OREANDA-NEWS. October 23, 2014. A delegation of the EBRD Board of Directors will pay a visit to Kosovo from 22-24 October 2014.

The visit will provide the Board Directors with an opportunity to meet the state leadership, starting with President Atifete Jahjaga; Governor of the Central Bank Bedri Hamza; the Mayors of Pristina and Gracanica; key political decision-makers, representatives of civil society, local businesses and foreign investors, as well as international financial institutions and the diplomatic community. The delegation will visit the Bank’s clients and business partners in the capital, Pristina and in Rahovec.

Representatives of the EBRD Board will include:

Raphael Bello representing France

Evren Dilekli representing Turkey, Romania, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyz Republic

Makoto Honda representing Japan

Kalin Mitrev representing Bulgaria, Poland, Albania

Artem Shevalev representing Switzerland, Ukraine, Liechtenstein, Turkmenistan, Serbia, Montenegro, Moldova

Luyen Tran representing the USA

Paul Vlaanderen representing the Netherlands, Mongolia, FYR Macedonia, Armenia

Ove Jensen representing Ireland, Denmark, Lithuania, Kosovo

Sean Donlon representing Ireland, Denmark, Lithuania, Kosovo

They will be accompanied by Anton Kobakov, EBRD Head of the Pristina Resident Office; Holger Muent, EBRD Director, Western Balkans; and Oleg Levitin, EBRD Senior Political Counsellor.

The EBRD began investing in Kosovo in 1999. To date it has signed 37 projects in the country with a net cumulative business volume of more than EUR89 million. Kosovo became a member of the EBRD in December 2012.