IMF SARTTAC

Supervisors and policymakers from South and Southeast Asia gathered in Mumbai for the IMF SARTTAC RBI event to share experiences and explore the latest approaches in supervising climate related financial risks, reinforcing regional commitment to stronger climate risk supervision.

SARTTAC in collaboration with CCAMTAC, hosted a regional Emergency Liquidity workshop. 30 officials from central banks and finance ministries across 12 countries explored ELA frameworks, with hands-on haircut calculations and a full ELA simulation.

The Secretary to the Treasury, Sri Lankan Government provided opening remarks to seventy participants from twelve South and Southeastern Asian countries attending a 5-day joint CDOT/SARTTAC regional course on Budget Preparation in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Thank you Smt Astha Khatwani, Shri Vijay Chaudhury @CGAofIndia and Shri Sajjan Singh Yadav @FinMinIndia for the courtesy and cordiality extended to me , happy to meet Dr Georgia Albertin Director @sarttac on the sidelines of the visit 11 May 2026 @BhajanlalBjp @DIPRRajasthan

29 officials from finance departments of 8 Indian states joined SARTTAC’s first Fiscal Risk Management workshop for Indian states in Goa. Discussions focused on identifying and managing risks from SOEs, guarantees, macroeconomic shocks, PPPs, and natural disasters.

Officials from SARTTAC member countries participated in a new training course on Compiling Climate Change Indicators. This course focused on strengthening the understanding of the statistical framework for measuring the relationship between climate change and economic activity.

Revenue administration officials from SARTTAC member countries joined a course on Collections and Arrears Management, focusing on boosting voluntary tax compliance, managing arrears, and using behavioral insights and digital tools to encourage timely payment.

SARTTAC delivered a regional workshop focusing on strengthening international tax administration, bringing together senior officials from South Asia. Key international tax compliance risks, emerging global developments, and good administrative practices were discussed.

Strengthening banking supervision in South-Asia. 33 Bank supervisors from member countries joined SARTTAC’s training on Credit Risk Assessment and IFRS 9 Practice, exploring new approaches in asset quality reviews, credit risk mitigation, ECL models and IFRS 9 change management.

20 officials from Sri Lanka, Lao PDR, India, Maldives, & Nepal strengthened their capacity to evaluate loan terms, assess true borrowing costs, manage risks, & negotiate sustainable external financing at the workshop on Foreign Borrowing & Loan Negotiation, organized by SARTTAC.

40 officials from central banks, MOFs, and planning ministries across SARTTAC countries joined an IMF-SARTTAC nowcasting course with the IMF-Singapore Regional Training Institute, learning to integrate high-frequency indicators into economic forecasts.

Revenue administration officials from the six @sarttac countries attended a course on Effective Leadership of Revenue Administrations (RAs) to deepen their understanding of Adaptive Leadership and strengthen their skills for the effective leadership of tax reform in their RAs.

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Strengthening Real Sector Statistics. 29 officials from SARTTAC member countries participated in the advanced National Accounts Statistics course. This focused on advanced compilation issues of the 2008 SNA and key topics of the 2025 SNA.

Strengthening cyber risk supervision (CRS) in South Asia. Officials from SARTTAC member countries joined a CRS course in Mumbai, organized with RBI’s College of Supervisors, focusing on cyber risk governance, threat assessment, new cyber regulations, & supervisory best practices.

Executive Directors and senior officials from Bangladesh Bank, Nepal Rastra Bank and Bhutan’s Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) attended SARTTAC seminar on RBS, organized in collaboration with the Bhutan RMA. Discussions focused on supervisory judgment & effective RBS implementation

40 officials attended SARTTAC course on AML/CFT Standards Training delivered by the IMF LEG department in partnership with the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering. This equipped mid-level professionals understand FATF Standards through lectures and hands-on exercises.

We at SARTTAC extend our warmest wishes for a joyful Christmas and a Happy Holiday season to our member countries, partners & colleagues. Thank you for your continued collaboration, trust & engagement. We look forward to building on this momentum in the year ahead! Happy 2026!

27 mid-level officers from Bangladesh completed a 5-day training on strengthening the PFM framework, focusing on global best practices. It covered budget credibility, climate-sensitive budgeting, budget execution, fiscal risk management & emerging applications of AI in PFM.

A joint IMF SARTTAC–World Bank mission delivered a tailored training at the Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Finance on developing an Annual Borrowing Plan (Dec 8-12, 2025) —supporting the new Public Debt Management Office and strengthening market transparency and domestic debt markets.