Jens Fuhrmann, Project Leader, Deutsche Bundesbank, Germany

TWINNING LIGHT PROJECTHR/2008/IB/FI/08TL

“Development of an effective system for fightagainst counterfeiting of

banknotes and coins in Croatia”

Agenda

• Framework of the project• Goals• Components and their achievements• Lessons learned• Valuation of the project

Framework

• Twinning Partners • Duration of the project• Project Leaders• Steering Committee• Short Term experts in Zagreb• Study visits to Czech Republic and Germany

Goals

• General objective• Project purpose• Tasks of the project

Component 1

• Development of internal procedures implementing the legal framework and enhancement of methodology in the system for fighting counterfeiting of banknotes and coins in Croatia.

Achievements of Component 1

• Analysis of the legislative framework• Revision of business processes• Development of methodological tools• Elaboration of a working manual•Designing guidelines for handling with suspicious banknotes and coins and for using application system for registration of counterfeits• Analysis and revision of HNB internal documents

Component 2

•Administrative capacity development of the system for fight against counterfeiting of banknotes and coins (NCC, NAC, CNAC, PNO).

Achievements of Component 2

• Conducting a comparative organizational analysis• Training needs analysis and elaboration of a National Training Plan• Workshop in regard to the system of fight against counterfeiting•Workshop on methods for raising public awareness and external communication• Conducting study visits to Germany and the Czech Republic

Component 3

• Alignment of the Application System for Registration of Counterfeits (ASEK) with Counterfeit Monitoring System (CMS).

Achievements of Component 3

• Analysis of the Application System for Registration of Counterfeits (ASEK)• Counterfeit Monitoring System• Report with actions for improvement of the information flow• Report about improvement of the national databases• Study visit to the Deutsche Bundesbank and the ECB

Lessons learned

• Flexibility throughout the implementation of the project

• Assessment of idea “one-fits-all” solutions

Valuation of the project

• … thanks to the team spirit we experienced throughout the whole project.

Many thanks to the experts of…

• Croatian National Bank Boris Raguž, Damir Bićanić, Martina Skenderović Božičević, Ernela Šop, Dejana Rebernik

• Czech National Bank Vlasta Fabiankova, Eva Krulova, Jiří Rott, Tomas Hladek, Jaroslav Moravec

• GIZ Rositsa Sirakova, David Seidel

• Deutsche Bundesbank Dierk Dominicus-Schleutermann, Wolfgang Fehmer, Markus Floeth, Torsten Schäfer, Marcus Weller, Uwe Mueller, Torsten Woithe, Peter Sowade, Ursula Hellebrand