Mrs. Leslie Šulenta works for Deloitte Consulting as chief of party for the USAID-sponsored Partners for Financial Stability program (PFS).
She and two junior members from her staff have presented the Financial Sector Benchmarking System developed by their project. They have asked for feedback from The Institute of Economics researchers on how to publicize and improve the benchmarking system.
The PFS Program, which started in mid-2010, assists the USAID Missions in twelve target countries to promote financial sector stability and development. Given the severe economic impact of the recent financial crisis on the emerging countries in Southeast Europe and Eurasia, an important element of the PFS Program has been the development of a Financial Sector Benchmarking System to assess the strength, performance, progress and vulnerabilities of the financial sector in the region as well as in each country, based on up-to-date, accurate data. The data collection, processing, and production of reports is done by the PFS project team located in Zagreb.
Jointly based in Zagreb, Croatia, and Washington, DC, PFS supports financial sector development by bringing together regional players from Partner Countries (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, BIH, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine) and Mentor Countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia) to address regional challenges, promote the adoption and implementation of international best practices, and to share experience and lessons learned.
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