10th South-Eastern European Economic Research Workshop Including monetary policy and financial shocks and trends in modeling and policy analysis Fact Sheet and Bio’s Name Alessio CIARLONE Institution Bank of Italy Division International Technical Cooperation and EU Neighbourhood Countries Division International Relations Directorate Job title Senior Advisor E-mail [email protected] Date of Employment 01-11-2001 Main tasks and responsibilities Monitor and analyse economic, financial and institutional developments in the countries of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, with a specific focus on capital flow issues, monetary and exchange rate policies, banking system developments and macro-financial stability. Conduct research on these topics finalised to the publication in the Bank of Italy’s Working and Occasional Paper series as well as in refereed journals. Provide analytic support to meetings of senior central bank officials, including the preparation of background documents and reports, and contributed to the regular publications of the Bank of Italy, such as the Annual Report and the quarterly Economic Bulletin. Education PhD in Money and Finance Hobbies Tennis, soccer, travelling, cooking Name Nikolett VAGO Institution Magyar Nemzeti Bank (The Central Bank of Hungary) Division Financial System Analysis – Applied Research and Stress Testing Job title Economist E-mail [email protected] Date of Employment July 2012 Main tasks and responsibilities Making research in the fields of financial stability and macroprudential policy. Taking part in the process of top-down stress testing of the Hungarian banking system. Modeling credit risk, more precisely estimating the probability of default of the Hungarian small and medium-sized enterprises using credit register data. Estimating Housing Price Indices for the capital, for other towns by regions and for the villages Education Applied Economics (BA) and Economics (MA) at the Corvinus University of Budapest Hobbies Badminton, skiing, theatre Name Thomas SCHEIBER Institution Oesterreichische Nationalbank Division Foreign Research Division Job title Economist E-mail [email protected] Date of Employment 01.10.2006 Main tasks and responsibilities 1) OeNB Euro Survey: coordination of the survey, research using micro data, explaining households’ saving and borrowing behavior in ten CESEE countries https://www.oenb.at/en/Monetary- Policy/Surveys/OeNB-Euro-Survey.html 2) Analysis of economic development of the euro area with a special focus on inflation and monetary policy Education 2003/2004: Scholar at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Vienna: Postgraduate Program in Quantitative Economics. 1995/2003: Master of economics at the University of Innsbruck, Major: Econometrics, Minor: International Economics. 2002: Scholar at Taipei University and Chung Hsing University, Taiwan – Province of China (Summer school) Hobbies Trainer for outdoor pedagogics, various mountain sports, performing arts Name Evgeni IVANOV Institution Bulgarian National Bank Division Economic Research and Forecasting Directorate Job title Expert E-mail [email protected] Date of Employment 13.01.2014 Main tasks and responsibilities Analysing and forecasting developments, related to the external sector of the Bulgarian economy, such as the balance of payments, the external debt and the competitiveness position of the country. Education MA Comparative Business Economics from University College London (UCL), United Kingdom BSc (Hons) Economics from Lancaster University, United Kingdom Hobbies Sports, mainly football Name Karsten STAEHR Institution Tallinn University of Technology (TTÜ) Bank of Estonia (EP) Division Department of Finance and Economics (TTÜ) Department of Economics and Research (EP) Job title Professor (TTÜ) Research supervisor E-mail [email protected] Date of Employment May 2006 (EP), June 2007 (TTÜ) Main tasks and responsibilities Research, policy analysis, teaching Education Ph.D. from University of Copenhagen, master’s degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Copenhagen Hobbies Painting Name Elis DERIANTINO NAIBORHU Institution Bank Indonesia Job title Researcher E-mail [email protected]; phd15en@ mail.wbs.ac.id Date of Employment December 2006-current Main tasks and responsibilities Assessment and surveillance of financial system stability Education Currently attending PhD in Finance in Warwick Business School, UK Master in Applied Economics from University of Michigan, US Hobbies Reading Name Elona DUSHKU Institution Bank of Albania Division Microeconomic Research Department Job title Economist E-mail [email protected] Date of Employment 2005 Main tasks and responsibilities Her research area is focused