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The International Monetary Fund’s Middle East Center for Economics and Finance (IMF - CEF) is the IMF’s regional training center for all the 22 Arab League countries, hosted and funded by the State of Kuwait. CEF is part of a global network of the IMF’s 17 Regional Capacity Development Centers (RCDCs). It started operations in 2011 and was officially inaugurated in 2014.

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Current & Upcoming Courses & Events

 

COURSES

Macroeconomic Diagnostics (MDS) May 25 - June 5, 2025

 

COURSES

Fundamentals of Behavioral Science in Public Policy (BSPP) June 1 - 4, 2025

 

COURSES

IFRS 9: A Supervisory Perspective (IFRS 9) 16 - 19 June 2025

 

COURSES

Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics – Intermediate (BPIIPS-M) 15 - 26 June 2025

 

Completed Courses & Events

 

EVENTS

Webinar on IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook for MENA: Charting a Path through the Haze - May 27, 2025

 

COURSES

Climate-Responsive Public Investment Management (PIM) 18 - 22 May 2025

 

COURSES

Agreement on Agriculture for Arab and Middle East countries (AGR) May 26 - 28, 2025

 

NEWSLETTER

CEF Newsletter #20 | Feb. - Apr.., 2025

Host Country


 

Kuwait

     

Strategic Partner


  Kuwait Investment Authority
     

Parent Organization


  International Monetary Fund
     

CEF Membership


  Algeria
     
  Bahrain
     
  Comoros
     
  Djibouti
     
  Egypt
     
  Iraq

 

 

  Jordan
     
  Kuwait
     
  Lebanon
     
  Libya
     
  Mauritania
     
  Morocco

 

 

  Oman
     

  Qatar
     

  Saudi Arabia
     

  Somalia
     

  Sudan

 

 

  Syria
     

  Tunisia
     

  United Arab Emirates
     

  West Bank & Gaza
     

  Republic of Yemen

 

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