The conference is part of the programme of events surrounding the annual General Assembly of the European Association of Public Banks (EAPB), which will take place in Barcelona for the first time. The Secretary General of Economy and Knowledge of the Government of Catalonia, Albert Carreras, and the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Spain, Fernando Restoy, will inaugurate the event, which will be attended by top representatives of almost a hundred public finance institutions from across Europe.
Institut Català de Finances (ICF) and the European Association of Public Banks(EAPB) jointly organise a conference on the role of European public banks in the context of the Banking Union, tomorrow Tuesday from 9 to 17h in Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau (Barcelona).
The opening will include two conferences by the Secretary General of Economy and Knowledge of the Government of Catalonia, Albert Carreras, and the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Spain, Fernando Restoy. The event also feature the President of the EAPB, Ron Walkier; the Deputy Director General of DG Microprudential Supervision III of the European Central Bank, Linette Field; and the ICF’s CEO, Josep-R. Sanroma, among others.
The event takes place alongside the EAPB’s General Assembly. For the first time EAPB has chosen Barcelona as the city for one of its two annual assemblies –the last one was held in Düsseldorf, Germany, in May.
Institut Català de Finances (ICF), as a member of the EAPB and host of the meeting, partakes in the organization of this event, which will be attended by representatives of almost a hundred public banks and financial institutions from across Europe, as well as delegates from the private finance sector and members of the European Commission and Parliament.
The different speeches and panels will introduce various models of European public banks –some of them recently created –and will elaborate on the role these institutions have played during the crisis and the one they will take on in the future. This topic is particularly timely considering the recently launched European Banking Union and the development and implementation of several instruments, programs and plans at European level, such as the Juncker Plan.
The Catalan Government, Barcelona Centre Financer Europeu and KMPG support the event.
EAPB
The European Association of Public Banks (EAPB), founded in 2000 and with its headquarters in Brussels (Belgium), gathers and represents almost a hundred banks, financial institutions and public banks associations from 17 European countries: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Macedonia.
These banks and public financial institutions have a combined balance sheet total of about EUR 3,500 billion and represent about 190,000 employees, i.e. covering a European market share of approximately 15%.
EAPB is one of the main four European associations in the banking sector, together with the European Banking Federation (EBF), the European Association of Cooperative Banks (EACB) and European Savings Banks Group (ESBG).
ICF
L'Institut Català de Finances (ICF) is a public financial institution founded in 1985 by the Government of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya). ICF’s mission is to promote and facilitate access to finance to Catalan businesses in order to contribute to the growth of the Catalan economy, complementing the private financial sector. ICF offers a range of products and services linked to corporate funding, focused on loans, guarantees and risk capital.
Institut Català de Finances, which this year celebrates its 30th anniversary, has been a member of the European Association of Public Banks (EAPB) since 2014. Its CEO, Josep-R. Sanroma, is a member of EAPB’s Board.