2023 Finland Global Money Week
GMW NATIONAL COORDINATOR:
- Finnish Foundation for Share Promotion
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
- The Finnish Foundation for Share Promotion, Finance Finland, Economy and Youth TAT, Junior Achievement Finland, The Martha Association, Takuusäätiö, Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority, Financial and Debt Counselling, Ministry of Education, Bank of Finland and approximately 300 teachers and classes from primary and high schools.
TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
- 17
NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE REACHED DIRECTLY:
- 6 000
NUMBER OF ADULTS REACHED DIRECTLY:
- 310
NUMBER OF PEOPLE REACHED INDIRECTLY:
- 6310
In Finland, Global Money Week 2023 offered schools, high schools and vocational schools a ready-made five day financial study package. Each day contained informational videos as well as games, quizzes, and tasks. Functional games and tasks encouraged young people to learn about finances and money in a fun and stimulating way. More than 300 teachers and their classes in Finland participated in the Global Money Week.
2022 Finland Global Money Week
GMW NATIONAL COORDINATOR:
- Finnish Foundation for Share Promotion
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
- Economy and youth TAT, The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority, The Martha Organisation, Takuusäätiö, Finance Finland, Junior Achievement Finland, Bank of Finland, Finnish National Agency for Education’s, Nasdaq Helsinki, Nordea, Danske Bank, Handelsbanken, Ilmarinen, Pohjola Insurance, POP Bank, Savings Bank
TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
- 17
NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE REACHED DIRECTLY:
- 4,000
NUMBER OF ADULTS REACHED DIRECTLY:
- 300
NUMBER OF PEOPLE REACHED INDIRECTLY:
- Not reported
The money week in Finland is called Rahaviikko. During the campaign, many primary, secondary and vocational schools were offered different studying materials. These included themes such as (1) Monday: Economical skills in digital environment (2) Tuesday: Responsible consuming (3) Wednesday: Savings and investment (4) Thursday: Loans, insurance and pensions (5) Friday: Entrepreneurship. Participating schools had the opportunity to discover all these topics by watching lectures, playing games and attending workshops. Money Week resources were made available for teachers and students after GMW, too.
Along with the partners, more than 200 schools with approximately 4,000 students were reached.
The feedback from teachers was positive. In May, partners gathered to discuss how to improve the campaign in the following years.
2021 Finland Global Money Week
GMW NATIONAL COORDINATOR:
- The Finnish Foundation for Share Promotion and Economy and youth TAT
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
- Finnish competition and consumer authority, The Martha Organisation, Takuusäätiö, Coordinate, The Consumers Union of Finland, The Children and Youth Foundation, Youth Academy, Nasdaq Helsinki, Junior Achievement Finland
TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
- 11
NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE REACHED DIRECTLY:
- 2,220
NUMBER OF ADULTS REACHED DIRECTLY:
- 633
NUMBER OF PEOPLE REACHED INDIRECTLY:
- 95,513
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s week was held through digital platforms. All events were free of charge and available for everyone, excluding some visits to school classes.
Finland’s Global Money Week 2021 started with Instagram live hosted by the main coordinators the Finnish Foundation for Share Promotion and Economy and youth TAT. The live acted as a welcoming event for the Week, in which all the participating organisations were introduced. The second event of the Week was a YouTube live hosted by the CEO of the Finnish Foundation for Share Promotion and Nasdaq Helsinki. The live event covered topics such as the current situation of the stock market and investing trends. Three volunteering stock ambassadors took part in the discussion as well. At the end of the event the Finnish Foundation’s stock ambassador rang Nasdaq’s old stock bell which officially launched the Global Money Week and opened a weekly stock market.
Throughout the week, The Foundation’s stock ambassadors gave presentations through Zoom to upper level students in 21 schools. From Monday to Friday, the Foundation held Investing Club events at Clubhouse app, and on Friday afternoon the stock ambassadors held live events through their own Instagram page. Economy and youth TAT held Instagram lives, covering a variety of topics.
Youth Academy held Zoom-events for students, with the aim to teach the students how to take care of their personal finances and how to act if they get into financial difficulties. The Martha Organisation in collaboration with Takuusäätiö had a YouTube sketch series called “Money Queen Caro.” The series discussed topics such as personal expenditure and consumption in a humorous way.
Finnish competition and consumer authority published a blog post about how digitalisation creates the need to teach new kinds of financial skills, and Junior Achievement Finland introduced their “Managing personal finances” and “Young entrepreneurs” programmes, meant for students interested in learning to manage their personal finances or interested in becoming entrepreneurs.
Youth were encouraged to play Moneymaster mobile game, a collaboration between Economy and youth TAT, The Finnish Foundation for Share Promotion and Nordea Finland.
