Courses 2018
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Jan 8-11, 2018 | CE18.100 | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) |
Target Audience:
Government officials working in investigation departments of anti-corruption agencies, and in law-enforcement bodies responsible for combating corruption crimes, such as police and prosecutorial services.
Qualification:
Participants should be personally responsible
for detection, investigation and prosecution of corruption crimes,
including cases involving public officials, private entrepreneurs and
companies, as well as participating in international cooperation and
mutual legal assistance in the investigation of cross-border
corruption cases.
Language:
The course is conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This four-day course, conducted by
experienced OECD experts and law-enforcement practitioners from OECD
countries, provides practical training on modern investigative and
prosecution methods that are required to effectively fight complex
corruption crimes as a part of practical effort to improve business
environment and international investment. Participants are
familiarized with methods to detect corruption crimes through analysis
and exchange of data with other bodies, advanced investigative methods
such as financial investigations, and emerging forms of effective
international cooperation in complex corruption cases. Asset
forfeiture in corruption cases will also be explored. The workshop
will include expert presentations as well as hypothetical and real
life case studies.
Course Description:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Gain in-depth knowledge of modern methods of detection,
investigation and prosecution of corruption based on the presentation
and discussion of real-life cases;
– Develop practical skills
for the application of these methods through the investigation of a
hypothetical case that involve a complex cross border corruption
case;
– Learn about the most effective forms of international
cooperation and mutual legal assistance in the investigation of the
cross-border corruption cases; and
– Expand their professional
networks with anti-corruption law-enforcement practitioners in the
MENA region and with the OECD countries.
For additional information concerning the content of the course, please address your inquiries to Ms. Nicola Ehlermann, at: Nicola.Ehlermann@oecd.org
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Jan 14-18, 2018 | CE18.01 |
Target Audience:
Mid-level to senior officials in debt management offices and
units in ministries of finance and central banks with similar
responsibility for managing public debt.
Qualification:
Participants should be familiar with debt
management activities in their own countries. A degree in economics,
finance, or accounting or equivalent experience is ideal.
Language:
The course is conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This course, presented by the IMF Monetary
and Capital Markets Department, provides an overview of sound debt
management practices and their interplay with the general
macro-financial environment. The course will cover governance,
institutional arrangements, formulation and implementation of a
Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy (MTDS), and development of a
local bond market. The course will also address topics of particular
importance to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, such as
the Sovereign Asset and Liability Management framework (SALM),
investor relations activities, and sovereign bond indices.
Course Description:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Understand and calculate the main debt costs and risk
indicators;
– Understand governance and institutional
arrangements and their role in facilitating sound debt
management;
– Understand the rationale, objectives, and main
elements in formulating an MTDS;
– Formulate broad principles
for implementing a debt strategy;
– Formulate broad policies for
the development of local debt markets;
– Better coordinate
policies for managing assets and liabilities; and
– Identify and
monitor the macro-financial issues related to sovereign debt policies.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Jan 14-25, 2018 | CE18.02 | Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) Abu Dhabi-UAE |
Target Audience:
Junior to mid-level officials who work with exchange rate
policy and analysis.
Qualification:
Participants should have an advanced degree in
economics or equivalent professional experience and be comfortable
with Excel and Excel-based applications. Before taking this course, it
is recommended that applicants take either the Financial Programming
and Policies (FPP) or the Macroeconomic Diagnostics (MDS) course.
Participants should also have a working knowledge of Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, and EViews.
Language:
The course is conducted in English only. Due to the
technical nature of the course, English proficiency is a prerequisite.
Course Description:
This course gives a comprehensive overview
of exchange rate analysis and policy. The first part:
– Introduces key definitions and concepts used in exchange rate
analysis, such as real exchange rate misalignment;
– Discusses
how changes in the real exchange rate may affect external adjustment
and growth;
– Presents methodologies to estimate the equilibrium
real exchange rate and explains the IMF External Balance Approach
(EBA) to measure the degree of real exchange rate misalignment;
and
– Covers several aspects related to foreign exchange (FX)
intervention: objectives, modalities, effectiveness, ways to assess
the adequacy of foreign exchange reserves, and their management.
The second part of the course covers the macroeconomic policy tradeoffs related to different exchange rate regimes, the choice of exchange rate regime, and the main exchange rate policy challenges in developing and emerging market economies, such as the use of hybrid regimes, forced and unforced exits from pegs, and the reasons behind “fear-of-floating.”
The course concludes with a discussion of currency crises, macroeconomic policies to prevent them, and the analytical tools used to anticipate them.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Assess whether FX reserves are adequate using standard and new
indicators of reserve adequacy;
– Assess the effectiveness of
interventions in the FX market, using case studies of
interventions;
– Measure the degree of real exchange rate
misalignment using different models and methods, including the
EBA;
– Construct systems for early warning of currency crises
using data on nominal exchange rates and international reserves;
– Estimate the probability of experiencing a currency crisis using
panel data econometric techniques; and
– Customize models and
techniques taught in this course (including EBA, reserve adequacy
metrics, early warning systems) to home country data and use those
that are relevant to their work for policy analysis.
Participants will also be able to:
– Describe the exchange rate regime choice and how country-specific
features could influence the choice;
– Identify policy
inconsistencies that may lead to currency crises; and
– Identify
policy measures to prevent them.
*The course will be conducted at the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab of Emirates (UAE).
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Jan 21-25, 2018 | CE18.101 | World Bank Trade & Competitiveness Global Practice |
Target Audience:
The target audience are policymakers, with a technical
background in economics or specialists in related fields, who are
seeking a targeted update of issues related to trade policy.
Qualification:
The target audience is expected to have the
technical skills related to basic data analysis and familiarity with
standard economic and trade concepts.
Language:
The course is conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This one-week course will offer
participants new techniques to analyze trade data that can be used as
an input towards evidence-based policymaking in the areas of trade
policy and trade competitiveness. It will cover recent developments in
international trade; present a basic framework for analyzing trade
performance in goods and services; understand how to interpret trade
performance indicators in a policy meaningful manner; and focus on
important areas for trade policy, including in goods trade, services
trade, and non-tariff measures.
The course will provide a forum
for participants to discuss and exchange views on related issues and
the challenges they encounter in their respective jurisdiction in
addressing them.
Course Objectives:
This course will devote special attention
to these areas, by focusing on the following topics of trade
competitiveness and trade policy:
– Introduction to the international trading system.
– Public
international law and the domestic legal framework.
–
International economic legal system.
– History of trade and
investment regulation.
– The politics of international
trade.
– WTO and CU fundamentals.
– Scope, principles and
mechanisms
– Rules on regional integration
– Recent
development in international trade
– Post-crisis trade
slowdown
– The emergence of e-trade
– Trade and jobs
– Globalization backlash
– Merchandise trade
–
Composition, orientation and growth
– Export
diversification
– Quality, sophistication, and survival of
export relationships
– Services trade
– Services trade
outcomes and indicators of services trade performance
– Services
linkages in the domestic economy
– Diagnostic of services trade
policy
– Non-tariff measures
– Concepts, data and
measurement
– Understanding the impact of NTMs
– NTMs and
regionalism and rules of origin
– Streamlining NTMs and other
policy issues
– Trade policy simulation tools
–
Introduction to the various concepts and techniques used to run trade
policy simulation tools
– Trade policy simulation analysis using
the SMART tool (Single Market Partial Equilibrium), GSIM tool (Global
Simulation Analysis of Industry-Level Trade Policy) and TRIST tool
(Tariff Reform Impact Simulation Tool)
– Drawing analytical
conclusions based on the SMART, GSIM, and TRIST output
For additional information concerning the content of the course, please address your inquiries to Mr. Alberto Portugal Perez, at:aportugalperez@worldbank.org
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Jan 21-Feb 1, 2018 | CE18.03 |
Target Audience:
Officials from ministries of finance, economy, and planning and
central banks who advise on or help implement macroeconomic and
financial policies.
Qualification:
Participants are expected to have a degree in
economics or equivalent experience, and be proficient in the use of
spreadsheets. It is highly recommended that applicants complete the
online FPP.1x and FFP.2x courses before enrolling in this course.
However, prerequisites may depend on the region-specific version of
the FPP course being offered.
Language:
The course is conducted in Arabic.
Course Description:
This course explains how to both diagnose
macroeconomic imbalances and correct them through a coordinated set of
adjustment policies. It covers the principal features of the four main
macroeconomic sectors (real, fiscal, external, and monetary) and how
they relate to each other, highlighting both accounting and behavioral
relationships and using data from a country case study.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Analyze economic and financial developments of a country in the
region using historical data and a hands-on, Excel-based
framework;
– Create consistent one-year macroeconomic
projections on the assumption that policies do not change;
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Identify economic vulnerabilities and risks in a baseline scenario and
policy measures to address them;
– Prepare an adjustment
scenario that reflects the policy measures and their macroeconomic
impact; and
– Identify further policy goals and measures beyond
the one-year horizon that will be incorporated into a medium-term framework.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Jan 28-Feb 1, 2018 | CE18.04 |
Target Audience:
Lawyers from ministries of finance or tax authorities
responsible for legal aspects of fiscal policymaking.
