IADI and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development held a Seminar on Deposit Insurance for Kyrgyz Republc, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Mongolia on 29-31 January 2003 at the Bank for International Settlements.
The seminar was chaired by JP Sabourin, Chair of the Executive Council and President of IADI and President and Chief Executive Officer of Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation. Presentations covered financial system issues in Central Asia Allan Popoff, Portfolio Manager and Senior Banker , EBRD, deposit insurance and the financial safety net by William White, Economic Adviser, Bank for International Settlements, a presentation on the FSF Final Report on Guidance for establishing and maintaining effective deposit insurance systems by Ray LaBrosse, and conditions for an effective deposit insurance system by Hajime Shinohara, Deputy Governor, Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan