CEB Vice-Governor Dowgielewicz on official visit to Serbia, Montenegro

29 avril 2015

Paris - CEB Vice-Governor for Target Group Countries Mikołaj Dowgielewicz visited Serbia and Montenegro, where he held meetings with high-level officials of both governments. Discussions focused on the implementation of the Regional Housing Programme (RHP), which is managed by the CEB, and cooperation with the Bank in general.

On 28 April, Vice-Governor Dowgielewicz met with the Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dačić. Mr Dowgielewicz thanked the Serbian authorities for their cooperation and said that it was important to keep the general public’s attention to the refugee housing issues in the region. Mr Dačić said that Serbia attached great importance to the implementation of the RHP, which not only provided valuable assistance to vulnerable refugees but also facilitated the process of regional reconciliation.

In Montenegro, Vice-Governor Dowgielewicz met with the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Policy and Financial System Vujica Lazović, and with the Minister for Labour and Social Welfare Zorica Kovacević, who is heading the Montenegrin institution in charge of the RHP. At the meeting there was agreement that visible progress had been made and that all the preparatory work had been completed, paving the way for the delivery of an important number of housing solutions in the coming months.

Mr Dowgielewicz also held meetings with the Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport and with Montenegro’s Minister of Finance Radoje Zugić, with whom he discussed the RHP and the CEB’s activities in the two countries.

Fondée en 1956, la CEB (Banque de Développement de Conseil de l'Europe) compte 41 États membres, dont 22 pays d'Europe centrale, orientale et du Sud-Est formant les pays cibles de la Banque. En tant qu'instrument majeur de la politique de solidarité en Europe, la Banque finance des projets sociaux en mettant à leur disposition des ressources levées dans des conditions reflétant la qualité de sa notation (Aa1 auprès de Moody's, perspective stable, AA+ auprès de Standard & Poor's, perspective stable et AA+ auprès de Fitch Ratings, perspective stable). Elle accorde des prêts à ses États membres, à des établissements financiers et à des autorités locales pour le financement de projets dans le secteur social, conformément à son Statut.