IBDA to Close its Doors

The International Banknote Designers Association (IBDA) is to be wound up, 12 years after the organisation was founded, at the first International Banknote Designers Conference (IBDC) in Geneva in 2010. The sixth IBDC, due to take place this October in Dubrovnik, has been cancelled.

The IBDA numbers eight partner members, from among the leading industry suppliers, and over 300 individual members, drawn from commercial and state printers and central banks, as well as independent designers. Its principal aim was to support better communication and diffusion of ideas and information between banknote designers and other actors in the banknote community.

However, according to Mark Stevenson, who has led the IBDA since its inception, it has struggled recently to ensure ongoing exchange and communication between members and partners.