2019 Finland Global Money Week
LEADING ORGANISATIONS:
- The Finnish Foundation for Share Promotion
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
- Lumon Lukio, Maikkula School, Nasdaq Helsinki
NUMBER OF CHILDREN REACHED DIRECTLY:
- 50
NUMBER OF PEOPLE REACHED INDIRECTLY:
- 12 000
The Finnish Foundation for Share Promotion
The Finnish Foundation for Share Promotion and Nasdaq Helsinki opened GMW2019 by hosting students in the old stock exchange building in Helsinki. Nasdaq Helsinki gave a presentation on the history of the stock exchange and the role of the stock exchange today. The Foundation gave a presentation on the importance of investing and how to start today. Additionally, the Foundation’s "Pörssilähettiläät" visited a school and gave a presentation on financial literacy topics, such as savings, budgeting, and investing. The aim of the event was to increase the level of financial literacy amongst youth, so as to ensure that they can apply these skills now and later in life.
2018 Finland Global Money Week
LEADING ORGANISATIONS:
- Nasdaq Helsinki, Finnish Foundation for Share Promotion
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
- Hyvinkään Sveitsin lukio
NUMBER OF CHILDREN REACHED DIRECTLY:
- 55
NUMBER OF PEOPLE REACHED INDIRECTLY:
- 7 035
Nasdaq Helsinki
During Global Money Week 2018, Nasdaq Helsinki and the Finnish Foundation for Share Promotion hosted students in the old exchange building in Helsinki, Finland. The students got to pose with the Bell, and heard a presentation about the history of the stock exchange, the role of the stock exchange, and what Nasdaq does today. The Finnish Foundation for Share Promotion gave a presentation about financial literacy topics such as savings, budgeting and investing to high school students from Hyvinkään Sveitsin lukio. The aim of the event was to increase the level of financial literacy among youth so that they can apply these skills both currently, and later in life! The event was organised on 15th March 2018.
2017 Finland Global Money Week
LEADING ORGANISATIONS:
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
- Nasdaq Helsinki
- Children Of The Station
- Danske Bank
- Economic Information Office
- Finnish Federation of Settlement Houses
- Nordea Bank Finland
- The Consumers’ Union Of Finland
- Guarantee Foundation
- Finnish Federation of Settlement Houses
- Nuorisosäätiö’s rental apartments
- Finnish Federation of Settlement Houses
- The Finnish Youth Housing Association NAL
- The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority
- The Martha Organisation
Students from Salpausselän peruskoulu (Junior high school from the city of Lahti, southern Finland) visited the Money Museum of the Bank of Finland on Wednesday 29 March 2017. Mr. Jaakko Koskentola, Head of the Museum, guided the groups into the world of money from the perspective of the 2017 theme, “Learn. Save. Earn.” Special focus was put on economic literacy aspects: “In order to be able to save money, you first have to earn it,” Mr. Koskentola emphasized. Mr. Koskentola was joined by Ms. Marja Nykänen, a member of the board of the Bank of Finland, for one of the sessions. Ms. Nykänen emphasized the importance for young people to learn how to handle their finances.
In addition, Mun talous (My Finance Network) challenged people to talk more about money at school, home, jobs etc. People shared selfies, videos and their thoughts about money on twitter (#puhurahasta).
2016 Finland Global Money Week
LEADING ORGANISATIONS:
DATE OF THE EVENT:
- 15th - 18th of March
TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN AN DYOUTH ENGAGED:
- 50
Between 15 – 18 March 2016, the Bank of Finland hosted educational visits for students to the Money Museum. During these activities, children and youth received information about the history of money and monetary policy, as well as about notes and coins.
2015 Finland Global Money Week
PARTICIPANTS:
- Bank of Finland
- Nasdaq Helsinki
- Suomen Setlementtiliitto Finnish Federation of Settlement Houses
- Helsinki University
DATE OF THE EVENT:
- 9th - 17th of March
NUMBER OF CHILDREN REACHED:
- 150
During Global Money Week, the Bank of Finland welcomed three different groups of school kids to visit the Bank of Finland's Museum, which serves as visitors’ center. The visit focused on explaining Global Money Week and the theme “Save today. Safe tomorrow”.
The department of teacher education, of the Helsinki University had a Rahapaja money workshop on 12 March. Students from Kindergarten Teacher and Early Childhood Education, Home Economics and Home Economics Teacher Education discussed pedagogic solutions about how to teach economics to kids and youth. Helsinki University cooperated together with the Finnish Competition and the Consumers Authority and other organisations who were interested in economic education. Rahapaja-Money workshop was part of international consumers day.
The same day, 12 March, Nasdaq Helsinki “rang the bell” as they hosted a market opening ceremony with grade 9 students to celebrate Global Money Week.
2014 Finland Global Money Week
PARTICIPANTS:
DATE OF THE EVENT:
- 12th of March
NUMBER OF CHILDREN REACHED:
- 50
The Bank of Finland celebrated Global Money Week on the 12th March by hosting a group of students on their premises. The students were from two high schools Helsingin Kuvataidelukio and Mäkelänrinteen Lukio. The teenagers heard about the history of money, its effect on society, and how the central bank operates.
2013 Finland Global Money Week
NAME OF THE ORGANISING ENTITY:
- Bank of Finland
DATE OF THE EVENT:
- 15th of March
NUMBER OF CHILDREN REACHED
- 80
During Global Money Week children and youth from Finland had the great opportunity to learn how a financial institution works with organised guided tours to the Bank of Finland.
