| No. | Sponsoring Agency | Course No. | Course Title | Course ID | Course Date | Duration (Weeks) | Language | Method of Application | Application Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IMF (CEF-LEG) | CE21.05V | Undergoing an AML/CFT Mutual Evaluation | AMLSv | Jan 10-14 | 1 | E/A | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 2 | MF (CEF-STA)-AMF | CE21.20V | Monetary and Financial Statistics – Introductory | MFS-Iv | Jan 11-14 | 1 | E/A | By Invitation | |
| 3 | IMF (CEF-FAD) | CE21.19V | Strengthening Budget Institutions-Budget Execution and Cash Management | SBIv | Jan 11-14 | 1 | E/A | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 4 | IMF (CEF-METAC) | NI21.01V | Risk Based Banking Supervision | RBSv | Jan 18-21 | 1 | E/A | ONS | Deadline Passed |
| 5 | IMF (CEF-ICD)-AMF | CE21.01V | Fiscal Policy Analysis in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic | FPAv | Jan 18-28 | 2 | A | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 6 | MF (CEF-STA)-AMF | CE21.23V | Quarterly National Accounts | QNAv | Feb 1-4 | 1 | E/A | By Invitation | |
| 7 | IMF (CEF-MCM) | CE21.17V | Current Issues in Banking Regulation and Supervision | BRSv | Feb 1-4 | 1 | E/A | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 8 | IMF (CEF-FAD) | CE21.22V | Tax Policy and Administration: Theory and Practice | TPATv | Feb 1-4 | 1 | E/A | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 9 | IMF (CEF)-WB | CE21.104V | Value Chain and Industry Analysis for Policy Design – Bootcamp | VCv | Feb 8-11 | 1 | E/A | Invitation | |
| 10 | IMF (CEF-ICD) | CE21.02V | Financial Programming and Policies | FPPv | Feb 8-18 | 2 | A | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 11 | IMF (CEF)-OECD | CE21.103V | Advancing the Strategic Use of Public Procurement in MENA and GCC Countries | PPMv | Feb 15-18 | 1 | E/A | Invitation | |
| 12 | IMF (CEF-MCM) | CE21.26V | Bank Restructuring and Resolution | BRv | March 1-4 | 1 | E/A | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 13 | IMF (CEF-METAC) | NI21.02V | Selected Analytical Tools for Better PFM Reforms and Systems | PFMv | March 1-4 | 1 | E/A | ONS | Deadline Passed |
| 14 | IMF (CEF)-WB | CE21.102V | Delivering Social Protection in an Age of Technological Disruption: Policy Framework, Design, and Implementation | SPv | March 15-18 | 1 | E/A | Invitation | |
| 15 | IMF (CEF-ICD) | CE21.03V | Financial Development and Financial Inclusion | FDFIv | March 15-25 | 2 | E | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 16 | MF (CEF-STA)-AMF | CE21.28V | Financial Soundness Indicators | FSIv | March 22-25 | 1 | E/A | By Invitation | |
| 17 | IMF (CEF-ICD) | CE21.04V | Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries | MRCv | March 22-April 1 | 2 | E/A | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 18 | MF (CEF-STA)-AMF | CE21.16V | Cross-Border Position Statistics | CBPSv | March 29 - April 1 | 1 | E/A | By Invitation | |
| 19 | IMF (CEF-FAD) | CE21.32V | Reforming Fuel Subsidies | RFSv | April 5-8 | 1 | E/A | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 20 | IMF (CEF-MCM) | CE21.31V | Risk-Based Banking Supervision | BSOv | April 5-8 | 1 | E/A | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 21 | IMF (CEF)-WB | CE21.101V | How to apply PEFA, the PEFA Gender, and the PEFA Climate modules for PFM improvements | PEFAv | May 24-27 | 1 | E/A | Invitation | |
| 22 | IMF (CEF-ICD) | CE21.06V | Macroeconomic Diagnostics | MDSv | May 24-June 3 | 2 | E | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 23 | IMF (CEF-ICD)-AMF | CE21.07V | Fiscal Frameworks | FFv | June 7-17 | 2 | E/A | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 24 | IMF (CEF-METAC) | NI21.13V | Regulation and Supervision of Institutions offering Islamic Financial Services
