PRESS RELEASE
Regional Conference on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Upon the invitation of Mr. Kemal Kozaric, the Governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the governors of the central banks of Albania, Mr. Ardian Fullani; of Montenegro, Mr. Ljubisa Krgovic; of Macedonia, Mr. Petar Goshev; of Serbia, Mr. Radovan Jelasic; Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Romania, Mr. Florin Georgescu; member of the Monetary Policy Council of the Bank of Greece, Mr. George Demopoulos and Board Member of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Mr. Lokman Gunduz, attended in Sarajevo the regional conference organized on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
 

(Photo from the regional conference on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of
the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
 

During the proceedings of this conference, the governors of central banks in the region were part of a special panel titled "Future cooperation of central banks in the region", chaired by Former Governor of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Peter Nicholl.

In this panel, Mr. Fullani held a speech titled "Regional cooperation in South East Europe". In his address, Governor Fullani encouraged the establishment of an annual SEE central banks forum, where to discuss in details topics such as financial stability, statistics, payment systems, economic research and other issues related to daily work in a central bank.

Governor Fullani concluded that the regional countries are on the right track, leaving behind the status of transition countries and joining the community of developing market economies. The central banks in the region need to play their irreplaceable role in order to sustain their countries in their path to common progress and reforms.