Qualification:
Participants should have five years of relevant
work experience and solid knowledge of fiscal and tax law.
Language:
The course is conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This course, presented by IMF Legal
Department staff and outside experts, focuses on current issues in tax
law design. It touches on a wide range of issues on the agenda of
today’s tax policymakers, especially cross-border and base erosion
issues related to income and consumption taxes.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Explain the links between various aspects of fiscal law and their
implications;
– Identify key legal and current policy issues,
and best practice approaches to addressing them, such as through law
reform; and
– Identify legal design approaches that have proven
effective, based on cross-jurisdictional experiences shared by
presenters and fellow participants.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Feb 4-8, 2018 | CE18.05 |
Target Audience:
Mid-level bank supervisors.
Qualification:
Participants should have a degree in economics
or finance and be familiar with bank regulation and supervision issues.
Language:
The course is conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This course, presented by the IMF Monetary
and Capital Markets Department, provides the fundamentals and goals of
Risk-Based Supervision (RBS), its challenges, and factors central to
its success. Through a mix of lectures and practical applications, the
course covers the main RBS components and steps for putting it in
place. It balances discussions of technical, financial modeling
techniques, and less analytical bank supervision techniques. The
course begins by introducing RBS concepts and tools. The focus then
turns to assessment of credit, liquidity, market, operational risks,
and stress testing techniques. Finally, the course discusses how to
combine information for constructing supervisory scores, developing
supervision plans, and allocating supervision resources and activities.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Describe the main components of RBS and why they are important for
effective supervision;
– Identify a variety of banking risks and
evaluate their impact on the bank’s risk profile; and
– Apply
RBS tools and concepts in drafting supervision plans and performing
supervisory activities.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Feb 4-15, 2018 | CE18.06 |
Target Audience:
Junior to senior government officials engaged in setting policy
for the financial sector, particularly the staff of central banks,
financial regulators, and any other agencies involved in microor
macroprudential oversight.
Qualification:
Participants should have an advanced degree in
economics or finance or equivalent work experience; a basic
understanding of econometrics; and the ability to interpret
econometric results. It is highly recommended that applicants first
complete the online Financial Market Analysis (FMAx) course and have a
working knowledge of Excel. It is also preferable for participants to
have taken the Financial Sector Surveillance (FSS) course because
understanding and assessing financial sector risks is important to the
design of mitigating policies.
Language:
The course is conducted in English only. Due to the
technical nature of the course, English proficiency is a prerequisite.
Course Description:
This course begins with an overview of how
risks are transmitted within and between the financial and real
sectors. Participants then examine the design and impact of financial
sector policies for mitigating vulnerabilities by starting with the
rationale for both microand macroprudential policies. The interactions
between macroeconomic and prudential policies are also discussed.
Although the emphasis will be on preventive strategies, the course
will discuss policies to deal with distress situations. The
combination of lectures, case studies, and hands-on workshops allows
participants to discuss and experiment with various policies to gauge
their outcomes, intended and unintended. Those who are primarily
interested in risk assessment are referred to the Financial Sector
Surveillance course, where that is the focus.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Identify channels through which shocks are transmitted between the
financial sector and the real economy, and within and between
financial systems;
– Analyze relevant micro and macroprudential
policies, how they are likely to interact with other policies, and any
possible unintended consequences;
– Recommend macroprudential
tools to prevent and mitigate systemic risk and identify likely
specific implementation challenges; and
– Assess the
effectiveness of micro-prudential, macroprudential, and crisis
management policies.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Feb 11-15, 2018 | CE18.07 |
Target Audience:
Senior officials from ministries of finance and tax
administrations whose responsibilities include advising ministers on
tax policy issues or managing tax administration. Their duties are
likely to include policy analysis and evaluation; drafting policy
memos; drafting tax laws; and in tax administration managing
organizational issues, strategic planning, information technology, and
other major operational functions.
Qualification:
Participants involved in policy areas are
expected to have a degree in economics or a related field, experience
in producing analytical reports, and proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
Participants involved in tax administration areas are expected to be
senior managers from the top two levels of their agency.
Language:
The course is conducted in English only. Due to the
technical nature of the course, English proficiency is a prerequisite.
Course Description:
This course, presented by the IMF Fiscal
Affairs Department, is designed to broaden participants’ knowledge of
the main difficulties for government design, administration, and
monitoring of a modern tax system. It briefly outlines the theoretical
underpinnings of tax policymaking and discusses in detail its practice
and implementation with a particular emphasis on the region the course
is directed to. Participants will be encouraged to share their
experiences and develop strategies to improve their tax systems and
how they are administered. Through lectures and workshops, the course will:
– Provide an overview of policy design principles and their
implications for tax administration—establishing linkages between tax
policy and administration and how each function feeds into the
other;
– Review design issues for major taxes that form modern
tax systems (e.g., broad-based consumption and income taxes, property
taxes, small business tax regimes), and discuss approaches to tax
policymaking in specific economic settings, such as resource-rich
countries compared with others;
– Discuss the organization of
tax administrations, drawing on experiences within and beyond the
region; and
– Examine the challenges of tax administration,
including structuring a modern tax system.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Summarize key tax policy design principles and their implications
for taxadministrations, such as how to link tax policy and tax
administration; how each function feeds into the other; and how design
principles may differ in different economic settings, perhaps
comparing resource-rich countries with other countries;
–
Identify the core elements of the major taxes in modern tax systems,
such as broad-based consumption and income taxes, property taxes, or
small business tax regimes;
– Describe and analyze the
organization of tax administrations, their principal functions, and
common barriers to their reform; and
– Assess tax policy and
administration from different perspectives, such as a holistic
approach, a micro-approach (e.g., by tax source), or by tax
administration function.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Feb 19-22, 2018 | CE18.102 | CEF – Middle East Regional Technical Assistance Center (METAC) |
Target Audience:
Senior officers of the tax administration or within the
ministry of finance (but with direct responsibility for tax
administration outcomes).
Qualification:
Participants should have a significant
experience in a wide range of tax administration operations.
Language:
The courseis conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This four-day course is a relatively new
instrument to help governments gauge the performance of their tax
administrations and identify priorities for reform. It is designed to
deliver an objective and standardized assessment of the most critical
outcomes of any country’s system of tax administration, focused on
nine key performance outcome areas. METAC conducted two workshops in
March and September 2017 and centered on the five first performance
outcome areas of TADAT. This third workshop is now organised to cover
the four performance outcome areas of: (i) Accurate Reporting in
Declarations; (ii) Effective Tax Dispute Resolution; (iii) Effective
Revenue Management; and (iv) Accountability and Transparency. In this
course, participants will be provided with an initial awareness
session on the TADAT process which will then be followed by detailed
discussions on the internationally recognized good practices espoused
in the TADAT methodology as it relates to the performance outcome
areas covered.
For additional information concerning the content of thecourse, please address your inquiries to Mr. Patrick De Mets, at: pdemets@imf.org
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Mar 4-15, 2018 | CE18.08 | Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) Abu Dhabi-UAE |
Target Audience:
Junior to senior officials interested in better understanding
fiscal policy and its macroeconomic implications.
Qualification:
Participants should have taken undergraduate
courses in macroeconomics, or have equivalent experience, and have a
basic background in microeconomics and econometrics.
Language:
The course is conducted in Arabic.
Course Description:
This course provides an overview of the
concepts and techniques used to analyze how fiscal policy can help
ensure macroeconomic stability and sustainable long-term growth. This
hands-on course is built around the core macro-fiscal topics needed to
analyze fiscal policy. The learning units include general empirical
findings, Excel-based workshops, case studies, and selected topics of
regional interest. The course will be of interest to officials who
wish to better understand how fiscal policy can affect the economy and
the related tools of analysis.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Discuss the role of fiscal
policy in attaining such government objectives as macro-stability,
equity and efficiency, and sustainable long-term growth;
– Use
the tools and techniques acquired to assess the country’s fiscal
stance, fiscal multipliers, and debt sustainability; and
–
Review the concepts and best practices that are central to tax and
expenditure policy.
*The course will be conducted at the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) in Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Mar 4-15, 2018 | CE18.09 |
Target Audience:
Junior to mid-level officials from emerging markets and
low-income countries interested in understanding and analyzing the
conduct of monetary policy and its interaction with the rest of the economy.
Qualification:
Participants should have an advanced degree in
economics or equivalent experience, and be comfortable using Excel and
Excel-based applications. This is an overview course. It is
recommended that before applying for this course, those interested
first take a few general macroeconomic courses, such as Financial
Programming and Policies (FPP) and Macroeconomic Diagnostic (MDS), or
work with online modules of these courses where available.
