The Governor of the National Bank of Moldova, Anca Dragu, had an online discussion with Jana Repanšek, Director of the Center of Excellence in Finance (CEF) in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

The topics were addressed in the context of the project „National Bank of Moldova (NBM), institutional transformation into a learning-oriented organisation”, which is in the process of implementation with CEF support.

Anca Dragu appreciated the assistance provided by the CEF in the training of specialists in the financial-banking sector from the member countries, of which the Republic of Moldova is a member since 2015. „I am glad that we started this project together and that we can help the NBM team to become better and better. We are looking forward to further cooperation on several dimensions, such as compliance and improving the legal framework,” the central bank Governor said.

In her turn, Jana Repanšek expressed her appreciation for Anca Dragu's acceptance to take over the Chairman of the CEF Governing Board, along with her mandate as Governor of the NBM: “Moldova has been playing a very important role ever since it became a member of the CEF”, the Director of the Center of Excellence in Finance said.

At the same time, there were discussed aspects related to the organisation in Chisinau of the annual meeting of the CEF Governing Board, consisting of high-level representatives of the central banks and ministries of finance of CEF member countries, in the context of the Moldova's chairmanship of the CEF. The interlocutors also agreed on a professional training programme for the representatives of central banks of the CEF member countries to be organised in Chisinau.

The mandate of Chairman of the CEF Governing Board is automatically passed on to the CEF member countries in alphabetical order.

CEF is an international organisation whose mission is to support professional capacity building through training of financial sector officials in Southeast Europe:  https://www.cef-see.org/.