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Government programmes

Dolceta, European Commission (EC).
The EC has also created a European Database for Financial Education (EDFE) which lets people search for financial education schemes in Europe according to specific criteria: http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/fesis/index.cfm
Survey of Financial Literacy Schemes in the EU27 (2007), Evers & Jung
Consumer education, European Central Bank, http://www.ecb.int/ecb/educational/html/index.en.html

Civil society programmes

Financial education programme, European Financial Certification Organization, www.eficert.eu (organization representing 18 member organizations from 16 national European countries. Member organizations are the national insurance institutes for vocational education and training. Most members are non-profit organizations closely linked to the national insurers associations or national insurance employers’ organizations).

Research and articles

European Credit Research Institute (ECRI) & Personal Finance Research Center (PFRC), Consumer Financial Vulnerability: Technical Report, June 2008.
European Credit Research Institute (ECRI) & Personal Finance Research Center (PFRC), Consumer Financial Vulnerability: Applied Report, June 2008.
European Commission (2007), Green Paper on Retail Financial Services in the Single Market
European Commission (2007), Communication on Financial Education
European Savings Bank Group, Savings Banks’ Socially Responsible Activities, A Wealth of Experience (2006), www.savings-banks.com (click on ‘publications’, then on ‘other documentation’), July 2006.
European Commission (2003), Financial Analysts: Best Practices in an integrated European financial market, Recommendations from the Forum Group to the European Commission services, 4 September 2003.
European Commission (2001), Study of the Problem of Consumer Indebtedness: Statistical Aspects , Final Report, October 2001.
European Union (n.d.), Development of online consumer education tools for adults - Trainers' Guide