Significance of Global Money Week

Global Money Week (GMW) is an annual global awareness-raising campaign on the importance of ensuring that young people, from an early age, are financially informed and are acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviours necessary to make sound financial decisions and achieve financial well-being. It seeks to ensure that all children and youth have access to high-quality financial education, learn about money matters and are able to make smart financial decisions that can improve future financial resilience and financial well-being. Since 2012, this global youth initiative has steadily grown and now attracts participation from 176 countries. As of 2020, the campaign is coordinated globally by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development/International Network on Financial Education (OECD/INFE) and organised nationally by a wide range of stakeholders. Participating organisations encourage youth engagement during GMW through a variety of financial education activities in-person and on-line which can include financial education workshops, trainings and seminars, visits to money museums and financial institutions, public debates and competitions, financial literacy games and fairs, and many more.

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