Language:
The course is conducted in English only. Due to the
technical nature of the course, English proficiency is a prerequisite.
Course Description:
This coursegives a comprehensive overview
of monetary policy regimes, monetary transmission mechanisms, and the
role of monetary policy in macroeconomic stabilization. The course
bridges the gap between theory, empirical evidence, and operational
experience by illustrating the optimization problems and tradeoffs
involved in monetary policy decisions. The learning process moves from
lectures introducing the basic concepts to hands-on workshops. Case
studies are used to reinforce participants’ understanding and to help
them compare and assess a variety of experiences.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Analyze how monetary policy decisions are made under various
regimes to deliver price stability;
– Identify how these
decisions are transmitted to the real economy; and
– Evaluate
how the economy and monetary policy respond to macroeconomic shocks
under various monetary policy frameworks, demonstrated through a group
presentation to their peers.
Central bank practitioners should also be able to:
– Design a sound monetary policy framework; and
– Design a
sound monetary policy framework; and
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Mar 5-8, 2018 | CE18.103 | CEF – Middle East Regional Technical Assistance Center (METAC) |
Target Audience:
The course is primarily designed for statisticians in economic
statistics and national accounts compilers from the statistical
agencies responsible for official national accounts data. Officials
from other government institutions and agencies as main users of
economic statistics will be welcomed.
Qualification:
Participants should have a degree in economics,
statistics or equivalent experience. Ability to use Excel-based
spreadsheets is mandatory.
Language:
The courseis conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This four-day regional course aims to
broaden participants in compilation of quarterly gross domestic
product (QGDP). It is focused on sources and specific compilation
procedures applied, including the potential use of high frequency
indicators correlated to the respective GDP components on the
production and expenditure side. Emphasis is placed on the approaches
for direct and indirect estimates of different economic activities and
final use categories. The following methodological topics and
practical solutions will be discussed:
– Data sources, including high frequency indicators;
– Price
and volume measures;
– Benchmarking and reconciliation of
quarterly estimates into the annual national accounts;
–
Seasonal adjustments;and
– Dissemination policy.
Reference to the methodological manuals:
– System of National Accounts (SNA) 2008; New York, 2009; European
Commission, International Monetary Fund, Organization for Economic
Co-operation and Development, United Nations, World Bank.
–
Quarterly National Accounts Manual – Concepts, Data Sources, and
Compilation, International Monetary Fund, May 2001, or an updated
version, September 2017.
For additional information concerning the content of the course, please address your inquiries to Mr. Todor Todorov, METAC’s Real Sector Statistics Advisor, at:ttodorov@imf.org
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Mar 11-15, 2018 | CE18.10 |
Target Audience:
Central bank, ministry of finance, bank supervisory, resolution authority, and deposit insurance agency lawyers involved in bank regulation and supervision, bank resolution, and crisis management. Because the course is for senior counsels, participants should have a thorough understanding of legal issues related to the financial sector. Prerequisites are specified in the invitation letters.
Qualification:
Five years of relevant work experience, good
knowledge of financial sector laws, and preferably an advanced law degree.
Language:
The courseis conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This course, presented by the IMF Legal
Department, covers selected issues related to the institutional and
legal infrastructure necessary to support sound regulation and
supervision of banks, bank resolution, and crisis management.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Identify key legal issues relevant to regulation and supervision
of banks, bank resolution, and crisis management, and best practice
approaches to addressing them, such as law reform; and
–
Identify legal design approaches that have proven effective based on
cross-jurisdictional experiences shared by presenters and fellow participants.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Mar 25-Apr 5, 2018 | CE18.11 | Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) Abu Dhabi-UAE |
Target Audience:
Mid-level to seniorofficials from central banks and government
agencies dealing with regulation of the financial sector. Preference
is given to applicants working on issues directly related to financial
development and inclusion.
Qualification:
Participants are expected to have a basic
knowledge of economics or finance, or equivalent work experience.
Knowledge of econometrics is helpful but not required. It is highly
recommended that applicants first complete the online Financial Market
Analysis (FMAx) course and understand basic models for pricing debt
and equity.
Language:
The course is conducted in English only. Due to the
technical nature of the course, English proficiency is a prerequisite.
Course Description:
Thiscourse, presented by ICD,explains the
macroeconomic relevance of financial development and inclusion.
Beginning with an analysis that defines the role of finance in the
economy, the course reviews the theoretical and empirical literature
on the impact of finance on macroeconomic performance and growth. It
also addresses policies to encourage financial development
(market-enabling policies) and limit its potentially destabilizing
effects (market-harnessing policies). The course introduces financial
inclusion as an integral dimension of financial development—a
perspective that has only recently received proper attention because
for many years the discussion instead centered on the concept and
measurement of financial depth. The course reviews the indicators
currently used to measure financial inclusion, its distinct
macroeconomic impact, and the main policy strategies usually pursued.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Measure the degree of financial development and inclusion for a
country or countries using a wide range of standard indicators;
– Identify the shortcomings of various indicators and recognize the
possible need to collect more detailed microeconomic data;
– Use
a simple analytical model to predict the likely outcomes of different
policies;
– Assess policy options and strategies for financial
development and inclusion from a macroeconomic perspective by
identifying potential tradeoffs and possible impediments; and
–
Formulate a strategy for policies to support financial development in
a country, taking into account initial conditions and links between
the financial sector and the macroeconomy.
*The course will be conducted at the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) in Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Mar 19-30, 2018 | CE18.12 | Bank Al Maghrib (BAM)-Rabat-Morocco |
Target Audience:
Mid-level to seniorofficials who use Dynamic Stochastic General
Equilibrium (DSGE) models in the macroeconomic analysis of monetary
and fiscal policy issues.
Qualification:
Participants should have an advanced degree in
economics or equivalent experience, solid quantitative skills, and a
basic knowledge of MATLAB/Octave and Dynare/Iris. It is recommended
that they have previously taken the online Macroeconometric Forecasting (MFx) course.
Language:
The course is conducted in English only. Due to the
technical nature of the course, English proficiency is a prerequisite.
Course Description:
This course deals with building, using,
and interpreting DSGE models. It introduces participants to the models
and techniques that policymakers commonly use in analyzing monetary
and fiscal issues. The course devotes many lectures to model design
and implementation issues and uses case studies relevant to the region
to illustrate how these models are applied and how they can contribute
to the policymaking process. The course discusses the advantages and
limitations of the models when they are used for policy analysis and advice.
– Describe the models and techniques (computation and estimation)
policymakers use in analyzing monetary, fiscal, and structural
issues;
– Build a basic DSGE model from first principles using
data for a country case in the region;
– Augment or modify the
model structure to address an economic policy question, using stylized
evidence;
– Apply the DSGE models developed in the course to
various policy questions and interpret their results;
– Identify
the advantages and limitations of the models when used for policy
analysis and advice; and
– Start building a model based on their
own country’s data.
**The course will be conducted at Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM) in Rabat, Morocco.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Apr 1-12, 2018 | CE18.13 |
Target Audience:
Mid-level to senior officials from central banks, ministries of
finance, and other government agencies tasked with design and
execution of policies in Resource-Rich Countries (RRCs).
Qualification:
Participants are expected to have an advanced
degree in economics or equivalent experience and be proficient in the
use of Excel.
Language:
The courseis conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This face-to-face coursedeals with RRC
macroeconomic policy issues. The course incorporates lectures,
hands-on workshops, debates, case studies, and online warm-up exercises.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants will be able to:
– Assess how RRC economic performance may differ from that of other
countries in terms, e.g., of growth, inclusive growth, political
economy, resource curse, economic diversification, and Dutch
disease;
– Apply simple fiscal benchmarks to determine how much
to extract, consume, and save from the sale of natural resources and
modalities for savings, such as a sovereign wealth fund;
–
Design an effective fiscal framework and regime;
– Identify
macroeconomic policy responses to commodity price shocks; and
–
Assess the extent of transparency in the management of natural resources.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Apr 15-19, 2018 | CE18.25 | Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) Abu Dhabi-UAE |
Target Audience:
Officials at central banks and supervisory agencies for the
financial sector who are involved in the collection, compilation, and
analysis of financial soundness indicators.
Qualification:
Participants should have a degree in economics,
statistics, or equivalent experience.
Language:
The courseis conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This hands-on workshop, presented by the
IMF’s Statistics Department, acquaints participants with the
fundamental aspects for the compilation of financial soundness
indicators (FSIs) and provides hands-on assistance with compiling FSIs
for their own countries. The workshop covers general methodological
and technical issues in the compilation of FSIs as contained in the
Financial Soundness Indicators Compilation Guide (including its 2007
amendments). It also incorporates the envisaged updates to the Guide,
including new FSIs for deposit takers, other financial corporations,
nonfinancial corporations, and households.