[It takes place over 3 consecutive weeks, with one session (Monday) each week], except for the last week, two sessions (Monday & Thursday) |
IFSv | June 7-24 | 1 | E/A | ONS | |
| 25 | IMF (CEF-LEG) | CE21.35V | Use of Financial Intelligence for Money Laundering Investigations and Prosecutions
(Course Cancelled) |
AMLv | June 8-10 | 0.8 | E/A | OAS (TBC) | |
| 26 | IMF (CEF-METAC) | NI21.14V | Post Crisis Revenue Generation for Tax Administration | TAv | June 28-July 1 | 1 | E/A | ONS | Deadline Passed |
| 27 | IMF (CEF-METAC) | NI21.15V | National Accounts Statistics: The Sequence of Accounts and the Recording of COVID-19 Related Initiatives | NASv | July 5-8 | 1 | E/A | ONS | Deadline Passed |
| 28 | IMF (CEF-ICD)-AMF | CE21.08V | Financial Sector Surveillance | FSSv | July 5-15 | 2 | E | OAS | |
| 29 | IMF (CEF-MCM) | CE21.36V | Selected Central Banking Issues in Fixed Exchange Rate Arrangements Without Capital Controls | FERv | July 7-8 | 0.5 | E/A | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 30 | IMF (CEF-MCM) | CE21.37V | Monetary and Fiscal Interactions in DSGE Models | MFIMv | July 12-15 | 1 | E | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 31 | IMF (CEF-FAD) | CE21.38V | International Corporate Tax Issues | ICTv | July 12-15 | 1 | E/A | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 32 | IMF (CEF-ICD) | CE21.09V | Fiscal Policy Analysis | FPAv | Aug 30-Sept 9 | 2 | A | OAS | |
| 33 | IMF (CEF-METAC) | NI21.16V | Methods and Tools for Medium-Term Budget Planning | MTBPv | Sept 6-9 | 1 | E/A | ONS | |
| 34 | MF (CEF-STA)-AMF | CE21.39V | Statistics on International Trade in Goods and Services | ITGSv | Sept 6-9 | 1 | E/A | Invitation | |
| 35 | IMF (CEF)-OECD | CE21.109V | Improving Productivity, Diversification and Competitiveness | COMPv | Sept 13-16 | 1 | E/A | Invitation | |
| 36 | IMF (CEF-MCM) | CE21.40V | Macro Stress Testing
(Course will be delivered in five days) |
MSTv | Sept 13-20 | 1.25 | E | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 37 | IMF (CEF-ICD) | CE21.10V | Macroeconometric Forecasting and Analysis | MFAv | Sept 20-30 | 2 | E | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 38 | IMF (CEF-MCM) | CE21.41V | Local Currency Bond Market Development | LCBMDv | Oct 4-7 | 1 | E/A | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 39 | IMF (CEF)-WTO | CE21.111V | Trade Policy
(Course Cancelled) |
TP1v | Oct 11-14 | 1 | E/A | Invitation | |
| 40 | IMF (CEF-STA)-AMF | CE21.42V | Government Finance Statistics – Fundamental | GFS-Fv | Oct 11-21 | 2 | E/A | Invitation | |
| 41 | IMF (CEF-ICD)-AMF | CE21.11V | Exchange Rate Policy | ERPv | Oct 18-28 | 2 | E | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 42 | IMF (CEF)-WB | CE21.112V | Boosting Women’s Access to More and Better Jobs in MENA | WEEv | Oct 25-28 | 1 | E/A | Invitation | |
| 43 | IMF (CEF-MCM) | CE21.43V | Cyber Risk Supervision – Path to Operational Resilience | CRSv | Nov 1-4 | 1 | E/A | OAS | Deadline Passed |
| 44 | IMF (CEF-STA)-AMF | CE21.44V | High-Frequency Indicators of Economic Activity | IEAv | Nov 1-4 | 1 | E/A | Invitation | |
| 45 | IMF (CEF-ICD) | CE21.12V | Fiscal Sustainability | FSv | Nov 1-11 | 2 | E/A | OAS | |
| 46 | IMF (CEF-METAC) | NI21.17V | National Accounts Statistics - Measuring the Non-Observed Economy | NOEv | Nov 15-18 | 1 | E/A | ONS | Apply online by October 22, 2021 |
| 47 | IMF (CEF-FIN) | CE21.45V | Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks | SACv | Nov 15-18 | 1 | E/A | OAS | Apply online by October 14, 2021 |
| 48 | IMF (CEF)-OECD | CE21.113V | Policies for SMEs and Access to Finance in the MENA Region | SMEv | Nov 22-25 | 1 | E/A | Invitation | |
| 49 | IMF (CEF)-WTO | CE21.114V | Regional SPS Workshop for Arab Countries | SPSv | Nov 22-25 | 1 | E/A | Invitation | |
