The 9th edition of the Regional Seminar on Financial Stability, entitled “Macroprudential Policy at Work: Systemic Risk and Macroprudential Instruments”, took place in Sinaia between the 22nd and the 23th of October. The seminar was jointly organized by the National Bank of Romania and the International Monetary Fund.
In the opening session of the seminar, the introductory speech and presentations were delivered by Mr. Liviu Voinea, Deputy Governor, National Bank of Romania, Ms. Andrea Schaechter, Mission chief for Romania, International Monetary Fund and Mr. Francesco Mazzaferro, Head of Secretariat, European Systemic Risk Board.
The seminar was attended by specialists from the National Bank of Romania and the International Monetary Fund, as well as by experts from 18 central banks (Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Israel, the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, Hungary), and representatives of international and national stakeholders.
The list of the seminar’s speakers included also: Ms. Inci Ötker-Robe, Advisor, Monetary and Capital Market Department, International Monetary Fund, Mr. Erlend Nier, Deputy Chief, Monetary and Capital Market Department, International Monetary Fund, Mr. Turalay Kenç, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Mr. Paul Hilbers, Director, Financial Stability Division, Netherlands Bank and Member of the Basel Committee, Mr. Carsten Detken, Head of Division, Directorate General Macroprudential Policy and Financial Stability, European Central Bank, Mr. Ulrich Krüger, Head of Section, Financial Stability Department, Deutsche Bundesbank, Mr. Michael Kahn, Director, Research Department, Bank of Israel and Mr. Damodaran Krishnamurti, Lead Financial Sector Specialist, Finance & Markets Global Practice, World Bank.
The seminar’s program