EU-funded programme to strengthen central bank capacities in the Western Balkans: opening address by Chiara Scotti
Chiara Scotti, Deputy Governor of Banca d'Italia, delivered the opening address today in Rome at the kick-off meeting for Phase III of the EU-funded programme aimed at strengthening the central banks' and supervisory authorities' capacities in the Western Balkans. The initiative supports EU candidate and potential candidate countries along their path towards integration into the European Union and eventual membership of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB).
The programme was launched by the Deutsche Bundesbank in cooperation with 19 national central banks of the ESCB, the European Central Bank and the European Commission.
The Western Balkans include six countries covered by the EU enlargement policy: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia.
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Programme for Strengthening the Central Bank Capacities in the Western Balkans
with a view to the integration to the European System of Central Banks - Phase III
Opening address by Chiara Scotti, Deputy Governor of Banca d'Italia, at the launch of Phase III of the EU-funded programme to strengthen central bank capacities in the Western Balkans - Rome, 26 February 2026
- Press release by the Deutsche Bundesbank
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