16th OECD Global Forum on Public Debt Management, 6-7 December 2006, Amsterdam

6-7 December 2006, Amsterdam

This annual forum is held under the aegis of the OECD Working Party on Debt Management and the Multilateral Public Debt Management Network and is co-sponsored by the Japanese Government. Although tailored to emerging and transition countries, it brings together debt managers from all over the world to discuss viewpoints and experiences relating to public debt management. This year's topics for discussion included: recent trends and developments in public debt management in emerging markets; the role of retail instruments in issuing strategies and risk management of government debt.

Documentation:

• Agenda

Session 1: Recent trends and developments in public debt management in emerging markets

• Recent trends in emerging market debt: challenges facing debt managers and country experiences; Udaibir Das, IMF; Gloria Grandolini, World Bank
• The growing imortance of transparency in debt management and govenment securities markets; Hans J. Blommestein, OECD

Panel discussion:

• Phakamani Hadebe, MoF, South Africa
• Ivan de Oliveira Lima, Central Bank, Brazil
• Naek Tigor Sinaga, Bank of Indonesia

Session 2: The role of retail instruments in issuing strategies

• Retail Government debt programmes: practice and challenges; Philip Anderson, World Bank
• Introducing a retail programme: what are the key questions for a debt manager?; Adi Rivlin, Head of Debt Management, Israel

Panel Discussion:

• Audrius Zelionis, Lithuania
• Andras Rez, Hungary
• Marek Szczerbak, Poland

Session 3: Risk management of government debt

• Overview of risk management of government debt; Hans J. Blommestein, OECD
• The evolution of the risk management strategy; Lars Boman, National Debt Office, Sweden
• Establishing a risk management function: notes from Turkish experience; Emre Balibak, Turkey

Panel Discussion:

• C.H. Siahaan Scenaider, Indonesia
• Vilnis Lindemanis, Latvia
• Ove Jensen, Denmark
• Andras Rez, Hungary