By Jelena Pajic
Representatives of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) Board of Directors will visit Montenegro from 17 to 18 June 2024 and Kosovo from 19 to 21 June 2024.
The two visits are part of a regular series of consultations and will give shareholder representatives the opportunity to meet senior government officials and members of the business community, as well as representatives of international partners and civil-society organisations. The Directors will also visit private and public projects financed by the Bank across Montenegro and Kosovo.
The EBRD board will be represented by:
- Director for Switzerland, Ukraine, Liechtenstein, Turkmenistan, Serbia, Montenegro, Uzbekistan, Rosmarie Schlup
- Director for Türkiye, Romania, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Kyrgyz Republic, Algeria, Yasemin Girici,
- Director for Japan, Shigeto Hiki
- Director for Denmark, Lithuania, Ireland, Kosovo, Miglė Tuskienė
- Alternate Director for the United States of America, Katherine Allen
- Alternate Director for Canada, Morocco, Jordan, Tunisia, Andrew Smith
- Alternate Director for Austria, Israel, Cyprus, Malta, Kazakhstan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Alon Messer
- Alternate Director for Poland, Bulgaria, Albania, Karina Karaivanova,
- Alternate Director for the Netherlands, China, Mongolia, North Macedonia, Armenia, Jan Willem van den Wall Bake
The Bank’s senior management accompanying the mission will include Director, Regional Head of the Western Balkans Matteo Colangeli and Deputy Director, Head of Political Affairs; Oleg Levitin, Associate Director, Head of Montenegro Remon Zakaria and Associate Director, Head of Kosovo Sergiy Maslichenko.
The EBRD representatives will meet with President of Montenegro Jakov Milatović, Prime Minister of Montenegro Milojko Spajić, and Minister of Finance and EBRD Governor Novica Vuković.
In Kosovo, the EBRD representatives will meet with President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani, Mayor of Pristina Përparim Rama, Minister of Finance and EBRD Governor Hekuran Murati, Minister of Economy Artane Rizvanolli, and Ahmet Ismaili, Governor of the Central Bank of Kosovo.
Montenegro joined the EBRD in June 2006 and since then the Bank has invested €804 million(US$861.9million) in the country through 86 projects.
The EBRD has invested €664 million through 109 projects in Kosovo since it joined the Bank in 2012.
