Address by Dr. Manuel Ramos-Francia in the event "Dialogue on the Autonomy of the Central Bank ", organized by the Banco Central del Ecuador.
CEMLA since 1952 is the Association of Central Banks of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Our main objectives are: To promote a better understanding of monetary and banking matters; help with improving the training of central bank staff; conduct research and systematize the results, and provide information to members about events of international and regional interest in the areas of monetary and financial policies.Activities
Calendar for 2019Training and formation activities on economic and central banking topics
PublicationsSelection of publications that analyze the main financial and monetary topics of the central bank of the region.
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Central Bank Award Annual award for the preparation of studies that are of interest to the central bank.
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Address by Dr. Manuel Ramos-Francia in the event coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the Bretton Woods meeting (which established the IMF and The World Bank), and inaugurated by the President of the BCRP, Julio Velarde. The seminar was attended by representatives of international organizations such as the International Monetary Fund, IADB, Center for Latin American Monetary Studies (CEMLA), and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
Address by Dr. Manuel Ramos-Francia in the event “Dialogue: The Independence and Autonomy of the Central Banks”. The event was attended by Verónica Artola, General Manager of the Banco Central del Ecuador; Ramon Espinel, Director of Centro de Investigaciones Rurales de la Espol; Manuel Ramos-Francia, Director of the Center for Latin American Monetary Studies; Alberto Dahik, Postgraduate Director of the Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo; and Marco Elizalde, Professor at the Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil.
Call for academic papers
Submission Deadline: 15 October, 2019
Conference, 5 – 6 December, 2019
Venue: CEMLA, Mexico City
Calendar of activities for 2019
| Date | Event | Topic | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 18-20 | Financial Stability Course |
Course | Mexico City |
| September 18-20 | Seminar on Good Governance and Transparency: Strategy and Modernization of our Institutions | Seminar | Madrid, Spain |
| September 25-27 | XV Meeting of Central Bank Internal Auditors |
Technical Meeting | Santiago, Chile |
| September 26-27 | XV Meeting of Monetary Policy Managers |
Technical Meeting | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| September 30 - October 2 |
IX Meeting of Central Bank Librarians |
Technical Meeting | Madrid, Spain |
| September 30 - October 4 |
Financial Development and Financial Inclusion |
Course | Asunción, Paraguay |
| October 1st | Presentation and discussion of the reports prepared by the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Roberto Marino |
Presentation | Mexico City |
| October 3-4 | CPMI-CEMLA Regional Outreach Meeting |
Technical Meeting | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| October 3-4 | IX Meeting of Central Bank Heads of Security |
Technical Meeting | Lisboa, Portugal |
| October 9-11 | XIV Meeting of Central Bank Legal Advisors |
Technical Meeting | Asunción, Paraguay |
| October 16-17 | FSI-CEMLA Policy Implementation Meeting on Crisis Management |
Technical Meeting | Mexico City |
| October 17 | LIV Meeting of Governors of Latin America, Spain and the Philippines at the IMF-World Bank; CVIII Meeting of Central Bank Governors of CEMLA; Board of Governors and Assembly Meetings |
Governors Meetings | Washington, D.C. |
| October 30-31 | XXIV Meeting of the Central Bank Researchers Network |
Technical Meeting | Madrid, Spain |
Performed Activities 2019
Board of Governors 2017-2019May 7, 2019
Strong Dynamism in 2018 Income from remittances in Latin America and the CaribbeanMarch 6, 2019 (In Spanish)
Key Issues in Bank Accounting and FinanceProceedings of the Regional Conference on Banking, Accounting and Finance, August 2019
Key Aspects around Financial Technologies and RegulationPolicy Report, June 2019
Key Aspects around Central Bank Digital CurrenciesPolicy Report, June 2019
Integrated inflation targeting: Another perspective from the developing worldJoint BIS-CEMLA book
Central Bank Forums
BdE-CEMLA ProgramBanco de España - CEMLA Technical Assistance Program for Strengthening the Accounting Regulatory Framework.
Financial Information ForumThe Forum aims at strengthening the financial statistics and information models of the Region's central banks. Members are organized into working and discussion groups and research committees.
Forum of FINTECH ExpertsInitiative that brings together the knowledge and experience of central banks, international organizations, related to the implications of new financial technologies for monetary and financial stability.
Remmitances ForumThe Forum aims to contribute to central banks in the region to advance in the analysis of the impact of those resources in the region's developing economies and their financial sectors, and to identify policies to increase remmitance's positive impact.
Payments ForumThe objective of the Forum is to describe and assess the payments systems of Latin America and the Caribbean with a view to identify possible improvement measures in their safety, efficiency and integrity.
