Illustrative list of Central Bank Governance Group discussion topics

Updated 25 September 2023

Legal foundations and mandates of central banks

• Challenges to central bank independence
• Central bank mandates and climate-related risks
• Building strategies for disengaging from exceptional policies

Central bank boards and senior officials

• Meeting protocols for central bank policy boards
• Appointment and dismissal mechanisms for the Governor
• Role of the Governor

Scope and design of central bank responsibilities

• Governance arrangements for interactions between price and financial stability
• Central banks and digital finance regulation
• Governance issues for cross-border payments

Transparency, accountability and external relations of central banks

• Openness and central bank public engagement
• Accountability mechanisms in the conduct of monetary policy
• Interactions with governments

Central bank finances
 

Operations and management of central banks

• Strategic planning
• People strategies
• Risk management practices