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Upcoming Events
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Montenegro - Problem Loan Workout Techniques for Bankers and Banking Supervisors in Southeast Europe21 May 2012 - 22 May 2012
- 22 May 2012 - 23 May 2012
- 24 May 2012 - 25 May 2012
About the PFS Program
What We Do
The PFS program is not a typical 'technical assistance' program. One of the development lessons learned over the past decade is that E&E countries can learn from the experience, both positive and negative, of their neighbors.
Jointly based in Zagreb, Croatia, and Washington, DC, PFS supports financial sector development by bringing together regional players from Partner and Mentor Countries to address regional challenges, promote the adoption and implementation of international best practices, and to share experience and lessons learned. PFS activities are coordinated with the individual USAID missions in a manner that complements the missions' Economic Growth programs.
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Our Region
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History
The Partners for Financial Stability Program was created in 1999 to support the economic transition of eight Central & Eastern European (CEE) countries: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. PFS focused specifically on promoting financial sector development through short-term, demand-driven activities that strengthened institutions and market participants that were seeking to meet international standards of best practice.
In 2005, PFS moved its activities to Southeast Europe (SEE) and expanded into Ukraine and Kazakhstan and then to other parts of the former Soviet Union in 2007. The current regional scope of PFS came into effect in 2010.
During its first 10 years, PFS focused on developing the financial market laws, policies and practices that were important for the partner countries in fulfilling the requirements of the European Union and other key international standards in the financial sector. The new PFS program builds upon previous experience and continues to work in these important areas.
Addressing the spread of the recent global financial and economic crisis to the E&E Region, PFS plays an important role in attending to the challenges that remain within the financial systems in the region.
View the past PFS Program websites here:
http://www.pfsprogram.org/
http://www.pfsprogram.org/
Priority Areas
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Banking
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Insurance, Financial Safety Nets
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Capital Markets
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Accounting and Audit
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Financial System Inclusion
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Financial Sector Enabling Environment
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