Pablo Hernández de Cos: Welcome address - "Economic Policies, Trade Integration and Sustainable Job Creation. A View from the Mediterranean Countries"

Welcome address by Mr Pablo Hernández de Cos, Governor of the Bank of Spain, at the Conference "Economic Policies, Trade Integration and Sustainable Job Creation. A View from the Mediterranean Countries", organized by the Bank of Spain and the European Institute of the Mediterranean with the support of the Central Bank of Tunisia, Tunis, 16 November 2018.

The views expressed in this speech are those of the speaker and not the view of the BIS.

Good morning ladies and gentlemen.

It is a great pleasure for me to be here in Tunis to welcome you all to this Conference on Economic Policies, Trade Integration and Sustainable Job Creation, jointly organised by the Central Bank of Tunisia, the Banco de España and the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed).

Let me start by thanking Governor El Abassi for his kind words and our colleagues from the Central Bank of Tunisia and the European Institute of the Mediterranean for their cooperation in organising this Conference.

I would also like to congratulate Governor El Abassi and all the staff of the Central Bank of Tunisia for the 60th anniversary of this institution, created just two years after the independence of Tunisia.