France

GMW national coordinator: Bank of France (Banque de France) Participating organisations: Ministère de l’Économie, des Finances et de la Relance; Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, de la Jeunesse et des Sports; Ministères des Solidarités et de la Santé; Ministère de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation, Comité Consultatif du Secteur Financier (CCSF); Autorités des Marchés Financiers (AMF); Fédération Bancaire Française (FBF); France assureurs; Association Française de La Gestion Financière (AFG); Association des Sociétés Financières (ASF); Association Nationale des Conseils Financiers (ANACOFI); Consommation Logement Cadre de Vie (CLCV); UFC Que Choisir; Institut National de la Consommation (INC); Familles Rurales; Fédération Crésus; Secours Catholique; La Croix Rouge; Union Nationale des Associations Familiales (UNAF); l’Union Nationale des Centres Communaux d’Action Sociale (UNCCAS); La Finance Pour Tous; Finances et Pédagogie ; France ESF; Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (CPME); Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie (CCI); Chambre des Métiers et de l’Artisanat (CMA); Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF); Union des Entreprises de Proximité (U2P) Total number of participating organisations: 30 Number of children and young people reached directly: 8,000 Number of adults reached directly: 2,000 Number of people reached indirectly: Not reported

Bank of France led Global Money Week 2022 activities in France. Over 500 in-person financial awareness workshops were offered to children, youth and adults throughout the country. Several board games were played during the week, among them “Mes Questions d’Argent” (“My Money Matters”), “J’invite un banquier dans ma classe” (“I invite a banker inside my school”), Dilemme Education, Budgetissimo, and others. Online quiz on financial education was organised on social networks. The application Finquiz was promoted while a MOOC on money and payments’ means was opened to an unlimited number of participants for a 5 week-period as of March 21st.

As a national event, the Global Money Week opened with a webinar. The presentation was broadcasted through dedicated online portals for France budgetary and financial education www.mesquestionsdargent.fr and www.mesquestionsdentrepreneur.fr. These internet portals gave access to all updates and information. Street interviews were carried out and portals were used to find answers to day-to-day financial questions.

The week was closed with a web conference about insurance and financial scams where 4,200 students gathered to watch . In addition, three winners of a competition called “Economic Excellence Prize” were announced and awarded.