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JVI Newsletter ▪ October 2023

Dear Friends of the JVI, This newsletter reports on three recent courses: Policies for SME development in Eastern Partner Countries, an OECD course focusing on digitalization, monitoring & evaluation, and regulatory impact assessment. Investment and Investment Finance, an EIB course, is a staple of the JVI’s curriculum and discusses best practices and standards and how the EIB can support countries in the region. Finally, Monetary and Fiscal Policy Analysis with DSGE Models, one of the most advanced courses delivered by the IMF, focused on the design and use of such models for economic policymaking. A webinar discussed how GovTech can transform public finance. A short piece reports on my visit to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan in September 2023. Finally, please meet Steven Cao Vu Nguyen, who joined the JVI as Finance Assistant/Program Officer earlier this month.   Our entire course curriculum for 2024 is now available on our website; please have a look and spread the word!   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 Seminar: Will inflation persist amid tight labor markets in CESEE? Following two years of double-digit growth, headline inflation is finally receding. Nominal wages have not kept pace everywhere, leading to workers’ real wage loss and possible wage catch up in the making. But with unemployment at historical lows, there is a risk that too much... Read more  >>> COURSE NEWS   An EIB course on Investment and Investment Finance Bridging the gap between EU-level financing opportunities and potential projects at the national level is one of the ways to address Europe’s backlog of long-term investment. This is why over the years, the EIB Group has been actively involved in organizing a dedicated course on... Read more  >>>   A Course on Monetary and Fiscal Policy Analysis with DSGE Models Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) models have become an important tool for policy scenario analysis and forecasting in institutions involved in macroeconomic policymaking. As part of the efforts to develop the capacity to design and use these models in countries from... Read more  >>>   OECD training on policies for SME development On 19-21 September, the OECD delivered a training course on “Policies for SME Development” at the JVI, with a specific focus on Digitalisation, Monitoring & Evaluation, and Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA). Animated by 10 international speakers from the OECD, the EBRD, and... Read more  >>> STAFF NEWS   New Staff Member: Steven Cao Vu Nguyen Steven Cao Vu Nguyen joined the JVI in October 2023 as a Finance Assistant/Program Officer. Steven is an Australian citizen with a Vietnamese heritage. Lived experiences across Australia, India, Canada, Japan, and Russia have significantly broadened Steven's horizons. His career... Read more  >>>   APPLICATION DEADLINES Institutional Sector Accounts - Advanced Level Financial Education Initiatives – Best Practice and Strategies Financial Stability Policy of Central Banks Financial Programming and Policies - Blended Nowcasting Competitiveness, Growth and Crisis Sound Fiscal Institutions Financial Sector Surveillance Strengthening Medium-Term Budgeting of Capital Investments Cyber Risk Supervision – Path to Operational Resilience Government Finance Statistics - Advanced COURSE SCHEDULE 2024 RECENT EVENTS JVI Webinar: Transforming Public Finances Through GovTech The JVI Director visits three countries in Central Asia Follow us on LinkedIn

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.