International Monetary Fund
“Date announcement for the 27th 2013 – public event Leipzig, 14.05.2013 Fernando Montes-Negret, economic counselor at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is on May 27, 2013 at 9:30 a lecture titled reflections on the financial crisis: back to fundamentals” in the Institute premises of the Fraunhofer MOEZ. Before joining the IMF, Fernando Montes-Negret was responsible for the development of the finance and private sector for over six years as Director of the World Bank”in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region. In his home country of Colombia, Fernando Montes-Negret served previously as Vice President of the Colombian Central Bank, as Advisor of the Monetary Committee as well as State Secretary of finance. The language is English. The event is public, book in advance via email: or by phone: + 49 341 231039-0 will be asked. Location: Fraunhofer MOEZ, conference space, Stadtisches Kaufhaus, stairway B, Neumarkt 9-19, 04109 Leipzig. The Fraunhofer Center for Central and Eastern Europe MOEZ has proven skills in the area of innovation and technology management, strategy development and research marketing and develops scientifically-based, holistic potential analysis on the conception and implementation of the concrete project and business models and network activities through knowledge and technology transfer.
Currently, approximately 40 full time employees of the Fraunhofer MOEZ edit including projects within the framework of the 7th research framework programme of the European Union, projects of the Federal Ministry for education and research, the Federal Ministry for environment, nature conservation and nuclear safety, the German Federal Foundation environment, projects for companies, in particular small and medium-sized firms, etc. The Fraunhofer MOEZ is an Institute of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is the leading organization for applied research in Europe. Under her roof, 66 institutions and independent research institutions working on locations all over Germany. More than 22 000 Employees and employees achieve annual research budget of EUR 1.9 billion. Of the Fraunhofer Society earns around two-thirds of jobs in the industry and publicly funded research projects.