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Monetary Policy
The Bank of Albania is responsible for formulating, approving and implementing the monetary policy in the Republic of Albania.

What is Monetary Policy?
- Analyses
Markets
In order to implement the monetary policy, the Bank of Albania carries out operations in the interbank market, the foreign exchange market and the government securities market.

Markets
Financial Stability
The Bank of Albania, in cooperation with other authorities, contributes to safeguarding financial stability in Albania.

Financial Stability
- De-euroziaton package
Supervision
The Bank of Albania is responsible for the licencing and supervision of banks and other institutions that conduct banking and financial activities in the Republic of Albania.

Supervision
- Handling complaints
Resolution
Resolution is the use of appropriate tools in the case of troubled banks facing financial distress.

Resolution
Statistics
The Bank of Albania compiles statistics to support the decision-making processes and bodies and performs statistical functions for the public at large.

Statistics
Currency
The Bank of Albania is the sole authority for issuing banknotes and coins of legal tender in the Republic of Albania. The monetary unit of the Republic of Albania is the "Lek”.

Role of the Bank of Albania in issuing the national currency
- Currency in circulation
Payments
To promote the normal operation and functioning of the payment system, as one of its main duties, the Bank of Albania plays an active role as the operator, overseer and catalyst and reformer of the payment systems.

Payment System
Museum and education
The Bank of Albania has been committed for years to expanding and deepening financial literacy in Albania, through educational activities and publications, as well as through its Museum.

Museum and Education
- Museum of the Bank of Albania
- Education

BANK OF ALBANIA

Call for papers: 13th South-Eastern European Economic Research Workshop, 5-6 December 2019, Tirana, Albania

Publication date: 11.06.2019

Bank of Albania has the pleasure to announce its 13th South-Eastern European Economic Research Workshop, hosted on 5 and 6 December 2019 in Tirana, Albania.

In line with our tradition, the workshop is open to multidisciplinary research and welcomes theoretical and empirical contributions on central bank relevant topics. The workshop is intended to provide a forum for discussing innovative research, to foster exchanges of views between researchers and policymakers in the region and beyond, and to develop long-term collaborative relationships.

Authors are welcome to submit extended abstracts or, preferably, full drafts of papers as well as a short bio, by 30 September 2019 to [email protected]. Final papers and the PowerPoint Presentations of accepted applications should be sent no later than November 15, 2019 to the same address.

You will find more detailed information about the workshop in the document “BoA Call for Papers – 13th SEE Workshop”.