The Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo published an update on Governor Ahmet Ismaili’s meeting with Joint Vienna Institute (JVI) Director Ben Kelmanson, focused on deepening cooperation to support institutional capacity development. The discussions covered potential tailored training, regional workshops and programmes to strengthen managerial capacity and develop new leaders within the central bank. Ismaili also outlined Kosovo’s macroeconomic and financial developments and the central bank’s strategic plan priorities, including further cooperation with European partner central banks, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other international partners. The release reiterated that JVI remains a key international training platform for the central bank’s staff, with programmes spanning macroeconomic policy and forecasting, financial stability and banking supervision, non-bank finance and financial markets, and emerging areas such as financial technology and governance.