Early in his career, he was one of the five members of the "Economic Unit" created by the Delors Plan (1990) to serve under the aegis of the
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in
Basel, Switzerland. and then the European Central Bank (1998). In the context of the expanding and globalizing
Eurozone, according to the
European Central Bank, Strauss-Kahn focused on how to facilitate enhanced international cooperation as the French Member or Alternate in contributing to the creation of the
euro as well as global cooperation and good practices. The French magazine
REFLETS featured his views on Banque de France, listing his participation in the
Group of Seven (G7) and
Group of Twenty (G20). He was Alternate Member in the
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Board from 1999 to 2008, and 2012–2017. In 2012, he was appointed Chairman of the Steering Committee and Scientific Council of an educational museum project to educate youth and newcomers about money, the euro and the economy, called
City of Economics and Money (fr. Cité de l'économie et de la monnaie), now called Citéco. ==Honors==