Italy

GMW national coordinator: Bank of Italy on behalf of the Financial Education Committee in Italy Participating organisations: AEEE - Associazione Europea per l’Educazione Economica, Agenzia Entrate - Direzione regionale EmiliaRomagna, AIEF Associazione Italiana Educatori Finanziari, Alleanza Assicurazioni S.p.A., Altroconsumo, ANASF - Associazione nazionale dei consulenti finanziari, Associazione culturale per l’alfabetizzazione finanziaria, AssoGeco, Banca d’Italia, Cassa Rurale Alta Valsugana BCC, CeRP-Collegio Carlo Alberto, Confcooperative FVG, CONSOB, Directa Sim, Direzione Didattica Giovanni Lilliu, Diritto del Risparmio, DISAQ - Dipartimento di Studi Aziendali e Quantitativi dell’ Università di Napoli Parthenope, FABI Federazione Autonoma Bancari Italiani, FEduF, Findomestic Banca Spa, Fondazione Maria Stella Maris, Fondo Cometa, Forum ANIA-Consumatori, Giovani INformazione, Guglielmi and Partners srl, Inps, Intesa Sanpaolo (Museo del Risparmio), Istituto Comprensivo Santa Caterina, Jean Monnet Chair EUFIMAR Università di Genova, Junior Achievement Italia, Osservatorio Imprese e Consumatori, PF Holding S.r.l., Prestiter.it S.r.l., Unione Nazionale Consumatori Umbria, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Università Politecnica delle Marche - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali, Your Solution Srl, Yunus Social Business Centre Università’ di Urbino Total number of participating organisations: 40 Number of children and young people reached directly: 15,000 Number of adults reached directly: 2,000 Number of people reached indirectly: 30,000

For the second consecutive year, Global Money Week 2022 in Italy was coordinated by the Committee on Financial Education with the support of Bank of Italy (Banca d’Italia). Over 210 initiatives were hosted by 40 partners from different organisations and associations.

The number of initiatives has doubled compared to 2021. This year’s activities helped to directly reached around 15,000 children and young and about 2,000 adults (teachers and parents).

In line with the GMW2022 theme, “Build your future, be smart with money,” most of the events focused in particular on savings and financial planning. Numerous webinars and podcasts focused on pensions and insurance issues. Students and their families received advice on how to manage their money while taking into account the future consequences of their decisions. The importance of considering a long-term horizon in dealing with financial issues was also the topic of an international webinar co-organised by CePR-Carlo Alberto, the Dutch Money Week and the Committee on Financial Education.

Similarly, to 2021, this year’s GMW edition was more digitally focused. Over 60% of the initiatives were carried out online, around 30% of activities took place in-person and 10% were held in hybrid form.

For children, workshops were organised, such as those dedicated to planting a vegetable garden and the creation of fictional characters, fairy tales, stories in traditional and digital format. Youth, on the other hand, were able to access webinars, theatrical performances, cineforums, video tutorials and podcasts as well as online challenges and quizzes. During the week, national selection was hosted for the European Money Quiz. The campaign was a great opportunity to organise financial education classes in schools. Parents and families were involved mainly in webinars and TV programmes.