On the occasion of marking 20 years of its operations, the Central Bank of BiH (CBBH) organized an international conference entitled “20 Years of Stability”, which was held on Friday, September 22, 2017 in Sarajevo.

The  conference was attended by the high-level domestic and international officials, governors and other representatives of central banks from Europe and the region, as well as policy makers and experts from the European Union and international financial institutions.

The introductory speech was presented by the CBBH Governor Senad Softić, Ph.D., who welcomed the guests, which was followed by the keynote speeches of the Member of the Presidency of BH, Mr. Mladen Ivanić, Ph.D., the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of BH, Mr. Denis Zvidić, Ph. D., the Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, Mr. Benoit Coeuré, and the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to BiH and the European Union Special Representative, Ambassador H. E. Mr. Lars-Gunnar Wigemark.

The Conference was structured in three sessions. Within the first session, the former Governors and the current Governor of the CBBH talked about the previous 20 years of the CBBH. Special addresses at the beginning of this session were delivered by Mr. Nadeem Ilahi, Head of the International Monetary Fund Mission to BH and Ms. Linda van Gelder, Director of the World Bank for the Western Balkans.

The second session was dedicated to new challenges for central banks in the process of joining the European Union, while the topic of the third session was related to the key macroeconomic aspects in the process of joining the European Union. The leaders of the central banks of Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria and senior representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Directorate for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission took part in these two sessions.

During the Conference, Governor Softić promoted the monograph issued on the occasion of marking the anniversary of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The day of the conference was also the last day of the numismatic exhibition entitled “Trace of Money” which has been opened in the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo from August 11, 2017.

 

Photo Gallery	Conference Video Footage

Keynote Speeches and Special Addresses

• Linda Van Gelder, World Bank, Country Director for Western Balkan Countries
• Nadeem Ilahi, Mission Chief for Bosnia-Herzegovina, as delegated by IMF Managing Director
• H.E. Ambassador Lars-Gunnar Wigemark, Head of EU Delegation to BiH and EU Special Representative
• Benoît Coeuré, Member of the Executive Board European Central Bank
• H.E. Denis Zvizdić, Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Senad Softić, Governor, Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina