Belgium

GMW national coordinator: Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) Participating organisations: The Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Flemish Education Minister, Wikifin Lab, Radio 2, debt mediation centers, schools Total number of participating organisations: 13 Number of children and young people reached directly: 70,750 Number of adults reached directly: 2,830 Number of people reached indirectly: 6,800,000

During Global Money Week 2022, the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) along with partners reached 75,000 children and youth through the following activities:

• Presentation of the results of the FSMA survey of retail investors in Belgium during digital GMW Launch event; • Two educational board games “Gère tes pépètes” and “Just’in Budget” played in primary schools; • Online Wikifin Quiz for secondary schools to test their financial knowledge; • Interactive class on “Saving & Investing” led by the Wikifin Lab; • Participation of influencers (through video spots) during the interactive class; • Partnership with Radio 2 where a Wikifin Quiz was used to test their audiences’ knowledge on saving and investing. The answers were made available on the Radio 2 webpage; • Interview with a Wikifin Lab guide and student who played the stock-exchange game in the Lab; • A discovery visit of the Wikifin Lab with the main stakeholders of the Wallonia-Brussels Educational system including the Minister President of the Fédération Wallonia-Brussels and the Minister of Education.