The course contains only basic lectures and focuses more on hands-on compilation exercisesworking in groups, using actual source data from participants’ countries. The workshop introduces the FSI templates for use in the regular reporting of FSI data and metadata to the IMF. During the hands-on sessions, participants will solve practical aspects of classification of financial institutional units, construction of reporting populations for FSIs, calculation of Basel regulatory framework’s solvency and liquidity ratios, production of sectoral financial statements and FSIs for deposit takers, and use of FSIs for financial sector surveillance.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Compile FSIs in accordance with the methodology of the FSI Guide,
using source data obtainable from sectoral financial statements and
supervisory report forms for their own countries; and
–
Calculate FSIs using different consolidation bases and interpret the
different results obtained.
*The workshopwill be conducted at the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) in Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Apr 16-19, 2018 | CE18.104 | World Trade Organization (WTO) |
Target Audience:
Government officials involved at the policy or technical level with issues related to the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS). Preference will be given to participants who were funded to attend the 2016 Regional SPS Workshop for Arab countries (held in Kuwait City, the State of Kuwait on 25-28 January 2016). However, a limited number of new participants may be selected.
Qualification: Applications will be considered from government officials who:
a) hold direct responsibilities in the SPS area, i.e. SPS notification authority or enquiry point; Codex, IPPC or OIE contact points; officials from a relevant Ministry in charge of coordinating SPS matters and international trade; and
b) possess a proven intermediate level of understanding of the principles and structure of the WTO, and of the principles and provisions of the SPS Agreement.
Preference will be given to those candidates that have successfully completed the WTO SPS E-Learning Course by the time of their application. All participants are expected to have completed the SPS E‑Learning Course before the start of the workshop. The E-Learning Course is available at: http://ecampus.wto.org.
Language: The course is conducted in English with simultaneous interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description: The Regional SPS Workshop is designed with the purpose of making participants fully aware of the WTO SPS Agreement, its implementation, and the possible implications at the regional and national levels. These regional workshops also serve as an opportunity for government officials working on SPS matters in different developing countries to establish contact with their counterparts in other developing countries of the region, facilitating the exchange of information and the sharing of best practices related to the implementation of the SPS Agreement. In particular, this follow-up workshop will delve more specifically into several provisions of the SPS Agreement (e.g. risk assessment), in order to provide participants with a deeper level of understanding of the SPS Agreement.
The workshop will combine lectures, exercises and interactive dialogues aimed at the exchange of experiences and positions among the different countries and institutions involved. The three-international standard-setting organizations referred to in the SPS Agreement, i.e., the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) will also participate in this workshop with lectures and exercises in their respective field of expertise. The workshop will be tailored to the specific characteristics and needs of the region.
For additional information concerning the content and admission to WTO courses offered at the CEF, please address your inquiries to Mr. Samer Seif El-Yazal: samer.seif@wto.org
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Apr 22-May 3, 2018 | CE18.14 | Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) Abu Dhabi-UAE |
Target Audience:
Junior to mid-level government officials, such as staff of
ministries of economy, planning, finance, treasuries, central banks,
independent fiscal agencies, and other agencies involved in the
analysis, design, conduct, and assessment of fiscal policy.
Qualification:
Participants should have a degree in economics or finance or
equivalent work experience, good quantitative skills, and proficiency
in the use of computers to analyze data. Applicants are encouraged to
complete the online FPP.1x and FFP.2x courses (or face-to-face FPP)
and the Fiscal Policy Analysis (FPA) course before enrolling in this
course. Because many of the workshops involve the use of Excel
worksheets, familiarity with the basics of Excel is essential.
Language:
The course is conducted in English only. Due to the technical
nature of the course, English proficiency is a prerequisite.
Course Description:
This course starts by reviewing the role of government and the
objectives of fiscal policy; revisits essential macro-fiscal tools and
methodologies; and identifies a country’s fiscal framework as the set
of institutions that design and conduct fiscal policy. The course
stresses the need for high-quality information, transparency, and
responsibility to hold governments accountable for their
medium-tolong-term fiscal objectives. The course concludes with
thematic presentations by participants.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
– Describe emerging fiscal policy methodologies and tools;
–
Adopt a critical approach to assessing the quality of data for fiscal
policy;
– Design fiscal rules for specific national
problems;
– Use an in-year tool to monitor fiscal performance;
and
– Contribute to building a medium-term budget (for
consolidation or stimulus) while limiting recession risks and
respecting sustainability.
*The course will be conducted at the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) in Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Apr 24-26, 2018 | CE18.105 | World Bank-Transport and ICT Global Practice |
Target Audience:
This course is designed for senior level
government officials from the transport sector. Representatives from
the Ministries of Transport, Public Works and Infrastructure as well
as from various transport authorities and agencies are the target
audience. In addition, representatives from the Ministries of Finance
and Economy and Planning covering the transport sector will benefit
from this course.
Qualification:
Participants will be senior level
representatives from the ministries of transport, public works,
finance, economy and planning as well as transport agencies and
authorities, playing a decision-making role in the design,
implementation, oversight and/or evaluation of national projects,
programs or policies related to the various modes of the transport
sector (land, air, and maritime).
Language:
The course is conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This course focuses on macroeconomic
policy issues and challenges faced by RRCs. The course uses lectures,
hands-on workshops, debates, case studies, as well as a number of
online warm-up exercises.
Course Objectives:
The objectives of the three-day course are
the following:
– Learn how to maximize private investment and operations in
transport;
– Understand the role of a transport regulator;
– Learn how to make choices among investments and among transport
policies;
– Understand role of transport and logistics in
economic diversification.
Country case studies on various course topics would be shared and discussed among workshop participants in a role-playing context based on short case studies.
For additional information concerning the content of the course, please address your inquiries to Mr. Said Dahdah, Senior Transport Specialist, at: sdahdah@worldbank.org
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Apr 29-May 10, 2018 | CE18.15 |
Target Audience:
Mid-level to senior officials in central
banks and ministries of finance or economy who are directly involved
in diagnosing the state of the macroeconomy and making projections.
Qualification:
Participants should have an advanced degree in
economics or equivalent experience, good quantitative skills, and
proficiency in the use of Excel. It is highly recommended that
applicants complete the online FPP.1x and FFP.2x courses or the
face-to-face FPP and the online MDSx before enrolling in this course.
Language:
Participants should have an advanced degree in
economics or equivalent experience, good quantitative skills, and
proficiency in the use of Excel. It is highly recommended that
applicants complete the online FPP.1x and FFP.2x courses or the
face-to-face FPP and the online MDSx before enrolling in this course.
Course Description:
This course is designed to reinforce
participants’ ability to assess a country’s macroeconomic situation.
It emphasizes practical tools for use in day-to-day macroeconomic
analysis. The course covers assessment of:
– the current state of the macroeconomy;
– fiscal and monetary
policy stances;
– financial stability; and
– the
medium-term prospects for the economy, especially the sustainability
of public and external debt, possible misalignments of the exchange
rate, and vulnerabilities arising in the different sectors.
The course relies on case studies relevant to the region where the course is given to illustrate how these tools are applied and how they can contribute to the policymaking process.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Analyze potential output and
calculate output gaps, identify the expenditure composition of growth,
measure inflation, assess sources of inflation, calculate Taylor
rules, measure cyclically adjusted and structural fiscal balances,
analyze public debt sustainability, calculate and interpret financial
sector soundness and risk indicators, analyze the external position,
examine external debt sustainability, and evaluate exchange rate
misalignment;
– Use different information, which may give
conflicting signals, to assess the stance of current fiscal, monetary,
and financial policies and diagnose the outlook for the economy;
– Assess the medium-term prospects of the economy, especially the
sustainability of public and external debt, and identify impediments
to long-term growth; and
– Discuss possible external and
internal economic risks and vulnerabilities, recognize the
implications these risks may have for the economy, and identify
policies to deal with them.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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April 30-May 3, 2018 | CE18.106 | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) |
Target Audience:
Government officials in charge of policies for competitiveness, productivity, industrial development, infrastructure, and investment promotion.
Qualification:
Participants should be involved in the
development and implementation of policies and strategies for
competitiveness at the national, sub-national or industry level.
Language:
The course is conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This four-day course is conducted by OECD
staff and international experts in competitiveness and industrial
policies. The course focuses on analyzing and sharing instruments and
policies to enhance national and sub-national competitiveness. The
course analyzes:
– The main challenges and opportunities for
increasing competitiveness in MENA countries;
– The prevailing
definitions and metrics of competitiveness and their reach and
limitations;
– Experience in the implementation of structural
policies, especially those aimed at promoting the development of the
private sector;and
– Case studies from MENA and other
countries.
The course combines active discussions of those
topics and practical exercises. The participants are invited to put
the presented methodologies and tools in the perspective of their own
countries and are encouraged to share their own experiences and practices.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Gain knowledge on approaches
to defining what is important for increasing competitiveness and
analyze different tools to support specific economic sectors or
activities;
– Debate the reach and limitations of those
approaches and discuss the policy mixes and institutional set-ups to
competitiveness strategies;
– Present the practices and
experience of their own institutions and learn from peers; and
–
Expand their professional networks.
