Abdellatif Jouahri: Utilization of Public Credit Registry data for the central bank's institutional functions

Opening remarks by Mr Abdellatif Jouahri, Governor of the Bank of Morocco, at the regional seminar of the International Financial Corporation and the Bank of Morocco, Rabat, 22 February 2018.

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

Central bank speech  | 
22 February 2018

Excellency the Ambassador of Japan,

IFC Country Manager for the Maghreb region,

Ladies and gentlemen,

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you today to the Bank Al-Maghrib training center in Rabat for this seminar on the "Utilization of Public Credit Registry data for the Central Bank's institutional functions".

I would first like to express my sincere thanks to all the participants and speakers for having accepted our invitation, and more particularly to the IFC representatives, Mr. Xavier REILLE and Mr. Oscar MADEDU, and their team here for their valuable contribution to preparing this meeting.

I would also like to give special thanks to His Excellency Ambassador Takuji HANATANI and through him the Japanese Government, which has made a vital contribution to developing credit information-sharing infrastructure in Morocco.