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9 June 2010, Rome, Italy   This high-level event, co-hosted by the Bank of Italy and the OECD, brought together government officials and experts from public bodies and regulatory and supervisory authorities, as well as senior decision makers and academics from OECD countries and non-OECD member economies. Discussions focused on: monitoring financial literacy progress behavioural economics and financial education the importance of financial education in defined contribution pension schemes

Speaker presentations

Opening remarks

• Ambassador Richard Boucher, OECD Deputy Secretary-General
• Special address by Dr. Ignazio Visco, Deputy Director General, Bank of Italy

Session I: Monitoring Financial Literacy Progress: Assessing Gaps and Needs and Evaluating Impacts

• Ms. Adele Atkinson, Financial Affairs Division, OECD
  Importance of Assessing Needs and Evaluating Impact
• Mr. Piero Cipollone, National Institute for the Evaluation of Education and Training System Efficiancy, Bank of Italy, The Involvement of Schools
• Ms. Dubis Correal, Office of Financial Education, US Treasury Department
  Financial Capability in the United States

Session II: Behavioural Economics and Financial Education

• Ms. Vera Rita de Mello Ferreira, São Paulo University, Brazil
  Financial Education: Can Economic Psychology and Behavioural Economics Help to Improve It? 
• Ms. Joanne Yoong, RAND Institute, United States
  Making Financial Education More Effective: Lessons From Behavioural Economics

Session III: Importance of Financial Education in the Case of Pension DC Schemes

• Mr. Ambrogio Rinaldi, COVIP, Italy
  Pension Awareness, Enrolment and Auto-enrolment
• Ms. Annamaria Lusardi, Dartmouth College, United States
  The Great Shift: From DB to DC Pensions. The Importance of Financial Literacy

Concluding remarks

• Ms. Anna Maria Tarantola, Deputy Director, Bank of Italy
• Ambassador Richard Boucher, OECD Deputy Secretary-General

Contacts

If you have any questions, please contact:

Jennah Huxley, OECD, jennah.huxley@oecd.org, tel: + 33 (1) 45 24 85 55
Giulia Gobbo, Bank of Italy, giulia.gobbo@bancaditalia.it, tel. +39 (0)6 47924835
Marilisa Guida, Bank of Italy, marilisa.guida@bancaditalia.it, tel +39 (0)6 4792 4266
Carola Carlizza, Bank of Italy, carola.carlizza@bancaditalia.it, tel. +39 (0)6 4792 5765

See also

The OECD International Gateway for Financial Education:
www.financial-education.org