About the CBGG
The CBGG has a mandate to foster the good governance of central banks. It fulfils this mandate by providing a venue for the exchange of views among central bank governors on matters of central bank governance and institutional design. The Group discusses a range of topics related to central bank mandates, decision-making structures, transparency arrangements, communication strategies, accountability mechanisms, finances, and interactions with government.
Highlights of CBGG discussion topics
- Central bank objectives related to the real economy and financial system
- Interaction between central banks and governments
- Central bank mandates and climate-related risks
- Central bank independence
- Mechanisms for the coordination of monetary and fiscal policies
- Meeting protocols for central bank policy boards
- Governance arrangements for interactions between price and financial stability
- Central bank board structures: considerations and challenges
- Role of the governor
- Appointment and dismissal mechanisms for the governor
- Legal, regulatory and supervisory frameworks for cryptoasset activities and stablecoins
- Governance of emergency liquidity provision and crisis response
- Governance of the central bank balance sheet
- Impact of geopolitical dynamics on central banks
- Governance issues for central bank digital currency
- Monetary policy communications in the context of uncertainty
- Reviews of monetary policy frameworks
- Managing reputational risk at central banks
- Preserving trust in central banks amid rising threats from disinformation
- Accountability mechanisms in the conduct of monetary policy
- Central bank profits and losses
- Organisation of financial risk management at central banks
- Strategic foresight in central banks
- Central bank governance of artificial intelligence
- Talent management and new ways of working at central banks
- Codes of conduct of central banks
- Three lines of defence at central banks
Recent BIS publications related to central bank governance
Central bank governance information
An extensive set of central bank governance information is available to registered central bank staff on the password-protected eBIS platform. This information includes all CBGG background notes organised by theme, along with relevant datasets, surveys, and other documents. This comprehensive collection provides a unique resource for comparing practices in central bank governance and institutional design.
Central bank staff are welcome to register for access to the Governance area of the eBIS Platform by completing a registration form (see the box on the right for registration information).* On an exceptional basis, access to some select materials may be granted to academics. Access to the eBIS platform is a privilege granted in accordance with specific eligibility criteria and is subject to a disclosure agreement.
*The access of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation to all BIS services, meetings and other BIS activities has been suspended.
Contact the Central Bank Governance Group
Central Banking Studies/CBGG Secretariat
Bank for International Settlements
CH-4002 Basel
Switzerland
Email: cbgovernance@bis.org
Tel: +41 61 280 80 80
Fax: +41 61 280 91 00