Bulgaria Participants: Bulgarian Stock Exchange - Sofia, Integra Bulgaria Association Date of event: 10 and 17 March Number of children reached: 41 Global Money Week 2015 witnessed Bulgarian Stock Exchange for the first time join major stock exchanges around the world in the celebrations
“I really am thankful for being part of this event and it is incredibly interesting for me. Being here at the Bulgarian stock exchange-Sofia with my classmates and seeing in practice what we have been teaching in school is a one in the lifetime opportunity that we would not have gotten if not for Global Money Week initiative” - Ivana Mitrova (18), student and participant, Bulgarian Trade and Banking High School
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by hosting an Opening Bell Ceremony on 10 March for a group of students from the National Trade and Banking High School in Sofia, where they had a chance to symbolically open the trade at the bourse. After the official ceremony, managers of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange conducted a seminar about the history of the Bulgarian capital market and held a discussion
and lecture on ‘The Economic Role of the Capital Market’. Integra Association in Bulgaria also conducted a variety of activities for Global Money Week and Aflatoun Day on 17 March. These included an open day at the business incubator in Burgas, training for “Aflateen” students and their
teachers, establishment of the Youth Aflatoun Council in Bulgaria, and a training session for teachers and professionals working with children and youth in the implementation of Aflateen model at school and after-school clubs.
“I think this is a very good and incredibly beneficial initiative for the development of young people. They need to have good financial education no matter what they choose for a profession, especially in the current political and economic situation in global and regional aspect.” - Yana Chuturkova - teacher, Bulgarian Trade and Banking High School