For example, the share of securities issued in other euro area countries and held by monetary financial institutions has strongly increased in the last ten years. By contrast, retail banking markets have remained fragmented. Second, the growing prominence of EU banking groups with significant cross-border activities. EU banks with significant cross-border activity hold a sizeable and rising share of total EU banking assets.
To mark the celebrations, we have planned a number of activities, including: the Charity walk, where H.E the Vice President was the Chief walker, organized by the Bank of Uganda staff to raise funds to support Mulago hospital; Essay competition for primary schools about the features on the Ugandan currencies and their importance to the economy, aimed at increasing awareness among the young generation about Bank of Uganda; the public exhibition to run for one week; and a symposium on the theme: "Central Banking in a Globalizing Environment: Challenges and Way Forward for Bank of Uganda' to be addressed by eminent scholars like Professor Ali Mazrui and many others.