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Friday, March 26, 2004 - Saturday, March 27, 2004
Workshop on Banking and Financial Sector Privatization: Experiences in Hungary and Other Central and Eastern European (CEE) Countries
Ljubljana, Slovenia
On March 26-27, 2004 the Center of Excellence in Finance held a Workshop on Banking and Financial Sector Privatization: Experiences in Hungary and Other CEE Countries.
The main objective of the workshop was to provide an overview of financial sector privatization in post-communist transition countries, with special emphasise on the privatization of banks and the experiences in Hungary and Slovenia. Furthermore, the role of foreign banks in CEE countries was presented. The workshop’s program also included the importance of corporate governance in the privatization process, as well as latest developments in corporate governance through which greater efficiency and corporate social responsibility are promoted.
13 participants from six Stability Pact member countries attended the workshop: Two from Bosnia and Herzegovina, two from Croatia (Central Bank), two from Kosovo, three from Macedonia, two from Romania and two from Slovenia. In covering the above-mentioned issues, lecturers discussed with participants the situation in their respective countries.
The lecturers were: Geoffrey Mazullo, Director, PFS Program, EWMI; Dr. Peter Mihalyi, Director, Banking Programs, PFS Program, EWMI; and Professor Dr. Ivan Ribnikar, Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
To download the workshop agenda and presentations, please click on the links below:
 | Agenda - CEF Workshop - March 26-27, 2004.doc - 27 KB |
| Presentation - The Economic Rationale - March 26-27, 2004.ppt - 74 KB |
| Presentation - Privatization of the Hungarian Banking and Insurance Sector _ March 26-27, 2004.ppt - 47 KB |
| Presentation - Slovene Experience - Professor Ribnikar - March 26-27, 2004.doc - 34 KB |
| Presentation - PFS Program - Comparative Analysis of Corporate Governance - March 26-27, 2004.ppt - 308 KB |
| Presentation - PFS Program - Transparency and Corporate Disclosure - March 26 - 27, 2004.ppt - 1,942 KB |
| Presentation - PFS Program - Latest Developments in Corporate Governance - March 26-27, 2004.ppt - 336 KB |
| Presentation - PFS Program - The Role of Foreign Banks in CEE Countries - March 26-27, 2004.ppt - 94 KB |
| Report - Banking and Financial Sector Privatization Workshop - March 26-27, 2004.doc - 145 KB |
| List of Participants - CEF Workshop - March 26-27, 2004.xls - 21 KB |
Friday, June 22, 2001
Bank Restructuring Seminar
Sofia, Bulgaria
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) hosted a regional seminar on bank restructuring, entitled, "Restructuring and Development of the Banking Sector in Advanced Transition Economies: Lessons for Bulgaria'' on June 22, 2001 in Sofia, Bulgaria. PFS grants to EPI (Bulgaria), IES (Czech Republic), ICEG (Hungary) and CASE (Poland) co-financed country studies and a comparative study presented at the seminar. Participants from Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania and Yugoslavia attended the seminar.
To dowload the presentations, please click on the link below, then choose Publications from the left menu, and scroll down to Discussion Papers. The presentations are under Nr. 8 and 10.
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