Austria’s Finance Minister, Dr. Magnus Brunner, visited the JVI on September 28, 2022.
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The JVI is a regional training center founded in 1992 by Austria, the International Monetary Fund, and several other international organizations.
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IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva visited the JVI on May 13, 2022.
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Our courses are geared to officials from Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.
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About 80 courses per year are taught by the Austrian authorities, IMF, EBRD, EIB, OECD, World Bank, WTO, EC, JVI, and selected central banks.
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Since its establishment over 49,000 course participants have been trained at the JVI.
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Annual lectures by current ministers, governors and top public officials are a particular highlight (Hans Joerg Schelling, Austrian Finance Minister, June 2016).
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And Governor Robert Holzmann. Thanks to Austria and the IMF’s committed support, the JVI has been able to build capacity and foster effective cooperation across the region.
The JVI has decided to loosen significantly its Covid-19 rules. For courses with application periods closing after January 1, 2023, there is no longer any vaccination or recent recovery requirement.
Some rules remain in place so that Covid-19 cases can be detected early and dissemination limited as much as possible.