The Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo hosted a senior delegation from the Austrian National Bank (OeNB), led by Julia Wörz, and agreed to further intensify bilateral cooperation, with a focus on expanding technical and professional-level engagement and joint work. Governor Ahmet Ismaili briefed the delegation on recent banking sector developments and reforms spanning financial stability, macroprudential policy, strengthening financial supervision, safeguarding financial system integrity, financial education and improving access to safe finance. Technical meetings during the visit focused on financial stability analysis, advancing macro-modelling capacity, and exchanging practices on economic analysis and monetary policy approaches. The institutions also discussed the possibility of the Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo developing a survey modelled on the OeNB Euro Survey to better understand household financial behaviour in the Western Balkans, and agreed to identify additional areas for technical support and expertise exchange.
Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo 2025-06-20
Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo and Austrian National Bank agree to intensify technical cooperation on financial stability and macro modelling
The Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo and the Austrian National Bank (OeNB) agreed to intensify bilateral cooperation, focusing on technical and professional engagement. Discussions included financial stability, macro-modelling, and potential development of a survey on household financial behavior in the Western Balkans. The institutions aim to identify further areas for technical support and expertise exchange.