For additional information concerning the content of the course, please address your inquiries to Mr. Jorge Galvez Mendez, at: Jorge.Galvezmendez@oecd.org
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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May 6-10, 2018 | CE18.16 |
Target Audience:
Mid-level to senior-level officials at
ministries of finance, other ministries, and government agencies
involved in setting fuel prices or fuel subsidy policy.
Qualification:
Participants are expected to have a degree in
economics or a related field. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel is desirable.
Language:
The course is conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This course, presented by the IMF Fiscal
Affairs Department, explores recent developments in subsidy spending
on fuel products, their macroeconomic impact, and the environmental
and social implications. Building on country-specific case studies,
the course elaborates on key elements of successful reforms, such as
measures to protect low-income groups adversely affected by lower
subsidies. The course also disseminates tools for measuring subsidies
and assessing the distributional impact and alternative fuel pricing
mechanisms that can help smooth the transmission of international fuel
prices to domestic prices while protecting the budget. Participants
may be asked to make presentations on their own country’s experience
in setting fuel prices and reforming subsidies.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Explain the different
rationales for energy subsidies and how subsidies are measured;
– Describe the drawbacks of energy subsidies;
– Identify
possible barriers to reform of fuel subsidies;
– Design an
effective reform strategy drawing on lessons from the experiences of
other countries; and
– Use tailored tools to measure fuel
subsidies and estimate the impact of a fuel subsidy reform on
household welfare to inform the design of mitigating measures and
guide the choice of alternative fuel pricing mechanisms.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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June 25-28, 2018 | CE18.107 | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) |
Target Audience:
Government officials in line ministries and
public entities in charge of public procurement and infrastructure
policies and projects.
Qualification:
Officials with a relevant experience in
procurement and/or infrastructure projects wishing to improve their
knowledge and decision making capacity to enact policies related to
these topics.
Language:
The course is conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
The goal of this four-day course is to
deepen participants’ understanding and knowledge of the main
principles, policies, tools, and instruments to enhance public
procurement systems. Those principles can be applied to all
procurement projects including infrastructure projects.
The course is conducted by the OECD and the IMF and uses both theory and case studies based on the experiences of the OECD and MENA countries. Participants are encouraged to also share their own national experiences. Speakers have a deep and varied knowledge of the topic from the public and private side. The course is conducted in an informal and frank manner to encourage general participation and lively discussions.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, participants
should be able to:
– Gain in-depth knowledge on how to enhance
public procurement systems and how to implement efficient
policies;
– Learn how to manage complex procurement and
infrastructure projects covering the whole procurement cycle: the
preparation phase, the implementation phase, and the termination
phase;
– Gain in-depth knowledge of governance and risk
assessment of the procurement areas which are most vulnerable
including large infrastructure projects;
– Be provided with
multiple and concrete examples of projects and how to maximize success
and value for money; The examples are based on the OECD and peers
experience; and
– Expand their professional networks and
learning from other participants.
For additional information concerning the content of the course, please address your inquiries to Ms. Kenza Khachani, at:Kenza.KHACHANI@oecd.org
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Sept 2-4, 2018 | CE18.108 | World Bank – School Education Quality Improvement-2 SEQI-2 |
Target Audience:
This course is designed for senior level
government officials, senior level representatives from national
ministries of education in MENA overseeing planning, policy analysis,
and policy design, as well as representatives from other relevant
ministries/multi-sectoral platforms (e.g. ministries of planning,
education councils, ministries of labor, etc.) who design, implement,
monitor, and evaluate education policy in addition to linking such to
the rest of the economy. Since the course will focus on utilizing data
and information from Kuwait to illustrate its concepts (including the
assessment of the effects of different reforms on policy scenarios and
design), more representatives from Kuwait might be selected based on
availability of spots.
Qualification:
Participants will be senior level
representatives from ministries of education, playing a
decision-making role in the design, implementation, oversight and/or
monitoring and evaluation of national educational policies.
Language:
The course is conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
The objectives of the three-day course
would be: 1) Understand the main stages of the education policy cycle,
2) Understand the importance of evidence-based decision making in each
of the policy cycle stages, 3) Know how to develop a logical framework
for education policy cycle along with SMART performance indicators and
targets, 4) Recognize the common types of education data and
indicators, covering topics such as access, equity, efficiency,
quality, and relevance and how such indicators could be used to decide
on policy options, and 5) Understand key principles of data
collection, processing, validation, storage, sharing, use, and
reporting and how such principles can be harnessed to design
evidence-based policy.
For additional information concerning the content of the course, please address your inquiries to Dr. Hiba Ahmed, at: hahmed@worldbank.org
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Sept 9-20, 2018 | CE18.17 |
Target Audience:
Junior to mid-level government officials
tasked with surveillance of the financial sector, especially staff of
the central bank, financial regulators, and other agencies that engage
in macroprudential oversight.
Qualification:
Participants should have a degree in economics
or finance, preferably at the master’s level, or equivalent work
experience; good quantitative skills; and proficiency in the use of
computers to analyze data. It is highly recommended that applicants
complete the online Financial Market Analysis (FMAx) course before
enrolling in this course. Because many of the workshops use Excel
worksheets, familiarity with the basics of Excel is important.
Language:
The course is conducted in English only. Due to the
technical nature of the course, English proficiency is a prerequisite.
Course Description:
This course introduces participants to key
concepts and tools used to analyze and mitigate financial sector
vulnerabilities in order to lay a foundation on which to build
surveillance systems. A priority is assessment of the main risks
facing both bank and nonbank financial institutions and their
macroeconomic implications. The course explains how to detect a
build-up of vulnerabilities that may threaten financial stability and
contaminate other sectors of the economy. A combination of lectures
and hands-on workshops allows participants to apply the latest risk
assessment techniques.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to
– Measure the main bank risks
(e.g., credit, market, funding) and use bank balance sheet indicators
of financial soundness (e.g., asset quality, liquidity), such as IMF
Financial Soundness Indicators, in assessing banking system risks;
– Design and perform basic stress tests of solvency and liquidity
and interpret the results;
– Recognize the importance of nonbank
financial intermediaries and their links to banks;
– Assess
macro-financial linkages (e.g., the impact of business cycles on bank
soundness), including the links between the financial sector, the
government, and the real economy;
– Track the buildup of
systemic risk and vulnerabilities associated with credit, real estate
prices, leverage, balance sheet mismatches, and interconnectedness;
and
– Assess how shocks can amplify throughout the financial
system (e.g., through adverse liquidity spirals), a new approach to
financial regulation since the global financial crisis.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Sept 10-13, 2018 | CE18.109 | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) |
Target Audience:
Mid-level to senior officials in charge of
the design, implementation, and evaluation of policies and practices
for auditing (internal or external) and risk management.
Qualification:
Participants are expected to be government
officials responsible for strengthening accountability and integrity
through audit, control, and risk management activities.
Language:
The course is conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This four-day course is conducted by a
team of OECD and international experts. The course focuses on
deepening participants’ understanding of the principles, strategic
considerations, and practices for maintaining robust control and risk
management systems. The course will focus on key challenges facing
audit and risk management professionals in the region, as well as
potential solutions, drawing from international good practices. It
will emphasize practical applications and tools, particularly related
to managing fraud and corruption risks. In addition, the course will
explore applications of principles and practices in high-risk areas,
including the procurement cycle. The course combines active
discussions, the presentation of experiences from participants, and
practical exercises.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, participants
should be able to:
– Gain in-depth knowledge about the design
and execution of audit, control, and risk management activities,
linking them to good practices;
– Analyze and understand
specific risks, particularly fraud and corruption risks, affecting
selected high-risk areas like the procurement cycle and others;
– Learn from and share knowledge, experiences, and practices of peers;
and
– Grow their professional networks.
For additional information concerning the content of the course, please address your inquiries to Mr. Gavin Ugale, at: Gavin.UGALE@oecd.org
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Sept 10-21, 2018 | CE18.18 | Bank Al Maghrib-Rabat-Morocco |
Target Audience:
Junior to mid-level officials who work with
exchange rate policy and analysis.
Qualification:
Participants should have an advanced degree in
economics or equivalent professional experience and be comfortable
with Excel and Excel-based applications. Before taking this course, it
is recommended that applicants take either the Financial Programming
and Policies (FPP) or the Macroeconomic Diagnostics (MDS) course.
Participants should also have a working knowledge of Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, and EViews.
Language:
The course is conducted in English only. Due to the
technical nature of the course, English proficiency is a prerequisite.
