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Anti-Money Laundering and combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML / CFT) |
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By Invitation |
Course No.: |
IP 12.04 and IP 12.05 |
Location: |
Pune, India (ITP) |
Date: |
June 4 – June 8 2012 (1 Week) and July 9 – July 13 2012 ( 1 Week) |
Language: |
English |
Target Audience:
Targeted at financial sector supervisors, financial intelligence unit (FIU) officials, criminal justice officials, or some other specific group responsible for AML / CFT matters.
Qualifications:
Attendance is by invitation only. Prerequisites are specified in invitation letters.
Course Description:
These one-week workshops, presented by the IMF's Legal Department, aim to enhance and strengthen the capacities of various groups of officials engaged in anti-money-laundering (AML) and combating the financing of terrorism (CFT).
The workshops focus on risk-based supervisory measures and procedures needed for on-site bank inspections to review the level of compliance with laws and regulations with respect to customer identification and due diligence; transaction monitoring and recordkeeping; and identification and reporting of unusual/suspicious transactions. They also examine and demonstrate the types of measures that should be applied in assessing the adequacy of AML/CFT risk management controls in insurance and securities firms.
The workshops for criminal justice officials cover issues related to criminal prosecutions of money laundering and financing of terrorism; seizing and freezing powers and other provisional measures concerning criminal proceeds and assets linked to terrorism, forfeiture of criminal proceeds, and terrorist finance instruments; international cooperation, including mutual assistance; money laundering and terrorist finance typologies; and techniques used for successful AML/CFT cases.
The workshops for FIU officials provide training on the analysis of financial information and on how to generate intelligence from the financial and other information they analyze in order to put together cases for successful prosecution. |
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Financial Market Analysis (FMA)
By Invitation |
Course No.: |
IP 12.08 |
Location: |
Pune, India (ITP) |
Date: |
October 22 – November 2 2012 (2 Weeks) |
Language: |
English |
Target Audience:
Mid-level officials in central banks, ministries of finance, and regulatory agencies.
Qualifications:
Participants are expected to have some familiarity with basic techniques in statistics and probability. It is essential that participants be proficient in the use of spreadsheets.
Course Description:
This two-week course, presented by the IMF Institute, examines the role and function of capital markets, and addresses issues related to the development of such markets. To this end, it develops the main ideas and techniques of financial analysis that are part of the toolkit of policymakers. These tools are used to study the characteristics of financial instruments and pricing, as well as to analyze portfolios of assets and issues related to the financing decisions of firms. In addition to discussing the use of these tools in developed markets, the course considers how they can be applied in an emerging-market setting.
Topics include:
- financing options for firms;
- markets for short- and long-term instruments;
- bond pricing and volatility--duration and convexity;
- term structure of interest rates;
- equity pricing;
- asset allocation and diversification; and
- value at risk.
Workshops, which are an integral part of the course, require participants to apply some of the techniques presented. |
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Financial Soundness Indicators (FSI)
By Invitation
Course No.: |
IP 12.02 |
Location: |
Pune, India (ITP) |
Date: |
March 12 – March 23 2012 (2 Weeks) and August 6 – August 17 2012 (2 weeks) |
Language: |
English |
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.
Qualifications:
Participants should have a degree in economics, statistics, or the equivalent experience and be involved in the collection, compilation, or analysis of financial soundness indicators.
Course Description:
This two-week course, presented by the IMF’s Statistics Department, covers concepts and definitions, data sources, and techniques for the compilation of Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs) that serve to support macro-prudential analysis. It covers the fundamental aspects of the methodology for the construction of FSIs (such as coverage, aggregation, consolidation, validation) as contained in the Financial Soundness Indicators Compilation Guide, including its 2007 amendments. It introduces the new FSI template for use in the regular reporting of FSI data and metadata to the IMF and provides guidance in accessing and using the IMF’s database for FSI data and metadata.
The course also provides information on the use of FSIs in financial sector surveillance. The topics are covered through lectures and workshops including hands-on exercises on the compilation of FSIs. |
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Macroeconomic Management and Financial Sector Issues (MMF)
By Invitation |
Course No.: |
IP 12.01 |
Location: |
Pune, India (ITP) |
Date: |
January 9 – January 20 2012 (2 Weeks) |
Language: |
English |
Target Audience:
Mid- to senior-level officials in central banks, ministries of finance, and regulatory agencies involved in the formulation and implementation of macroeconomic and financial policies.
Qualifications:
Participants should have an advanced degree in economics or equivalent experience.
