Conference on:

Access to Finance, Bank Lending and the Banking Sectors in CESEE Countries Prishtina, 14-15 November 2017 Venue: Swiss Diamond Hotel

13 November 2017 20:00-21:30

Reception for the guests hosted by the Acting Governor Fehmi Mehmeti (Swiss Diamond Hotel)

14 November 2017 8:30-9:00

Registration & coffee

9:00-9:10

Opening remarks Fehmi Mehmeti, Acting Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo

9:10-9:20

Bedri Hamza, Minister of Finance, Government of the Republic of Kosovo

9:20-9:40

“Banking systems in the Western Balkans”, Ruud Vermeulen, Resident Representative of the IMF in Kosovo

9:40-10:40

Panel discussion: “Turning the corner? Discussion on macro-financial stability in the Western Balkans”  Fehmi Mehmeti, Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo, Acting Governor  Gent Sejko, Bank of Albania, Governor  Radoje Žugić, Central Bank of Montenegro, Governor  Anita Angelovska Bezhoska, National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia, Deputy Governor  Michaela Erbenova, IMF, Executive Director, CEE Constituency  Chair: Helene Schuberth, OeNB, Head of the Foreign Research Department

10:40-10:55

Coffee break

10:55-11:25

Keynote speech Jörg Decressin, IMF, Deputy Director of European Department

11:25-12:25

Panel discussion: “The new normal for CESEE: reflection on the post-crisis adjustment and new economic model in the region”  Bas Bakker, IMF, Senior Regional Resident Representative for CEE  Bojan Markovic, EBRD, Deputy Director for Sector Economics and Policy  Anita Szekely, EBA, Supervisory Convergence Unit  Miquel Dijkman, Coordinator in FinSac – World Bank Group  Chair: Tomas Richardson, Director of Joint Vienna Institute

12:25-13:25

Lunch break

13:25-13:40

Investment and lending landscape in CESEE, Luca Gattini, Miroslav Kollar, EIB

13:40-14:40

Panel discussion: “Supporting the region”  Konstantinos Mastrogiannopoulos, EIB  Stine Andresen, DG NEAR, European Commission, Head of the WBIF

Secretariat   

Merita Gjyshinca Peja, CEO, Banka Ekonomike, Kosovo Robert Wright, CEO, Raiffeisen Bank, Kosovo Chair: Jan-Axel Voss, Deputy Head of Mission, German Embassy Pristina

14:40-15:10

Keynote speech Mario Holzner, WIIW

15:10-16:30

Snap-shot presentations (10 minutes): “Banking sector and capital flows in CESEE countries”  “Cross border banking pull-push effects of parent banks on subsidiaries’ credit extensions”, Luca Gattini, EIB  “Determinants of household loan arrears in CESEE”, Elisabeth Beckmann, OeNB  “Banking Sector Competition, Risk-Taking and Interest Margins in CESEE countries”, Arben Mustafa, Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo  “Banking sector concentration, competition and financial stability: the case of the Baltic countries”, Juan Carlos Cuestas, Eesti Pank  Chair: Tomas Slacik, OeNB, Senior Economist, Foreign Research Division

16:30-16:45

Coffee break

16:45-18:00

Snap-shot presentations (10 minutes): “Selected topics in banking and access to finance”  “Evolution and heterogeneity of credit procyclicality in Central and Eastern Europe”, Yannick Lucotte, University of Orléans  “Access to Finance in the Western Balkans”, Isabella Moder, ECB  “Bank financing to SMEs in the Republic of Macedonia: Evidence from Survey Data”, Tanja Jakimova, National bank of the Republic of Macedonia

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“Macroeconomic and bank-specific determinants of non-performing loans in Macedonian banking system- panel data analysis”, Mihajlo Vaskov, National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia Chair: Barbara Marchitto, EIB, Head of Division, Country and Financial Sector Analysis

18:00-18:15

Concluding remarks: Barbara Marchitto, EIB, Head of Division, Country and Financial Sector Analysis

19:30-22:00

Dinner

15 November 2017 09:00 – 16:00

Interactive networking program during an excursion to some of Kosovo’s sights