IMF | STI

Details

Start: 
March 2, 2026

End:
March 6, 2026

Course Number:
ST26.03

Application Deadline

December 1, 2025

Fiscal Transparency and Governance (FTS)

Target Audience

The course targets a diverse pool of professionals from Ministries of Finance, Central Banks and other key public agencies including the Leader/President/Prime Minister's Office, the Supreme Audit Institution, the Anti-Corruption Commission, and the Accountant General's Office. These agencies are critical in shaping and implementing a country's anticorruption strategy and policies.

Qualifications

Applicants are expected to be mid-to senior level qualified professionals with several years of experience of policy making and/or working on addressing vulnerabilities to corruption in the fiscal area.

Course Description

The training will set out a detailed road map to identify and address vulnerabilities to corruption in the public financial management cycle and to promote fiscal transparency. It will cover systems and institutions for both revenue and expenditure management. It will also present indicators and red flags that can alert policy makers and oversight agencies to possible challenges and weaknesses including the potential macro-fiscal implications and cost of corruption. The course will present sound practices to promote fiscal transparency. This course aims at helping country authorities build their institutions and skills to fight corruption and strengthen fiscal transparency.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to: Understand the sound fiscal transparency practices that are critical to effective fiscal management. Identify the legal instruments, mechanisms, and strategies that need to be in place to both prevent and prosecute corruption. Better understand the need for a strong rule of law and how it relates to corruption. Understand mechanisms for international cooperation designed to fight corruption."