Over the past fifteen years or so, technical assistance to improve the legal and regulatory framework of the financial sectors of SEE countries and the implementation and enforcement capabilities of the competent national authorities has been provided in various forms by international organisations such as the IMF, the World Bank, and the BIS.
Although a comprehensive discussion of all these projects is not realistic in my short presentation, it may be worthwhile to at least mention a few of them. Supervisory personnel from SEE countries have participated in training seminars offered by the Financial Stability Institute of the BIS and by the Joint Vienna Institute.