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Key financial education for the general public are listed below, by category and by country within each category.

Government programmes | Civil society programmes | Private sector programmes

Government programmes

Government programmes for the general public are listed below by country by alphabetical order.

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Armenia

Consumer Protection, Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia

Australia

Understanding Money, Australia Financial Literacy Foundation
Consumer education strategy, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)

Austria

Economic and Financial Literacy Promotion, Austrian National Bank/Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB)
Consumer/Financial Education, Austrian Financial Market Authority

Canada

Consumer Education and Financial Literacy Programs, The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)
Canadian Consumer Information Gateway, Industry Canada

Czech Republic

Financial Education as a part of Consumer Protection in the Financial Market, Czech National Bank

Denmark

Money and Pension Panel, Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs and Danish Financial Supervisory Authority

Estonia

Financial Education Programme, Estonian Financial Supervision Authority
Consumer Protection, Estonian Consumer Protection Board

France

Partnership with the French Ministry of Education (in English) / Partenariat avec le Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (in French), Banque de France

Hungary

Financial Education Programme, Central Bank of Hungary

Ireland

It's Your Money, Irish Financial Regulator
The National Pensions Awareness Campaign (NPAC),The Pensions Board, Ireland

Italy

Economic and Financial Education: Knowing for Making Decisions, Banca d'Italia (Bank of Italy) Financial Education Working Group
Consumers information, Italian Securities supervisor ISVAP
Investors communication, Treasury Debt Office, Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance

Malaysia

InsuranceInfo, Bank Negara Malaysia
BankingInfo, Bank Negara Malaysia

Netherlands

CentiQ, Netherlands Ministry of Finance

New Zealand

Sorted , NZ Retirement Commission, New Zealand

Philippines

Financial Literacy Program, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)

Portugal

Financial Education Reinforcement, the Portuguese Insurance Supervisory Authority (ISP)
Bank customer information, Banco de Portugal:
in April 2008, Banco de Portugal launched a specific bank customer website http://clientebancario.bportugal.pt, with information about retail banking markets and services. (website available only in Portuguese)

Qatar

Consumer Protection, Qatar Central Bank

Serbia

Consumer Protection, National Bank of Serbia (Narodna banka Srbije), www.nbs.yu

Singapore

Moneysense, Public Sector (Ministry of Community Development and Sports, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Manpower, Central Provident Fund Board and People’s Association), Singapore.
My cpf, Central Provident Fund Board (CPF Board), Singapore

United Kingdom

Financial Capability Online Tools, FSA, United Kingdom
Moneymadeclear, FSA, United Kingdom

United States

Financial education program, U.S. President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy, United States

Civil society programmes

Australia

Civil society programmes programmes for the general public are listed below by country by alphabetical order.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | Global reach

Australia

Financial literacy programme, The Australian Banking & Financial Services Ombudsman (BFSO), www.abio.org.au/:
A dispute resolution service dealing with disputes that individuals and small business have with their financial service providers.

Canada

Financial Education Programme, The Canadian Foundation for Economic Education (CFEE)
Credit Education Week Canada, Credit Canada and Capital One Canada
Financial education programme, Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) www.cba.ca:
The Canadian Bankers Association is the industry association representing domestic chartered banks and foreign bank subsidiaries operating in Canada and their 249,000 employees. The CBA provides consumer financial information to Canadian consumers, as well as a financial literacy seminar program for high-school students that reaches approximately 20,000 students per year.
Credit Education Week Canada, Credit Canada

Croatia

Životuplusu, The Personal Finance Counselling Association, Croatia: a not-for-profit public benefit organisation that helps Croatian citizens master their personal finances. http://www.zivotuplusu.info/step.jsp?page=292090

Singapore

Credit counselling programme, Credit Counselling Singapore

Spain

Edufinet, Universidad Internacional de Andalucía, Universidad de Málaga and Unicaja, Spain

Switzerland

Swiss Design Institute for Finance and Banking (SDFB), Switzerland

United Kingdom

Financial education services, ifs School of Finance, United Kingdom

Private sector programmes

Private sector programmes for the general public are listed below by country by alphabetical order.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | Global reach

Italy

PattiChiari Consortium - Italian Banking Association (ABI) and its committment in spreading financial education in Italy: as of 2003, ABI has pursued a distinctive strategy for improving transparency, comparability and for helping clients in making educated choices. These tasks are realized through “PattiChiari Consortium”, a separate legal entity, which provides customers with simple comparison tools to help them to better understand financial products and make informed choices and financial education programs. In accordance with this mission the Consortium launched several national financial education campaigns following a life-cycle approach (for young, adults and older):

- Dialogue Campaign

- Experience Territorial Campaigns

- Financial education online tools

- Partnership Development

Switzerland