On 11-12 February 2016, representatives of the Bank Guarantee Fund, under the leadership of BFG Management Board President Jerzy Pruski, took part in the Annual Meeting of the European Regional Committee (ERC) of the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI). The meeting was held in Turin and was organized by the Italian deposit guarantee agency (Fondo Interbancario di Tutela dei Depositi – FITD). The topic of the meeting focused, inter alia, on actions performed by European deposit guarantee institutions within IADI.
The Committee meeting was followed by an ERC workshop dedicated to the practical implementation of the IADI Core Principles for Effective Deposit Insurance Systems. During the workshop the President of the BFG Management Board chaired a panel discussion entitled “Assessing Compliance with the Core Principles: experiences from around the World”.
BFG delegates also participated in the accompanying ERC International Conference entitled “Preventing and Resolving Bank Crises in the European Banking Union and Depositor Protection”, during which the BFG President led a panel discussion on the role of deposit guarantee schemes in resolving bank crises.