27-28 June 2011 Jakarta, Indonesia   The high-level seminar*, co-hosted by Bank Indonesia (BI) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, addressed critical aspects of the development of a financial education strategy in Indonesia and the challenges related to financial education and inclusion in South East Asia/ASEAN and APEC countries.

 

The high-level seminar was followed by the back to back meeting with the Second OECD Asian Roundtable on the Role of Central Banks in Financial Literacy and Inclusion on Tuesday 28 June 2011 (for representatives of central banks only).

• Agenda
• Information note
• Press coverage
• See also
• Seminar's Picture 
• Summary Record (Seminar)
• Summary Record (Roundtable)

 

*This seminar was sponsored by the Government of Japan.

 

Press coverage

OECD, BI team up on financial inclusion, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, 28 June 2011

www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/06/28/oecd-bi-team-financial-inclusion.html

Speaker's Presentations and biographies

 

Opening Remarks
• Mr. Muliaman D. Hadad, Deputy Governor, Bank Indonesia
• OECD Deputy Secretary-General Richard Boucher

 

Special address:  Complementarities between financial inclusion, financial consumer protection and financial education by Mr. Hidehiko Sogano, Vice Chair of the OECD Committee on Financial Markets and Deputy Director General, Financial Markets and International Department, Bank of Japan

Panel I: Importance of coordinated financial education strategy to improve financial inclusion: Asian Experience

Chairperson: Mr. Muliaman D. Hadad, Deputy Governor, Bank Indonesia
Panellists:
• Ms. Flore-Anne Messy, Principal Administrator, OECD Financial Affairs Division
• Dr. Deepali Pant Joshi (Mrs.), Chief General Manager-in-Charge, Rural Planning and Credit Department, Reserve Bank of India
• Dr. Johnny Noe E. Ravalo, Managing Director, Supervision & Examination Sector, Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas

 

Panel I Biographies

 

Special address: Next steps in the financial education agenda: the UK Experience by Mr. Gerard Lemos, Chairman of the Money Advice Service (MAS), United Kingdom

 

Panel II: Measurement of financial literacy: a first important step for the development
of national coordinated programmes

Chairperson: Mr. Hidehiko Sogano, Vice Chair of the OECD Committee on Financial Markets
and Deputy Director General, Financial Markets and International Department, Bank of Japan
Panellists:
• Dr. Adele Atkinson, Policy Analyst, Financial Education, OECD Financial Affairs Division
• Mrs. Swee Lian Koid, Director, Consumer Market Conduct Department, Bank Negara Malaysia
• Mr. Wimboh Santoso, Director of Banking Research and Regulation, Bank Indonesia

Panel II Biographies

 

Panel III: Empowering future generations: financial education for young people
and in schools

Chairperson: Prof. Dr.Ir. Muhammad Nuh, Minister of National Education of Indonesia
Panellists:
• Ms. Flore-Anne Messy, Principal Administrator, OECD Financial Affairs Division
Discussants:
• Ms. Hooi Min Toh, Deputy Director, Consumer Issues Division, Monetary Authority of Singapore
• Mr. Lyndwill Clarke, Manager, Consumer Education Department, Financial Services Board, South Africa
• Ms. Jeroo Billimoria,  Founder and President, Aflatoun and Childfinance

Panel III Biographies

Closing Remarks
• Mr. Muliaman D. Hadad, Deputy Governor, Bank Indonesia
• OECD Deputy Secretary-General Richard Boucher

 

See also

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