The World Bank Financial Advisory Center (WB FinSAC) office will host a one day workshop on “Deposit Insurance Systems: Addressing Emerging Challenges in Funding, Investment, Risk-based Contributions & Stress Testing” that will take place on November 30, 2017, at the FinSAC office in Vienna, Austria. The workshop aims to bring together deposit insurers from Eastern and Central European countries, Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa region, EU authorities, and international experts to generate discussions and share knowledge in four key areas, which are currently relevant for all types of deposit insurance schemes: (i) funding of the deposit insurance scheme; (ii) investment decisions; (iii) risk-based contributions; and (iv) stress testing of the deposit insurance system a banking sector.