| 50 | IMF (CEF)-WB | CE21.115V | Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development in a Post COVID-19 World: Take a Breath - Facing off with Climate Change | CCv | Nov 29-Dec 2 | 1 | E/A | Invitation | |
| 51 | IMF (CEF-ICD) | CE21.14V | Monetary Policy | MPv | Nov 29-Dec 9 | 2 | E | OAS | Apply online by October 25, 2021 |
| 52 | IMF (CEF)-WB | CE21.110V | Applying Behavioral Science to Public Policy – A Guide for Practitioners | BSPPv | Dec 6-9 | 1 | E/A | Invitation | |
| 53 | IMF (CEF-ICD)-AMF | CE21.13V | Inclusive Growth | IGv | Dec 6-16 | 2 | E/A | OAS | |
| 54 | IMF (CEF-MCM) | CE22.05V | Formulating and Implementing a Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy | MTDSv | Jan 10-13 | 1 | E/A | OAS | |
| 55 | IMF (CEF-ICD) | CE22.12V | Vulnerability Diagnostics | VDsv | Jan 10-20 | 2 | E | OAS | |
| 56 | IMF (CEF-ICD) | CE22.01V | Financial Programming and Policies | FPPv | Jan 10-20 | 2 | A | OAS | |
| 57 | IMF (CEF-MCM) | CE22.06V | eMoney and Mobile Payments | EMMv | Jan 24-27 | 1 | E/A | OAS | |
| 58 | IMF (CEF-STA)-AMF | CE22.07V | Consumer Price Index-Advanced | CPI-Av | Jan 24-27 | 1 | E/A | Invitation | |
| 59 | IMF (CEF-MCM) | CE22.08V | Thinking through Central Bank Digital Currency | CBDCv | Feb 1-3 | 0.75 | E/A | OAS | |
| 60 | IMF (CEF)-OECD | CE22.101V | Improving the Understanding of Corruption Risks to Boost Prevention and Detection | CORPv | Feb 7-10 | 1 | E/A | Invitation | |
| 61 | IMF (CEF-ICD)-AMF | CE22.02V | Fiscal Policy Analysis | FPAv | Feb 7-17 | 2 | A | OAS | |
| 62 | IMF (CEF-ICD) | CE22.03V | Financial Development and Financial Inclusion | FDFIv | Feb 7-17 | 2 | E | OAS | |
| 63 | IMF (CEF-MCM) | CE22.09V | Financial Market Infrastructures: Principles and Practices | FMI-PPv | Mar 7-10 | 1 | E/A | OAS | |
| 64 | IMF (CEF-STA)-AMF | CE 22.10V | External Debt Statistics
(Date to be determined) |
EDSv | TBD | 1 | E/A | Invitation | |
| 65 | IMF (CEF-STA)-AMF | CE22.13V | Financial Soundness Indicators | FSIv | Mar 14-17 | 1 | E/A | Invitation | |
| 66 | IMF (CEF-ICD) | CE22.04V | Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries | MRCv | Mar 21-31 | 2 | E/A | OAS | |
| 67 | IMF (CEF-MCM) | CE22.11V | Cross-Border Payments in the Digital Age | CBPv | Mar 28-30 | 0.75 | E/A | OAS |
OAS: Online Application Sy stem
ONS: Online Nomination System
AMF: Arab Monetary Fund
BAM: Bank Al-Maghrib
CEF: Middle East Center for Economics and Finance
IMF: International Monetary Fund
IMF Department Abbreviations: Finance (FIN); Fiscal Affairs (FAD); IMF Institute for Capacity Development (ICD); Legal (LEG); Monetary and Capital Markets (MCM); Statistics (STA);
METAC: Middle East Regional Technical Assistance Center
OECD: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
WBG: World Bank Group
WTO: World Bank Group
* The course will be conducted at the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) in Abu-Dhabi-United Arab Emirates (UAE).
** The course will be conducted at Bank Al Maghrib (BAM)-Rabat, Morocco.
E = English, A = Arabic, E/A = English with simultaneous interpretation into Arabic.
Fluency in the language of instruction or in the language of simultaneous interpretation is a prerequisite for all courses.
Note: Course Dates are subject to changes. Please visit our website regularly: www.cef.imf.org for latest updates.
| IMF, IMF-CEF | ||
| IMF, CEF, AMF. | ||
| World Bank Institute (WBI), and World Bank-MENA Region Department. | ||
| ** MENA Education Team (MNSHE); and MENA Social Protection Team in Coordination with the WB Kuwait Office. | ||
| World Trade Organization (WTO). | ||
| Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). | ||
| Middle East Regional Technical Assistance Center (METAC). | ||
| Bank Al-Maghrib. |
