Greece

Participating organisations: Hellenic Bank Association, Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Ministry of Citizen Protection, Bank of Greece, 32 gymnasiums (middle secondary schools), Museum of the Bank of Greece, 37 high schools (upper secondary schools), Experiental School of Quality Net Foundation, Hellenic Police, Hellenic Financial Literacy Institute, European Reliance General Insurance Company S.A., Association of Loan and Credit Claims Management Companies of Greece, 4th Primary School at Neo Phychiko, Ellinogermaniki Agogi and Museum of Saving, Italy Total number of participating organisations: 74 Number of children and young people reached directly: 1,480 Number of adults reached directly: 200 Number of people reached indirectly: 95,000

Throughout Global Money Week 2022, the Hellenic Financial Literacy Institute along with its partners reached over 5.000 children and youth through several digital activities, such as getting access to valuable financial education resources through the Hellenic Financial Literacy Institute’s “@xia Program.” The @xia Program, namely, is an innovative educational platform which was jointly developed by the Hellenic Financial Literacy Institute and the Association of Loan and Credit Claims Management Companies of Greece, in order to cultivate financial knowledge and contribute to the financial empowerment of children aged 9 to 11 years. See more here.

Primary school students had the opportunity to follow the adventures of “Arco and Iris in South America” (see here), as part of the collaboration between the Hellenic Financial Literacy Institute from Greece and the Museum of Saving from Italy, a project realized especially for GMW2022. Hence, more students are now able to download the fairy tale in Greek, either from the Hellenic Financial Literacy Institute’s website or from the Museum’s website.

During GMW2022, financial literacy awareness sessions were offered both to children and adults, mostly through digital means. This included webinar sessions for parents and teachers of primary school students.

Throughout GMW2022, young people were able to engage in the presentation of the book “The Alphabet of Economy for children up to 12 years old” in Greek. The book was presented at the Museum of the Bank of Greece, and was published under the auspices of the Bank of Greece here.

Furthermore, this year, the March 2022 issue of “ViSION”, the quarterly informational magazine published by European Reliance General Insurance Company S.A., was dedicated to financial literacy and was created through its collaboration with the Hellenic Financial Literacy Institute here. The magazine has more than 90.000 registered subscribers that had the opportunity to access the financial education material of this issue, in both printed and digital forms. It should also be noted that while the magazine is published in Greek, in order to reach an international audience and have a greater impact, a new version of this issue was also made available in English, exclusively in digital form here.

Throughout Global Money Week the Hellenic Bank Association reached directly 1,232 students who participated on the fifth Hellenic Bank Association’s National Competition on Money (European Money Quiz). The National Competition on Money has the official approval of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs and was conducted online between 69 schools from 32 gymnasiums and 37 high schools all over Greece on 22 March (see here). The Winners of the National Competition represented Greece and their class in the European Money Quiz.

During GMW2022, the Hellenic Bank Association in cooperation with the Bank of Greece, the Ministry of Citizen Protection and the Hellenic Police run a huge campaign on cyber fraud. The campaign was for general public and the material varied from television and radio spots, social media posting and banners (see here).

Additionally, the Hellenic Bank Association in collaboration with the Quality Net Foundation provided educational materials on financial literacy for primary school students, theirs teachers and parents through the programme called “Experiential School of Quality Net Foundation.” Learn more here.

The Hellenic Bank Association aims to make financial education accessible to everyone even in the most remote areas of Greece.