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JVI Newsletter ▪ May 2022

Dear Friends of the JVI, The last few weeks have been momentous for the JVI. On April 23, the Austrian National Bank, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) extended by four years their partnership in the JVI. The IMF’s Managing Director came to the JVI on May 13 for a hybrid meeting with JVI staff and IMF staff in Vienna. After a few false starts, we expect to resume face-to-face course delivery soon. This process will start with the course on Climate Change and Green Finance (June 20-24) and will be gradual (many courses will still be delivered virtually over the summer). So please keep an eye on our course schedule for 2022 for more opportunities to visit us in Vienna!  In this edition of the JVI newsletter, you will find reports on a course recently delivered on Public Governance and Structural Reforms. Recent webinars have covered the Economic Outlook for Europe, Measurement, Causes, and Consequences of Economic Inequality, and How to Achieve Inclusive Growth. It also includes a farewell interview with our departing JVI colleague Reiner Martin. Please mark your calendars for the upcoming 2022 Annual Lecture! For the JVI’s 30th anniversary, Professor Marek Belka will take us on a 3-decade tour of success and challenges in Central and Eastern Europe (June 17). If you have any questions, comments, or feedback of any kind, please write us a note at jvi@jvi.org. Many thanks to Rilind Kabashi, our Editor, Maša Valenko, and all the contributors to this Newsletter.  Hervé Joly Director, Joint Vienna Institute

UPCOMING EVENTS   JVI Annual Lecture: Central and Eastern Europe after 30 years. Success and Challenges Ahead The JVI was created 30 years ago to assist former centrally planned economies with their transition to market-based systems. What trajectories have these economies followed, and how do they compare 30 years later? What went right with the transition, and what did not? What... Read more  >>>   JVI Webinar: Shockwaves from the War in Ukraine Rising risks to the inflation outlook and rapidly changing views about the likely pace of monetary policy tightening have been dominant themes affecting financial stability. Juxtaposed against financial stability risks is the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which will exert a... Read more  >>> COURSE NEWS   Governance and structural reforms, or how to use the crises to make our countries better? From May 9 until May 20, 2022, the JVI in collaboration with the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) organized a 2-week course on Public Governance and Structural Reforms. For the second year in a row (and last, we hope), the course was organised... Read more  >>> STAFF NEWS   Moving on: Interview with Reiner Martin, Departing Lead Economist at the JVI Reiner Martin has been a Lead Economist at the JVI since September 2018. He spoke with JVI Newsletter staff about his experience and views on the JVI, on his achievements and new challenges. Reiner, you worked for almost 4 years as a Lead Economist at the JVI. Can you give an... Read more  >>>   APPLICATION DEADLINES Foreign Direct Investment Policies Interaction of Monetary and Financial Stability Policies Future of Taxation Institutional Sector Accounts-Introductory Level Monetary Policy Communication Non-performing Loans: Management and Resolution Full schedule 2022 RECENT EVENTS Austria and the IMF Renew Agreement on the Joint Vienna Institute IMF Managing Director meets with JVI and IMF staff in Vienna JVI Webinar: The Economic Outlook for Europe Open Lecture on Measurement, Causes and Consequences of Economic Inequality: A Whirlwind Tour JVI Webinar: How to Achieve Inclusive Growth

The Joint Vienna Institute is a regional training center, primarily for public sector officials from countries in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. It was established in 1992 by the Austrian Authorities (represented by the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Oesterreichische Nationalbank), the International Monetary Fund, and several other international organizations. Read more >>> Should you no longer wish to receive our newsletter, please unsubscribe.