01884cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF017781 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484308400 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department. Bulgaria : Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note-Stocktaking of Progress Achieved by the Bulgarian National Bank in Strengthening Banking Supervision. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017. 1 online resource (47 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Technical Note evaluates the progress achieved by the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) in strengthening banking supervision in Bulgaria. Progress in responding to the recommendation of the 2015 Basel Core Principles Assessment is under way. As part of the reforms initiated in October 2015, the BNB has put in place a new governance model to enhance the effectiveness of supervision. The activities of the Banking Supervision Department (BSD) will now be governed by new formal policies adopted by the Governing Council (GC). Through a new quarterly report, the GC is now better informed on banking risks and progress in addressing them. The BSD is also subject to annual internal audit. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2017/199 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2017/199/002.2017.issue-199-en.xml IMF e-Library