Seminars and Conferences

Seminar on Regional Financial Safety Nets

October 8, 2010

This seminar responds to the call from the G20 expert group on Global Financial Safety Nets and IMFC for greater cooperation between regional financing arrangements and the IMF, with a view to increasing the effectiveness of financial assistance to countries facing adverse shocks.

Regional financial safety nets can play a useful role in helping national authorities deal with volatility of capital flows. Nonetheless, the experience of the recent crisis, which severely hit many countries at once on a global scale, suggests the value of a multi-layered financial safety net where national and regional solutions could be complemented by multilateral support such as from the IMF.

Representatives of regional financing arrangements (RFAs) are invited to suggest possible modalities for coordinating efforts of national and regional authorities with the IMF’s crisis prevention and resolution roles.

• Background Information on Participating RFAs
• Program of the Conference
• List of Participants
• Roundtable Issues for Discussion
• Factsheet: IMF Lending
• The IMF's Flexible Credit Line (FCL)
• The IMF’s Precautionary Credit Line (PCL)
• About the IMF