Generative AI for Public Finance: Policy, Budgeting and Fiscal Analysis.

This practical course equips public finance professionals, policymakers, budget officers, economists, and government managers with the knowledge and skills to use Generative AI to improve public financial management, policy development, budgeting, expenditure analysis, revenue planning, and fiscal decision-making. Participants will explore how AI tools can support the analysis of financial information, preparation of budget documents, development of policy briefs, scenario analysis, and generation of decision-support insights.

The course also emphasizes responsible and secure use of AI in the public finance environment, including data protection, confidentiality, accuracy, human oversight, transparency, and accountability. Through practical exercises, public finance scenarios, case studies, and guided AI workflows, participants will develop practical approaches for integrating Generative AI into budgeting and fiscal analysis while maintaining professional and institutional standards.

This course is designed for:

• Public finance officers and managers
• Budget officers and budget analysts
• Economists and economic analysts
• Accountants and financial management officers
• Treasury and revenue officers
• Planning and policy officers
• Public sector managers and administrators
• Government auditors and internal auditors
• Procurement and expenditure management officers
• Monitoring, evaluation and performance officers
• Fiscal policy and public policy professionals
• Programme and project managers
• Senior government officials and decision-makers
• ICT, data and digital transformation professionals supporting public finance
• Professionals involved in financial reporting, planning and resource allocation

Suitable Sectors

The course is particularly relevant to ministries, government departments and agencies, local government authorities, public institutions, regulatory authorities, parastatals, universities and public education institutions, development organizations, donor-funded programmes, and other institutions involved in public financial management and fiscal policy.