| Official opening of the Twinning project in National Bank of Ukraine |
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10/February/2010, 08:00 - 17:00 |
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On Fabruary, 10, 2010, the Twinning project official opening
"Strengthening NBU potential through the approximation to EU standards
of central banking" was led.
The project aims to provide the National Bank of Ukraine with the
opportunity to obtain expertise and information on standards and best
practices applied by German and Polish central banks within the
European System of the Central Banks (ESBC). The project partners are
the Deutsche Bundesbank in consortium with the National Bank of Poland.
The main activities of the project will focus on crucial aspects
of central banking and aim at strengthening the institutional capacity
of the National Bank of Ukraine. The implementation of project
activities will last of 18 months.
The key goals of the project :
- Strengthening of Ukraine central banking and enforcement framework to approximate to that existing in the EU
- Developing a comprehensive national financial services strategy, which includes an intensification of financial sector reform
- The
gradual approximation of Ukrainian financial sector laws, regulations,
norms and standarts to those of the EU and enhanced integration into
European networks
- Consolidation progress in macro-economic stabilization and growth policie
First Vice-Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Anatoly Shapovalov, the Head of Delegation of the European Union Manuel Pinto Teixeira, the Deputy Head of Main Department of Civil Service/ Director of Twinning Administrative Office Andriy Vyshnevskyy, the Coordination Bureau for European and Euro- Atlantic Integration of the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Vadym Triukhan delivered with an opening speech during the action.
Andriyy Vyshnevskyy in his speech told about the
necessity and importance of the Twinning instrument for state
reforming, marked on experience value of the Germany and Poland
regulation in banking sector, which will be useful for National Bank of
Ukraine. And told about main achievements of the Twinning
implementation in Ukraine, in particular creating legal frameworks,
network of Twinning contacts in authorities, introducing the annual
programming of Twinning projects.
Germany Project Leader Martin Pontzen, Poland Project Leader Mariush Stankowski, Resident Twinning Advisor Artur Radomski also took part in the Project opening.
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