CIC Newsletter – March 2024
International Central Bank Dialogue (CIC)

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Dear subscriber,

The beginning of 2024 has brought with it a lot of news. 

François Villeroy de Galhau and Joachim Nagel officially launched the new EU-funded pilot project with African central banks in Paris. Cooperation was resumed with the Central Bank of the Philippines and a new Memorandum of Understanding was signed. 

Madrid hosted the first Forum Bundesbank, which was focused on the current economic challenges facing Europe and attracted a plethora of guests from the financial sector. A series of seminars was held for the first time in Rabat as part of the bilateral central bank dialogue with the Central Bank of Morocco. Our international central banking courses now feature two new series, “Greening the financial system” and “Digital currencies”, which are already open for registration. 

We would also like to introduce you to new members in our ranks. Nikola Marcinko is our first ever representative in the Baltic States, Marie-Therese Gold has taken over as head of our Representative Office in Brussels and Ezgi Delikanli is our new representative in London. Our Frankfurt team has been bolstered by the addition of Andreas Gauf and Philipp Täufer. 

Happy reading! 

Cooperation with central banks in Africa François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Banque de France, and Joachim Nagel, President of the Bundesbank, cut the ribbon on an EU-funded pilot project for African central banks at a special event held in Paris.  ›

Closer cooperation with the Philippines Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Central Bank of the Philippines and the Bundesbank. ›

New online format: Series Apply now to our new online series on the topics of “Greening the financial system” and “Digital currencies” starting in June and August 2024. ›

Forum Bundesbank Spain – a milestone in German-Spanish economic dialogue Over 50 financial sector representatives accepted the invitation to the first Forum Bundesbank in Madrid. The panel discussion focused on the economic challenges currently facing Europe. The next forum is scheduled for the second half of the year. ›

Focus on Africa and the Middle East – cooperation with the Central Bank of Morocco and the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) The Bank Al-Maghrib hosted a three-part series of seminars led by the Bundesbank on the topics of financial stability, banking supervision and cash management. At the AMF, the focus was on green finance.  ›

New on board Introducing our newcomers: Marie-Therese Gold, head of the Bundesbank’s representative office in Brussels, Nikola Marcinko, the Bundesbank’s first representative in Riga, Ezgi Delikanli, representative in London, Andreas Gauf and Philipp Täufer on the Frankfurt team.  ›