Opening Remarks

• Cristian Popa, National Bank of Romania
• Charles Enoch, International Monetary Fund

SESSION 1 - Macroprudential Policy: Concepts, Objectives, Instruments, Institutional Arrangements

• “Key Aspects of Macroprudential Policy”, Key speaker: Luis Jacome, Deputy Division Chief, MCMD, IMF
• Discussions / Country presentations
  • “Macro-prudential mandates and instruments”, Stanislava Zadravec Caprirolo, Vice Governor, Bank of Slovenia
  • “Monetary and Macro-prudential Policy in Turkey”, Hande Küçük, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
  • “Macroprudential Framework – experience and challenges for Albania”, Klodion Shehu, Bank of Albania

SESSION 2 - Macroprudential Policy: Concepts, Objectives, Instruments, Institutional Arrangements

• “Macroprudential Policy in Europe”, Key speaker: Francesco Mazzaferro, Head of Secretariat, ESRB
• “Macro-Prudential Policy-Making: Institutional set-up and challenges from a European perspective”, Key speaker: David Liebeg, Expert, Financial Markets Analysis and Surveillance Division, Oesterreichische Nationalbank
• Discussions / Country presentations
  • “ Macroprudential institutional arrangements: recent developments and role of the central bank”, Radu Muntean, Economist, NBR
  • “Coping with an unsustainable lending: early warning signals and the use of macroprudential instruments”, Luminiţa Tatarici, Senior Economist, NBR
  • “Economic issues of other macro-prudential tools in CRD IV/CRR: a Romanian banking sector perspective”, Florin Bălăuţă, Senior Economist, NBR

SESSION 3 - Macroprudential Instruments and Present Challenges: Resuming Sustainable Lending and Improve Banking Balance Sheet Quality

• “Options for Reviving Credit in CESEE countries”, Key speaker: Marco Pinon, Advisor, MCMD, IMF
• Discussions / Country presentations
  • “Macro-Prudential Policy Instruments: Georgian Experience”, David Utiashvili, National Bank of Georgia
  • “Bulgarian experience with macro-prudential instruments” , Mihail Mihaylov, Bulgarian National Bank
  • “Moderation of Consumer Credit Risk Growth in Russia”, Vladimir Sosyurko, National Bank of Russian Federation
  • “ Survey on Access to Finance of Non-financial Companies, and their Resilience to Negative Financial Conditions”, Elena Banu, Economist, NBR

SESSION 4 - Macroprudential Instruments and Present Challenges: Resuming Sustainable Lending and Improve Banking Balance Sheet Quality

• “Macroprudential setup in the EU”, Key speaker: Charles Enoch, Deputy Director, MCMD, IMF
• Discussions / Country presentations
  • “ Monitoring the lending developments to non-financial corporations and household sectors”, Ana-Maria Cazacu, Economist, NBR
  • “ Does a sound financial sector deliver sound economic growth?”, Alina Tarţă, Economist, NBR
  • “The National Bank of Ukraine measures on reducing the foreign currency impact on the volume of bank’s assets and liabilities”, Ivan Tokarev, National Bank of Ukraine
  • “ Systemic risk assessment using interbank markets data”, Horaţiu Lovin, Senior Economist, NBR
  • “ Interaction between Romanian CDS and bond market – implications for macro-prudential policy”, Alexie Alupoaiei, Economist, NBR

Closing Remarks

• Charles Enoch, International Monetary Fund
• Cristian Popa, National Bank of Romania