Course Description:
This course gives a comprehensive overview
of exchange rate analysis and policy. The first part:
– Introduces key definitions and concepts used in exchange rate
analysis, such as real exchange rate misalignment;
– Discusses
how changes in the real exchange rate may affect external adjustment
and growth;
– Presents methodologies to estimate the equilibrium
real exchange rate and explains the IMF External Balance Approach(EBA)
to measure the degree of real exchange rate misalignment; and
–
Covers several aspects related to foreign exchange (FX) intervention:
objectives, modalities, effectiveness, ways to assess the adequacy of
foreign exchange reserves, and their management.
The second part of the course covers the macroeconomic policy tradeoffs related to different exchange rate regimes, the choice of exchange rate regime, and the main exchange rate policy challenges in developing and emerging market economies, such as the use of hybrid regimes, forced and unforced exits from pegs, and the reasons behind “fear-of-floating.”
The course concludes with a discussion of currency crises, macroeconomic policies to prevent them, and the analytical tools used to anticipate them.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Assess whether FX reserves are adequate using standard and new
indicators of reserve adequacy;
– Assess the effectiveness of
interventions in the FX market, using case studies of interventions;-
Learn from and share knowledge, experiences and practices of peers;
and
– Measure the degree of real exchange rate misalignment
using different models and methods, including the EBA;
–
Construct systems for early warning of currency crises using data on
nominal exchange rates and international reserves;
– Estimate
the probability of experiencing a currency crisis using panel data
econometric techniques; and
– Customize models and techniques
taught in this course (including EBA, reserve adequacy metrics, early
warning systems) to home country data and use those that are relevant
to their work for policy analysis.
Participants will also be able to:
– Describe the exchange rate regime choice and how country-specific
features could influence the choice;
– Identify policy
inconsistencies that may lead to currency crises; and
– Identify
policy measures to prevent them.
**The course will be conducted at Bank-Al-Maghrib (BAM) in Rabat,Morocco.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Sept 16-18, 2018 | CE18.110 | World Bank-Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice |
Target Audience:
The target audience for this regional course
will incorporate senior health policymakers from governments across
the MENA region, including ministries of health and finance.
Qualification:
Given the topic of this year’s event, senior
staff who can both speak to current policies and can engage in cross
country learning (both learning from the global experience and within
region variety) would be best placed for this course.
Language:
The course is conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
The MENA region is introducing reforms at
the governance level that is bringing up a much higher level of
expectation for services. In addition, changing lifestyles combined
with economic progress have contributed to an increase in
non-communicable diseases (NCDs) that require more sophisticated and
often also higher-cost care. At the same time, several countries are
experiencing fiscal pressure causing them to look for alternative
health financing and governance models to address new challenges and
ensure health system performance over time.
In these contexts, it is important for health sectors to adapt to population demand in a new reality of limited resources and expanded needs. Common health policy questions that arise include: What additional revenue mechanisms have been introduced to finance health service delivery and respond to a changing demand for care? What kind of fund pooling models are being used and what is the role of the private sector in pooling? How can purchasing be designed to achieve higher value for the health monies? What kind of overall institutional and organizational framework do countries use to ensure health sector performance?
Course Objectives:
The envisaged course comes with the key
objectives to focus on “how to” strengthen governance and health
financing for universal health coverage. Specifically, participants
attending this course will learn:
– Some of the cross-cutting challenges in health sector performance
that MENA region countries are facing;
– Health financing
options for revenue sources, pooling, and purchasing; and how to
leverage private sector participation;
– Institutional and
organizational aspects that contribute to good governance in health
financing; and- Modernization of procurement procedures for value for
money, responsive service delivery and transactional efficiency, e.g.,
a. framework agreements; b. e-Procurement; c. innovative contracting
forms;
– Specific lessons from relevant experience in other
countries.- Sustainable procurement policies;
For additional information concerning the content of the course, please address your inquiries to Mr. Tamer Rabie, Lead Health Specialist, at: trabie@worldbank.org
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Sept 16-27, 2018 | CE18.19 |
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Target Audience:
Officials at central banks and supervisory
agencies for the financial sector who are involved in the collection,
compilation, and analysis of financial soundness indicators.
Qualification:
Participants should have a degree in economics
or statistics or equivalent experience.
Language:
The courseis conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This course, presented by the IMF
Statistics Department, acquaints participants with the fundamentals of
compiling and using Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs) to support
macroprudential analysis. The course covers methodological and
technical issues in the construction of FSIs as discussed in the
Financial Soundness Indicators Compilation Guide as amended in 2007.
It also incorporates planned updates to the Guide, including new FSIs
for deposit takers, other financial corporations, nonfinancial
corporations, and households. The core of the course is lectures on
the following topics:
– Institutional sectors and financial markets;
– Consolidation
bases and consolidation adjustments for FSIs;
– Regulatory
framework for deposit takers;
– Accounting principles and
sectoral financial statements for FSIs;
– Core and additional
FSIs for deposit takers, other financial corporations, and other
sectors;
– Peer group analysis and descriptive statistics;
– Financial sector surveillance and FSIs; and
– Macroprudential
analysis and FSIs.
Lectures are complemented by hands-on exercises, where participants work in groups to resolve practical questions of classification of financial institutional units, construction of reporting populations for FSIs, calculation of Basel solvency and liquidity ratios, production of sectoral financial statements and FSIs for deposit takers, and use of FSIs for financial sector surveillance. The course introduces templates for use in the regular reporting of FSI data and metadata to the IMF and provides guidance in accessing and using the IMF database for FSI data and metadata.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Compile FSIs in accordance with the methodology of the FSI Guide,
using source data obtainable from sectoral financial statements and
supervisory report forms;
– Calculate FSIs using different
consolidation bases and interpret the different results obtained;
and
– Analyze and interpret FSIs compiled for the financial
sector and their use in financial sector supervision and
macroprudential policy.
*The course will be conducted at the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) in Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Sept 23-27, 2018 | CE18.20 |
Target Audience:
Legal drafters, policymakers, financial
sector supervisors, and regulators of designated nonfinancial
businesses and professions; financial intelligence unit officials;
criminal justice officials; and other officials who must assess
national money laundering and terrorist financing risks to prepare for
their countries’ mutual evaluationsand application of Anti-Money
Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) laws.
Qualification:
Participants are expected to have at least two
years of experience with AML/CFT issues. Prerequisites are specified
in the invitation letters.
Language:
The courseis conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This course, presented by the IMF Legal
Department, is designed to build the capacities of officials tasked
with implementing the revised international standards on AML and CFT.
The course will increase participants’ understanding of the
requirements of the revised international AML/CFT standard, the 40
Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and the new
Methodology for Assessing Compliance with the FATF 40 Recommendations
and the Effectiveness of AML/CFT Systems. Incorporated into the course
are both practical exercises and in-depth discussions of how to
implement selected aspects of the FATF 40 Recommendations.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Outline, summarize, and analyze implementation of the FATF 40
Recommendations.
– Draw up a medium-term action plan to
reinforce their national AML/CFT framework.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Sept 23-27, 2018 | CE18.21 |
Target Audience:
Mid-level to senior officials working on
banking supervision or financial stability in central banks or other
banking supervisory authorities.
Qualification:
Participants should have experience with stress
testing, Basel II, and financial stability analysis.
Language:
The course is conducted in English only. Due to the
technical nature of the course, English proficiency is a prerequisite.
Course Description:
This course, presented by the IMF Monetary
and Capital Markets Department, discusses recent developments in
stress testing for banks and gives participants the opportunity to
learn and apply new tools used or created by MCM for stress testing
purposes. Some of the tools are integral to the Financial Sector
Assessment Program (FSAP) and technical assistance missions throughout
the world. Moreover, the course allows participants to share their
experiences with stress testing. The course reviews the objectives of
stress testing and of methodologies and techniques currently used for
that purpose and advises on some best practices for applying these
techniques. Much of the course consists of hands-on modules that
expose participants to the entire stress testing cycle, from entering
data and estimating econometric models to create macro-financial links
to designing assumptions, running tests, and summarizing and
presenting the results.
Throughout, the focus is on the solvency and liquidity elements of the stress testing exercise. The course concludes with a roundtable discussion where participants exchange knowledge and share country experiences.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Identify different sources of risk;
– Map changes in
macroeconomic variables onto bank variables;
– Recognize
different sources of contagion;
– Assess resilience; and
–
Assess the adequacy of liquidity management.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Oct 2-4, 2018 | CE18.111 | World Trade Organization (WTO) |
Target Audience:
Government officials involved in WTO
negotiation matters.
Qualification:
To be determined.
Language:
The course is conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
WTO courses, presented by experienced
staff, cover specific issues related to WTO agreements. They cover the
legal and economic foundations of WTO rules, explain legal and
institutional provisions of specific WTO agreements and rules, explore
how the WTO agreements affect trade-related economic policies and how
the WTO serves in resolving trade disputes. More precise information
is provided closer to the date of the course and would also be posted
on the CEF website.
For additional information concerning the content of the course, please address your inquiries to Mr. Samer Seif El-Yazal, at: samer.seif@wto.org
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Oct 7-18, 2018 | CE18.22 |
Target Audience:
Junior to senior officials interested in
better understanding fiscal policy and its macroeconomic implications.
Qualification:
Participants should have taken undergraduate
courses in macroeconomics, or have equivalent experience, and have a
basic background in microeconomics and econometrics.
Language:
The course is conducted in Arabic.
Course Description:
This course provides an overview of the
concepts and techniques used to analyze how fiscal policy can help
ensure macroeconomic stability and sustainable long-term growth. This
hands-on course is built around the core macro-fiscal topics needed to
analyze fiscal policy. The learning units include general empirical
findings, Excel-based workshops, case studies, and selected topics of
regional interest. The course will be of interest to officials who
wish to better understand how fiscal policy can affect the economy and
the related tools of analysis.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Discuss the role of fiscal
policy in attaining such government objectives as macro-stability,
equity and efficiency, and sustainable long-term growth;
– Use
the tools and techniques acquired to assess the country’s fiscal
stance, fiscal multipliers, and debt sustainability; and
–
Review the concepts and best practices that are central to tax and
expenditure policy.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Oct 7-18, 2018 | CE18.23 |
Target Audience:
Government officials involved in developing
macroeconometric models and forecasting for the analysis, design, and
implementation of macroeconomic policy.
Qualification:
Participants should have an advanced degree in
economics or equivalent experience and a background in econometrics.
They should also be comfortable using EViews for econometric
applications. It is highly recommended that applicants complete the
online Macroeconometric Forecasting (MFx) course before enrolling in
this course.
Language:
The course is conducted in English only. Due to the
technical nature of the course, English proficiency is a prerequisite.
Course Description:
This course gives government officials a
rigorous foundation in the estimation of macroeconometric models and
their application for forecasting and policy analysis in central
banks, ministries, and public research institutions. Participants will
work in groups on hands-on estimation and forecasting exercises.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Identify the bases for a number of model specifications;
–
Use EViews software to apply modeling techniques to country data and
replicate results from important published research papers;
–
Apply the techniques learned to country cases from their region to
forecast and analyze a policy issue; and
– Apply appropriate
tools available in the EViews econometric package to their own work or
research and that of other countries when they return home.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Oct 21-25, 2018 | CE18.24 |
Target Audience:
Mid-level to senior officials in ministries
of finance or economy, treasuries, debt management offices, or
financial planning divisions in line ministries.
Qualification:
Participants should have significant experience
in fiscal policy, macroeconomics, or budgeting.
Language:
The courseis conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This course, presented by the IMF Fiscal Affairs Department, examines the role of fiscal institutions, such as medium-term fiscal frameworks, top-down budgeting, medium-term budgeting, cash and debt management, independent fiscal institutions, and budget comprehensiveness, and how each promotes fiscal discipline.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Explain and describe the importance of fiscal institutions for
modern public finance management;
– Summarize and analyze the
strengths and weaknesses of the budget institutions of their own
country relative to regional comparators;
– Summarize factors in
the choices involved in the design of fiscal responsibility laws,
fiscal rules, and independent fiscal institutions;
– Explain and
analyze the main techniques used to measure fiscal risks, steps
taken,andchoices involved in the management of fiscal risks; and
– Describe and summarize the key features of the IMF Fiscal
Transparency Code and Public Investment Management Assessment framework.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Oct 29-Nov 1, 2018 | CE18.112 | CEF – Middle East Regional Technical Assistance Center (METAC) |
Target Audience:
Senior staff in charge of assessing and
managing fiscal risks within PPP units, fiscal risk unit, macro-fiscal
units, budget directorate, Treasury, and accounting directorate.
Qualification:
Applicants are expected to be involved in the
assessment and management of the fiscal impact of PPPs. Ability to use
simple Excel-based spreadsheets is mandatory.
Language:
The courseis conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This four-day regional courseaims at
bringing together senior managers and technical staff involved in the
fiscal management of PPPs to enhance their understanding of the
potential fiscal impacts and risks arising from PPP projects. The
course will include (i) a general overview of recent developments
related to efficiency of public investment and fiscal risk management,
(ii) a presentation of good practices in managing PPPs (legal and
institutional frameworks, budgeting and accounting) and accounting and
reporting standards (IPSAS 32 and GFSM 2001), (iii) discussions on
specific fiscal risks related to PPPs, and (iv) a hands-on training on
the PPPs Fiscal Risk Assessment Model (PFRAM).
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, participants
should be able to:
– Use the PFRAM for a given PPP project to generate its (i) cash flows; (ii) fiscal tables/charts on a cash and accrual basis; (iii) debt sustainability analysis with and without the PPP project; (iv) sensitivity analysis of main fiscal aggregates to changes in macroeconomic and project-specific parameters; and (v) a summary risk matrix of the project. In addition, they should be able to identify sources of fiscal costs and risks from PPPs, and understand good practices in managing and mitigating them.
For additional information concerning the content of the course, please address your inquiries to Mr. Xavier Rame, METAC’s Public Financial Management Advisor, at: xrame@imf.org
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Nov 4-8, 2018 | CE18.26 |
Target Audience:
Senior central bank staff responsible for
accounting, financial reporting, auditing, risk management, internal
control, legal, or reserve management operations, or serving on a
board or committee overseeing audit, investment, or financial
reporting activities.
Qualification:
Participants should have a university or
postgraduate degree in accounting, business, economics, finance, or
law, or have earned professional certifications in auditing (chartered
or certified public accountants, internal auditors, information
systems auditors) or finance (certified financial analysts).
Language:
The courseis conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This course, presented by the IMF Finance
and Legal Departments, is designed to give central bank officials
interactive exposure to IMF safeguards assessment methodology. It
highlights the importance of central bank governance, transparency,
and accountability for improving financial safeguards. It also
provides a forum for central bank staff to exchange views on their
experiences in reinforcing safeguards and dealing with emerging
issues. The course incorporates interactive lectures and discussions,
workshops, and case studies addressing crucial assessment areas,
especially external and internal audit mechanisms, financial
reporting, the system of internal controls, management of
international reserves, and reporting of monetary data to the IMF. The
course also reviews the concepts underlying autonomy and good
governance in central bank legislation.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Assess the strengths and vulnerabilities of their central bank
financial safeguards;
– Identify specific steps to build up the
safeguards;
– Use leading practices for central banks in the
areas of good governance, central bank autonomy, accountability, and
transparency; and
– Describe and explain the requirements of the
IMF safeguards policy and the importance of implementing safeguards recommendations.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Nov 4-15, 2018 | CE18.27 |
Target Audience:
Officials from ministries of finance,
economy, and planning and central banks who advise on or help
implement macroeconomic and financial policies.
Qualification:
Participants are expected to have a degree in
economics or equivalent experience, and be proficient in the use of
spreadsheets. It is highly recommended that applicants complete the
online FPP.1x and FFP.2x courses before enrolling in this course.
Language:
The course is conducted in Arabic.
Course Description:
: This course explains how to both
diagnose macroeconomic imbalances and correct them through a
coordinated set of adjustment policies. It covers the principal
features of the four main macroeconomic sectors (real, fiscal,
external, and monetary) and how they relate to each other,
highlighting both accounting and behavioral relationships and using
data from a country case study.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Analyze economic and financial developments of a country in the
region using historical data and a hands-on, Excel-based
framework;
– Create consistent one-year macroeconomic
projections on the assumption that policies do not change;
–
Identify economic vulnerabilities and risks in a baseline scenario and
policy measures to address them;
– Prepare an adjustment
scenario that reflects the policy measures and their macroeconomic
impact; and
– Identify further policy goals and measures beyond
the one-year horizon that will be incorporated into a medium-term framework.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Nov 11-15, 2018 | CE18.28 |
Target Audience:
Mid-level to senior bank supervisors and
regulators working in the supervision and regulation departments of
central banks and agencies charged with supervising banks.
Qualification:
Participants should have experience in banking
regulation and supervision.
Language:
The courseis conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This course, presented by the IMF Monetary
and Capital Markets Department, reviews the latest developments in
banking supervisory and regulation, such as changes to capital
adequacy standards, the new Basel liquidity measurement rules, and
supervision of systemically important banks. Sessions focus on aspects
of particular relevance to the region and discuss both the main
implementation challenges and their implications for banks and
supervisory authorities. An Islamic banking component discusses
similarities and differences in Islamic and conventional banking risks
and the measurement of capital adequacy. Participants will be actively
engaged through case studies and group exercises.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Define and summarize the main elements of the Basel capital
adequacy standards and how they are being implemented in their own
countries;
– Describe the latest reforms and developments in
other international banking regulatory standards; and
– Identify
good supervisory practices to capture and assess banking risks and
take effective action.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Nov 18-21, 2018 | CE18.113 | World Trade Organization (WTO) |
Target Audience:
The regional course is designed for
capital-based government officials.
