Meeting of the National Committee for financial education

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Events
Description

On 26 January 2018 IVASS hosted the 6th meeting of the National Committee for the coordination and planning of initiatives on financial education, headed by Annamaria Lusardi, chair of the OECD International Network on Financial Education's Research Committee and professor at George Washington University.

The Committee is made up of representatives from four Ministries (Economy and Finance, Education, University and Research, Economic Development, Labour and Social Security), from financial Authorities (Banca d’Italia, CONSOB, IVASS and COVIP), from the Body for supervision and keeping of the single register of financial advisers and the National Council of consumers and users.

During the meeting, special attention was given to the Programme for a national Strategy for financial, insurance and social security education.
The Programme, which will be adopted after hearing the opinion of the competent Parliamentary Commissions, sets out the main actions to be taken in the three-year period 2017-2019, such as the development of specific initiatives addressed to young people and adults, the collaboration with public and private entities already working in this field and the dissemination of experience.

At the conclusion of the meeting, the state of progress of the work for the National portal for financial, insurance and social security education was presented and the further initiatives to be taken were examined.

issue date
12 February 2018