Croatia

GMW national coordinator: Ministry of Finance (MFIN) Participating organisations: Ministry of Science and Education (MSE), Education and Teacher Training Agency (ETTA), Croatia National Bank (CNB), Croatian financial services supervisory agency (HANFA), Financial agency (FINA), Croatian Chamber of Economy (CCE), Croatian Employers Association (CEA), Croatian Insurance Bureau (CIB), Association of Pension Funds (APF), Zagreb Stock Exchange, Inc. (ZSE), Croatian Institute for Financial Education (CIFE), Štedopis, Institut for financial aducation Zagreb (Štedopis), Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia (UATUC), Primary school Šimuna Kožiči a Benje, Zadar, OTP bank Total number of participating organisations: 16 Number of children and young people reached directly: 7,641 Number of adults reached directly: 9,609 Number of people reached indirectly: 409,466

In Croatia, members of the Operational Working Group on consumer financial literacy participated in Global Money Week 2022. Members included: Ministry of Finance (MFIN), Ministry of Science and Education (MSE), Education and Teacher Training Agency (ETTA), Croatian National Bank (CNB), Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency (HANFA) , Financial agency (FINA), Croatian Chamber of Economy (CCE), Croatian Employers Association (CEA), Croatian Insurance Bureau (CIB), Association of Pension Funds (APF), Zagreb Stock Exchange, Inc. (ZSE), Croatian Institute for Financial Education (CIFE), Štedopis, Institut for financial education Zagreb (Štedopis), Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia (UATUC).

To launch GMW2022, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Science and Education and other institutions hosted many online activities. 208 teachers participated and expressed satisfaction with the programme and topics. Other activities included online and offline financial education workshops and lectures, digital games, quiz, virtual visits to stock exchange, TV and radio show, podcasts, student debate and competition for high school students.

“Smart with money for my future” was the topic of a workshop for seventh and eighth grade students at school Šimuna Kožičića Benje in Zadar. As a part of GMW2022, professors and OTP bank employees together launched a financial literacy project. The workshop ended with a quiz followed by promotional gifts to winners.