The International Gateway for Financial Education (IGFE) is established by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as part of its overall comprehensive project on financial education.

The main objectives of the gateway are to: 

• Launch and develop the first global clearinghouse on financial education which gathers an extensive and comprehensive range of information, data, resources, research and news on financial education issues and programmes around the globe
• Raise awareness on, and visibility of, financial education issues worldwide and ensure the wide dissemination of research, best practices and guidelines on financial education
• Promote the access to and exchange of information, knowledge, experience and expertise on financial education
• Support the creation of a worldwide network of governmental representatives and key stakeholders on financial education
• Encourage further the elaboration of best practices and principles with the guidance of the network and under the aegis of the OECD [How to join].

News and events

OECD-Brazilian International Conference on Financial Education

15-16 December, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This conference, co-hosted by the OECD and Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM), seeks to advance and elevate the dialogue on financial education in the international arena and particularly in Latin America; share experiences on best practices; as well as look at applied research.

Release of OECD’s Recommendation on Good Practices on Financial Education and Awareness Relating to Credit
7July 2009

Financial services firms must make sure their customers understand what they are letting themselves in for when they sign up for mortgages, consumer loans and other products, under new OECD guidelines designed to avoid a repeat of the sub-prime mortgage crisis and ensuing credit crunch that sent the world economy into recession.

OECD-IEFP Symposium on Financial Education

20 May 2009, OECD headquarters, Paris, France

The OECD and the Institut pour l'Education Financière du Public (IEFP) co-organised a symposium on the role of financial education in the context of the financial crisis. The symposium gathered high-level officials and decision-makers from around the world to discuss and elevate the international policy dialogue on the importance of financial education at a global scale and as one of the long-term possible response to the current financial crisis.

[Speaker presentations are available here.]

OECD-Bank Indonesia International Conference on Financial Education

21-22 October 2008, Bali, Indonesia

This Forum aimed to promote international discussion on financial education among key stakeholders; especially in the context of the rapid changes in Asian economies, resulting in a wider array of financial services (often credit products) now being offered to a large number of inexperienced consumers. [see Conclusions]

The increasing importance of financial education

2 October 2008, Budapest

Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, at the Conference on Financial Awareness organised by the Hungarian Central Bank.

The Global Economy and OECD: Distilling Lessons from a Financial Crisis
1 October 2008

Speaking on the occasion of an annual report to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the outlook for the world economy, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría spoke about the impact of the financial crisis and OECD's work to produce a more inclusive globalisation.

7-8 May 2008, Washington DC, USA

This Conference, co-hosted by the U.S. Department of Treasury and the OECD, aimed to advance and elevate the dialogue on financial education in the international arena, share experiences on best practices and look at applied research.