-MCD Webinar on “IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and North Africa”
Dec 6, 2022
The IMF-Middle East Center for Economics and Finance (IMF-CEF) and the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia Department (MCD) co-organized a webinar on December 6, 2022, to discuss the recent IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook (REO) report for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA)'s Visit to CEF
24 Nov, 2022
Visit of Mr. Ghanem Al Ghenaiman, the Managing Director of Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), Mr. Ahmad Bastaki, Executive Director for Planning and Senior Management Support, Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), and other KIA Senior officials to the IMF-Middle East Center for Economics and Finance on Thursday, November 24, 2022.
Joint CEF-AFESD Seminar
21 Nov, 2022
The IMF-CEF co-organized, with AFESD, a high-level event on Economic Challenges and Policy Choices for the MENA Region, on Monday, November 21, 2022.
The event was held in hybrid mode where some participants attended in-person at the AFESD’s headquarters in Kuwait while others joined virtually from other countries in the region and from the IMF’s headquarters in Washington, DC.
Welcome to the IMF-CEF
IMF-CEF is IMF’s regional training center for Arab countries, hosted and funded by the State of Kuwait. It started operations in 2011 and officially inaugurated in 2014. IMF-CEF provides hands-on policy-oriented training on economics and finance, in collaboration with bilateral, multilateral partners and country authorities. The Center also organizes conferences and seminars on cutting-edge and emerging policy topics of relevance. |
CEF Newsletter November 2022 – January 2023
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Current & Upcoming Courses
Course in Arabic: Financial Programming and Policies 15-26 Jan, 2023
Course in English/Arabic: Tax Policy and Administration: Theory and Practice 22-26 Jan, 2023
Course in English/Arabic: Residential Property Price Index 23-27 Jan, 2023
Virtual Course in English/Arabic: Resilient Supply Chains and its Importance to Regional Economies in MENA 30 Jan - 2 Feb, 2023
Course in English: Virtual Course in English/Arabic: Boosting Corruption Detection in the MENA Region 30 Jan - 2 Feb, 2023
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Recent Courses
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12-15 Dec, 2022
Debt Management, Debt Reporting and Investor Relations 8-12 Jan, 2023
Social Protection Delivery Systems 9-12 Jan, 2023
Monetary and Financial Statistics – Advanced Level 9-20 Jan, 2023
Central Bank Digital Currencies 15-19 Jan, 2023 |
CEF Activities
Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA)'s Visit to CEF Visit of Mr. Ghanem Al Ghenaiman, the Managing Director of Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), Mr. Ahmad Bastaki, Executive Director for Planning and Senior Management Support, Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), and other KIA Senior officials to the IMF-Middle East Center for Economics and Finance on Thursday, November 24, 2022.
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CEF 5 Years' Program Document For Phase III (May 2021 - April 2026 Building on the CEF’s achievements over the last 10 years, this program document outlines the strategic plan for the Center’s third phase which was set to begin on May 1, 2021. A key feature is the tailored CEF’s training program and events.
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CEF Program 2022/2023
*New!* Click to view: CEF Program 2022/2023 Please refer to Schedule 2023 as well as Virtual Schedule 2021/2022 You can also refer to CEF Program 2021/2022. |
