*  *  *  Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, It is a great pleasure to welcome Ms. Sabina Dziurman, Director of the EBRD in Greece, to the Bank of Greece. I would also like to welcome all speakers and participants to today’s workshop on sustainability in banking. With this opportunity I would like to note the EBRD’s function and contribution in Greece.
Since the establishment of its representative office in Greece a year ago, EBRD has invested around € million mainly through participating in the recapitalisation of the four significant Greek banks as well as financing energy and industry projects. In today’s workshop two perspectives regarding sustainability in banking will be juxtaposed:   The perspective of an international development financial institution, namely of EBRD.