Course Description:
This two-week course, presented by the IMF Institute, examines the policy dilemmas confronting authorities in developing and emerging market economies, and the options available to policymakers, with special attention to how financial sector issues interact with macroeconomic management. The course covers a number of key macroeconomic topics, such as stabilization and growth, fiscal and external debt sustainability, frameworks for monetary policy, choice of the exchange rate regime, and international capital flows. It also addresses financial sector topics, such as the financial sector in the economy, the relationship between financial fragility and macroeconomic stability, financial sector policies, and policies to address financial crisis. The course content is differentiated to better address issues relevant to different regions.
Participants are expected to engage in discussions throughout the course and are divided into small groups, under the direction of counselors, to conduct workshop exercises aimed at solidifying their understanding of the lecture materials. Participants may also be asked to make presentations on key policy issues of interest in their countries. |
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Macroeconomic Management and Fiscal Policy (MFP)
By Invitation |
Course No.: |
IP 12.06 |
Location: |
Pune, India (ITP) |
Date: |
September 10 – September 21 2012 (2 Weeks) |
Language: |
English |
Target Audience:
Mid- to senior-level government officials in ministries of finance, economy, and planning or in central banks who provide advice on macroeconomic policies or who are involved in policy implementation.
Qualifications:
Participants are expected to have an advanced degree in economics or equivalent policy experience.
Course Description:
This two-week course presented by the IMF Institute, aims at deepening participants' understanding of fiscal policy issues and their implications for macroeconomic management. It covers the interrelations between fiscal variables and macroeconomic aggregates, and the main aspects of the design and implementation of fiscal policy as an instrument to achieve macroeconomic stability and growth. The course draws on the Fund's experience in providing fiscal policy advice, on studies undertaken by Fund staff, and on selected research by outside scholars.
Topics include: macroeconomic aspects of fiscal policy, such as estimating cyclically adjusted fiscal balances and the role of automatic stabilizers and discretionary fiscal policy; fiscal sustainability; and structural and institutional fiscal issues such as tax reform and administration, expenditure policy and management, and fiscal rules. Participants are expected to make presentations on key policy issues of interest in their countries. |
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Balance of Payments Statistics (BPS)
By Invitation |
Course No.: |
IP 12.03 |
Location: |
Pune, India (ITP) |
Date: |
April 9 – April 20 2012 (2 Weeks) |
Language: |
English |
Target Audience:
Officials whose main responsibility is compiling balance of payment and / or international investment position statistics.
Qualifications:
Participants should have a degree in economics, statistics, or equivalent experience.
Course Description:
This two-week course presented by the IMF's Statistics Department, provides training on the methodology for collecting and compiling balance of payments and international investment position statistics based on the IMF’s Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, sixth edition. It consists of a series of lectures, discussions, and practical exercises. Lectures and class discussions focus on general concepts and compilation practices, while exercises provide participants with an opportunity to put knowledge learned into practice. During the course, participants have the opportunity to discuss problems they encountered in their work on the compilation of balance of payments and international investment position statistics in their respective countries. |
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Financial Programming and Policies (FPP)
By Invitation |
Course No.: |
IP 12.07 |
Location: |
Pune, India (ITP) |
Date: |
November 26 – December 7 2012 (2 Weeks) |
Language: |
English |
Target Audience:
Mid- to senior-level officials primarily in ministries such as finance, economy, and planning, or in central banks, who provide advice on macroeconomic and financial policy or who are involved in policy implementation.
Qualifications:
Applicants are expected to have a degree in economics (preferably advanced) or equivalent experience, along with proficiency in the use of spreadsheets.
Course Description:
This two-week course is a condensed version of the five-week FPP course offered at IMF headquarters in Washington D.C. The course, presented by the IMF Institute, aims at extending participants’ understanding of the design and implementation of macroeconomic and financial policies, drawing on the IMF’s experience in economic surveillance, the design of financial programs, and the provision of technical advice to member countries. The course covers:
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The principal features of the different accounts used in macroeconomic analysis (i.e., the national income, balance of payments, fiscal, and monetary accounts), the interrelations among these accounts, and forecasting methods for each sector;
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The diagnosis of macroeconomic performance and analysis of the effects of macroeconomic and structural policies on the main variables of interest to policymakers, including output, prices, and the balance of payments; and
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The preparation of a macroeconomic policy program.
The course material is presented in a framework that emphasizes the complementarity of macroeconomic stabilization policies and structural reforms and the importance of policy coordination for sustained growth. Selected macroeconomic and structural adjustment programs implemented by member countries are used to illustrate how policies can be adapted to changing economic circumstances. The course includes a series of workshops in which participants are divided into groups, under the guidance of counselors, to develop sectoral forecasts and prepare macroeconomic policy programs for a case study country. |
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