in fields of monetary and fiscal policies, financial sector and macromodeling. She is Chief of Methodological Research in Micro Data Division, Research Department, where the main duty is to further extend the research in micro data in Albania specially for household and financial agents to narrow the gap between micro and macro data Education Bachelor’s degree in Economics, University of Tirana. Graduated from the University of Tirana, Faculty of Economics with a Master’s in European Economic Studies (MEES) – a program in collaboration with the University of Bamberg in Germany, in 2008 Hobbies Reading, travelling Name Yongoua Tchikanda Gaelle TATIANA Institution University Paris Ouest Nanterre – La Defense Division Economics Job title PhD Student, Research and Teaching Assistant E-mail gaelle.yongouatchikanda@u- paris10.gr Date of Employment 01-10-2014 Main tasks and responsibilities PhD research, Teaching and Research Assistant Education Bachelor + 5 Hobbies Reading, Trip, Swimming Name Gerti SHIJAKU Institution Bank of Albania Division Research Department Job title Specialist of Division of Macroeconomic Research E-mail [email protected] Date of Employment November 2008 Main tasks and responsibilities His research focus: analyzing, evaluating and forecasting the monetary aggregates, money demand, policies and strategies of optimal international reserve holdings, monetary and fiscal policies, economic growth, advanced econometric techniques, etc Education Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Politics and a two-year Master’s degree in European Economic Studies from the University of Tirana in collaboration with Bamberg University in Germany (graduated in 2010). Hobbies Sports, especially football; hiking Name Altin TANKU Institution Bank of Albania Division Research Department Job title Director of the Research Department E-mail [email protected] Date of Employment 2006 Main tasks and responsibilities Director of the Research Department. Altin serves as a member of Monetary Policy Implementation and Foreign Exchange Reserves Investment Committees. Education Bachelor degree in Finance from the University of Tirana in 1993. Master degree and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee in the December of 2005 Hobbies Reading, travelling, chess Name Ilir VIKA Institution Bank of Albania Division Research Department Job title Head of Economic Modeling Division E-mail [email protected] Date of Employment 2002 Main tasks and responsibilities His work has mainly covered issues related to the understanding of domestic channels of the transmission mechanism, monetary operations, the external sector, and risks in the Albanian banking system. Education MA in European Economic Studies from the University of Tirana in collaboration with Bamberg University in Germany Hobbies Chess, arts Name Lindita VRIONI Institution Bank of Albania Division Research Department Job title Specialist of Division of Macroeconomic Research E-mail [email protected] Date of Employment July 2010 Main tasks and responsibilities Responsible for reporting on the developments in Albanian banking system Education Bachelor degree in Finance from the University of Tirana; Diploma in Applied Economy in Joint Vienna Institute and CERGE &Charles University Prague; Msc in European Economic Studies from the University of Tirana and she is currently a PhD student Hobbies Yoga; walking; reading Name Elvis PONARI Institution Bank of Albania Division Department of Monetary Operations Job title Office Manager – Securities Registry Office E-mail [email protected] Date of Employment 18 June 2015 Main tasks and responsibilities Operating and maintaining the Central Security Depository Education MBA, MSc Finance Hobbies Sport, reading, traveling, societies Name Meri PAPAVANGJELI Institution Bank of Albania Division Economic Modeling Unit, Research Department Job title Specialist E-mail [email protected] Date of Employment 2014 Main tasks and responsibilities Create scenarios for the Albanian economy and forecast several economic indicators. Education Scientific Master in Economics Hobbies Reading, travelling, walking, swimming, hiking, chess Name Arlind RAMA Institution Bank of Albania Division Economic Modeling Division, Research Department Job title Economist E-mail [email protected] Date of Employment 2011 Main tasks and responsibilities Work on evaluating, understanding and improving the performance of economic models used in the Bank of Albania; Analyzing the economic impact of fiscal policies in the economy Education PhD Candidate University of Tirana, MSc Financial Economics City University of London Hobbies Swimming, chess Name Margerita TOPALLI Institution Bank of Albania Division Economic