Qualification:
Interested candidates should have the following qualifications and background:
- Mid-career officials who have direct responsibility, in relevant government authorities, for matters related to the interaction between trade agreements, intellectual property and public health; with at least three years of experience in the field;
- Expectation of continuing to work, or being assigned responsibilities, specifically in this field;
- Established expertise and experience in the area of intellectual property, trade and public health.
Language:
The course is conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
The Regional Seminar will follow the approach developed in the WHO-WIPO-WTO Trilateral Study “Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation: Intersections between Public Health, Intellectual Property and Trade”. It has the following objectives:
- Highlighting the role innovation plays in promoting public health, and how to manage intellectual property, and design trade and health policies to foster innovation and access to affordable health products,
- Illustrating the interlinkages between public health, intellectual property, and trade policies, and how relevant national institutions can collaborate to build a supportive ecosystem;
- Informing participants about concrete and practical options for the implementation of international legal frameworks related to health, intellectual property, and trade, including the flexibilities enshrined in the WTO agreements in support of pharmaceutical innovation and affordable access to health products in the pharmaceutical sector,
- Raising awareness about Trilateral Cooperation between the WHO, WIPO and WTO and how collaboration more broadly between key actors could address, and respond to, issues at the crossroads of innovation, access to health products and international trade rules.
For additional information concerning the content and admission to WTO courses offered at the CEF, please address your inquiries to Mr Roger Kampf, Counsellor, Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division (IPD), (email: roger.kampf@wto.org)
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Nov 25-29, 2018 | CE18.29 | Arab Monetary Fund (AMF)-Abu Dhabi-UAE |
Target Audience:
Officials whose main responsibility is
compiling balance of payments or international investment position
statistics, or both. Participants should be familiar with the
methodology of the sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and
International Investment Position Manual (BPM6).
Qualification:
Participants should have a degree in economics
or statistics or equivalent experience.
Language:
The courseis conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This course, presented by the IMF
Statistics Department, provides practical advice on compiling and
disseminatingbalance of payments and international investment position
(IIP) statistics based on the 2014 BPM6 Compilation Guide (the Guide).
The purpose of the course is to show how the conceptual framework
described in the BPM6 may be translated into practice. The course
consists of a series of discussions on methods for compiling
international accounts. Lectures and class discussions focus on
compilation practices, including data sources that international
accounts can draw on, as well as complex methodological and
compilation issues related to specific components and other issues
that cut across accounts. Participants will have the opportunity to
discuss compilation problems they have encountered, and gain insights
into the analytical uses of the international accounts.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Compile and disseminate balance of payments and international
investment position statistics using the techniques provided in the
Guide to implement the BPM6;
– Identify new data sources to be
used to improve the compilation of balance of payments and IIP
statistics;
– Discuss statistical techniques for dealing with
complex methodological and compilation issues;
– Extract lessons
from the experiences of other compilers through peer learning
opportunities; and
– Deepen their knowledge of the analytical
use of balance of payments and IIP statistics.
*The course will be conducted at the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) in Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Nov 26-29, 2018 | CE18.114 | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) |
Target Audience:
Government officials in line ministries or
agencies in charge of Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) and
entrepreneurship policies, access to finance, and private enterprise
development policies.
Qualification:
Participants should be in charge of the design,
implementation, and evaluation of SME and access to finance policies.
Language:
The course is conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This four-day course is conducted by a
team of OECD and international experts. The first part of the course
focuses on SME policy aspects such as criteria for official SME
definitions, initiatives to improve the business environment,
monitoring and evaluation of policies, SME statistics, … etc. The
second part is devoted to access to finance, including access to
credit and equity finance. The course also includes modules on
innovative and high potential enterprises. It combines active
discussions, the presentation of experiences from participants, and
practical exercises.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, participants
should be able to:
– Gain knowledge on the different elements and institutional set-ups
of SME policy;
– Analyze the importance of improving the
regulatory and legal environment for access to finance and discuss
specific mechanism to facilitate access to finance;
– Present
the practices and experience of their own institutions and learn from
peers;and
– Expand their professional networks.
For additional information concerning the content of the course, please address your inquiries to Mr. Jorge Galvez Mendez, at: jorge.galvezmendez@oecd.org
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Dec 2-13, 2018 | CE18.30 |
Target Audience:
Mid-level to senior officials involved in
economic and strategic planning; monitoring and evaluating policy
strategies for reducing poverty and inequality; and promoting job creation.
Qualification:
Participants are expected to have a degree in
economics or social sciences or equivalent experience.
Language:
The courseis conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This course is designed to heighten
participant understanding of the concepts of inclusive growth and give
them analytical and operational tools to evaluate, measure, and
monitor how macroeconomic policies can affect growth, poverty,
inequality, and job creation. Lectures introduce the basic concepts of
inclusive growth, with a special focus on long-term sustainability,
and workshops offer participants an opportunity to apply the concepts
and think about the design of inclusive growth strategies, drawing
from country case studies.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, participants
should be able to:
– Interpret measures of poverty and inequality;
– Analyze the
role of macroeconomic policies in promoting growth and equality and
reducing poverty;
– Identify obstacles to inclusive growth and
prioritize reforms; and
– Design an inclusive growth strategy
for their own country.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Dec 9-20, 2018 | CE18.31 |
Target Audience:
Junior to senior officials with some
intermediate fiscal background who are interested in understanding and
applying fiscal sustainability analysis and how it may relate to the
country-specific macro-fiscal environment.
Qualification:
Participants are expected to have a degree in
economics or equivalent work experience and some familiarity with
using spreadsheets. It is highly recommended that applicants first
complete all or several modules of the online course on Debt
Sustainability Analysis (DSAx), before taking this course.
Language:
The courseis conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
This course looks at fiscal sustainability
as a requirement for macroeconomic stability and sustainable and
inclusive long-term growth. It provides a thorough overview of how to
assess fiscal sustainability from a policy and tools perspective. It
discusses fiscal risks and the early warning indicators used by the
IMF and covers debt crises, debt management strategies, contingent
liabilities, and long-term fiscal challenges.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Describe why fiscal sustainability is central to macroeconomic
stability and sustainable growth;
– Apply effective concepts,
definitions, and techniques for analyzing fiscal sustainability;
– Identify near- and long-term risks and fiscal vulnerabilities;
– Analyze crisis and fiscal adjustment cases;
– Differentiate
various Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) frameworks; and
–
Prepare a risk-based public DSA for a country with access to financial markets.
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Dec 9-20, 2018 | CE18.32 | Arab Monetary Fund (AMF)-Abu Dhabi-UAE |
Target Audience:
Officials of all levels in central banks and
ministries of finance who monitor and assess country and regional
vulnerabilities and risks.
Qualification:
Participants are expected to have an advanced
degree in economics or equivalent experience, a basic background in
econometrics, and familiarity with the use of software for econometric applications.
Language:
The course is conducted in English only. Due to the
technical nature of the course, English proficiency is a prerequisite.
Course Description:
This course complements the Macroeconomic
Diagnostics (MDS) course by enhancing participants’ ability to assess
fiscal, financial, and external vulnerabilities in an integrated
fashion using several diagnostic tools to capture tail risks.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course,
participants should be able to:
– Identify effective measures of fiscal, financial, and external
vulnerabilities;
– Describe how vulnerabilities can arise as a
result of adverse shocks or flawed policies, and how vulnerabilities
can morph into crises;
– Use diagnostic tools to track
vulnerability measures and predict indicators of tail risks, such as
the tools currently employed in IMF surveillance; and
– Adapt
diagnostic tools to their country data, organized as templates of
country vulnerability reports.
*The course will be conducted at the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) in Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
COURSE DATE | COURSE NUMBER | SPONSOR |
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Dec 17-20, 2018 | CE18.115 | CEF – Middle East Regional Technical Assistance Center (METAC) |
Target Audience:
Senior banking and financial supervisors from
central banks and/or other financial supervisory agencies.
Qualification:
Advanced degree in business
administration,banking,economics,accounting or equivalent. Candidates
are expected to be involved in the regulation and supervision of
Islamic financing activities in their corresponding jurisdictions.
Language:
The courseis conducted in English with simultaneous
interpretation into Arabic.
Course Description:
The four-day coursediscusses the key
features of Institutions Offering Islamic Financial Services (IIFS)
and their risks, along with emerging issues pertaining to regulation
and supervision of IIFS operations. The course will discuss the
regulatory and supervisory frameworks currently governing IIFS
operations. Standards for the IIFS industry have been developed to
complement international standards. Consistency in the adoption and
implementation of these standards is critical to improving the
resilience of the IIFS and promoting public confidence.
Main topics covered:
– Key features of IIFS and risk
implications;
– Approaches to strengthening regulations and
supervision governing IIFS operations;
– Liquidity risk and
asset liability management in IIFS operations; and
– Stress
testing for identifying vulnerabilities in IIFS industry.
For additional information concerning the content of the course, please address your inquiries to Mr. Ahmad Noureddine El Radi, at: AElRadi@imf.org