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JVI Newsletter ▪ February 2024

Dear Friends of the JVI, We hope that this first newsletter of 2024 finds you well.  This newsletter reports on four courses recently delivered at the JVI: two new courses from the IMF on Strategic and Practical Considerations in Money Laundering Investigations and on Institutional Sector Accounts-Advanced Level; a World Bank course on Management and Evaluation of Government Guarantees; and a course from the Austrian National Bank (OeNB) on Financial Education. A webinar discussed Legal Aspects of Digital Assets and Services. As reported in past newsletters, the JVI takes climate change issues seriously. Beyond the sharing of knowledge and best practices, the JVI is trying to reduce its own carbon footprint. We had two high-level visitors in January. Armenian Deputy Finance Minister Hakobyan, a JVI alumnus, met with JVI management. OeNB Governor Holzmann engaged with JVI staff and course participants. Last but not least, please meet Roberta Lowman, who joined the JVI staff last month!  If you have any questions, comments, or feedback of any kind, please write us a note at jvi@jvi.org. Many thanks to Rilind Kabashi, our Editor, Maša Valenko, and all the contributors to this Newsletter.  Hervé Joly Director, Joint Vienna Institute

UPCOMING EVENTS   JVI Webinar: Greening EU Fiscal Rules The European Union’s fiscal rules are undergoing a major overhaul within the ongoing economic governance review. Following the agreement of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) in December 2023 and the European Parliament’s vote on its position in January 2024, a... Read more  >>> COURSE NEWS   Peer-learning on Financial Education Initiatives The course on Financial Education is an annual week-long program jointly organized by Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB), the central bank of Austria, and JVI. This course serves to introduce participants to best practices and strategies employed in various countries while... Read more  >>>   A World Bank Course on Managing and Evaluating Government Guarantees Managing government debt guarantees is difficult because the potential costs of guarantees are hard to estimate and typically do not show up in the reported budget deficit. A good framework for managing guarantees can, however, help governments overcome the difficulties, enhance... Read more  >>>   An IMF Advanced Course on Institutional Sector Accounts The institutional sector accounts represent a sequence of interconnected accounts that record all economic activity within a period, and stocks of assets and liabilities as at a given point. Economic agents are grouped together based on similar behavior and characteristics into... Read more  >>>   A new course on Strategic and Practical Considerations in Money Laundering Investigations The IMF’s Legal Department in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) Global Program on Money Laundering, Proceeds of Crime, and Terrorism Financing (GPML) delivered to participants from the Caucasus , Central Asia, and the Balkans a course on... Read more  >>> GREENING THE JVI   Reducing the JVI’s Carbon Footprint The JVI takes climate change issues seriously. A series of webinars on this topic was launched in 2021 and several courses, for instance on the economics of climate change and on green finance, have become staples of the JVI curriculum. Beyond the sharing of knowledge consistent... Read more  >>> STAFF NEWS   New Staff Member: Roberta Lowman Roberta joined the JVI in January 2024 as a Management Assistant / Special Project Officer. Roberta holds dual nationality from Canada and the United Kingdom. Her cultural heritage stems from Zimbabwe and England. With a background in finance and human resources she transitions... Read more  >>>   LAST CHANCE TO APPLY Vulnerability Diagnostics Systemic Macro-Financial Risk Analysis Safeguards Assessment of Central Banks Selected Issues in Fintech Regulation Corporate Household Insolvency Macroprudential Policy Implementation Exchange Rate Policy Inclusive Growth Transforming Public Finance through GovTech Green Finance – Focus on Monetary Policy and Financial Regulation FULL COURSE SCHEDULE RECENT EVENTS Austrian National Bank Governor Engages with JVI Staff and Course Participants JVI Webinar: Legal Aspects of Digital Assets and Services Armenian Deputy Finance Minister Visits the JVI Follow us on LinkedIn Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram

The Joint Vienna Institute is a regional training center, primarily for public sector officials from countries in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. It was established in 1992 by the Austrian Authorities (represented by the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Oesterreichische Nationalbank), the International Monetary Fund, and several other international organizations. Read more >>> Should you no longer wish to receive our newsletter, please unsubscribe.