2024 Suriname Global Money Week
GMW NATIONAL COORDINATOR:
- Centrale Bank van Suriname
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
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Centrale Bank van Suriname, Ministry of Education, Hakrinbank, De Surinaamsche Bank, Godo Coöperatieve Bank, Finabank, Finatrust, de Trustbank N. V. h.o.d.n Trustbank Amanah, Stichting Surinaamse Volkscredietbank, Republic Bank Suriname NV; Self Reliance Verzekering; Banking Network Suriname N.V.
TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
- 13
NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE REACHED DIRECTLY:
- 257 777
NUMBER OF ADULTS REACHED DIRECTLY:
- 24 000
NUMBER OF PEOPLE REACHED INDIRECTLY:
- 257 134
This year, the Central Bank of Suriname (CBS) has coordinated the GMW for the 10th time in Suriname. Together with financial institutions and the Ministry of Education, CBS has carried out various activities for the target group of 6 to 18 years old. The goal was to conduct financial literacy among children, adults, young people and young entrepreneurs. Educational videos, online games and competitions were spread through social media channels. In addition, offline activities such as visiting the Numismatic Museum, visits to schools and non-governmental organisations who are concerned with financial education of young people. Students also visited various financial institutes to participate in workshops or obtain information about the financial sector.
2023 Suriname Global Money Week
GMW NATIONAL COORDINATOR:
- Ministry of Education, Science and Culture and the financial sector
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
- Centrale Bank van Suriname, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, primary schools nationwide, Mulo Noordpoolweg, K.R. Coleridgeschool, Mulo-Ellen, Young Vereniging Surinaams Bedrijfsleven, Secondary schools Suriname nationwide.
TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
- 418
NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE REACHED DIRECTLY:
- 54 100
NUMBER OF ADULTS REACHED DIRECTLY:
- 6 000
NUMBER OF PEOPLE REACHED INDIRECTLY:
- 168 384
The GMW activities carried out this year by the Central Bank of Suriname were targeting various groups. For example, for primary school level children (age 6-11), teaching letters were prepared for teachers about the subjects Money, Budgeting, Entrepreneurship, Digital Financial Services and Savings, to support them in delivering financial education to their classes. On March 20, 21 and 22, students from three schools of the Secondary Education for Juniors (VOJ) participated in financial education activities focused on Savings, Budgeting and Digital Financial Services. This activity marked the launch of the 'School Visit' project, which will be carried out in as part of the Bank's National Financial Education Strategy (NFES). The junior high secondary students (aged 12-15) could also participate in an essay competition. Secondary high school students could participare in a competition to develop a Business idea into a Business plan. Students who participated in this competition were asked to share their "experience" with their fellow students at the respective schools through information sessions.
2022 Suriname Global Money Week
GMW NATIONAL COORDINATOR:
- Centrale Bank van Suriname
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
- De Surinaamsche Bank, Finabank, Hakrinbank, Trustbank Amanah, Republic Bank, Spaar- en Kredietcooperatie GODO, Surinaamse Postspaarbank, Volkscredietbank, Self-Reliance, Kredietcooperatie de Schakel, Ministry of Education Science and Culture
TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
- 11
NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE REACHED DIRECTLY:
- 2,965
NUMBER OF ADULTS REACHED DIRECTLY:
- 88
NUMBER OF PEOPLE REACHED INDIRECTLY:
- 41,987
The Central Bank of Suriname (CBvS) organised Global Money Week for the eight time. The campaign was launched with an opening speech by Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Suriname followed by a panel discussion on financial topics with senior officers of the Central Bank and five secondary school students. A national essay competition targeted 15-18 years old students. Drawing and video competition were held for children aged between 10 and 14 with a special focus on youth in rural areas. Financial education awareness videos were used to share knowledge, skills, attitude and behaviour necessary to make good financial decisions. Other educational videos, games and competitions were organised by different financial institutions. Helpful money tips were shared online. Besides, a specific jingle was produced for the campaign week celebrations. Although the COVID-19 pandemic had impacted the awareness campaign of the Central Bank, an in-person panel discussion attended by students and others was organised at the Bank.
2021 Suriname Global Money Week
GMW NATIONAL COORDINATOR:
- Centrale Bank of Suriname
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
- Finabank, De Surinaamsche Bank, Godo Cooperative Bank, Self Reliance, Parsasco, De Schakel
TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
- 7
NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE REACHED DIRECTLY:
- 34,443
NUMBER OF ADULTS REACHED DIRECTLY:
- 48,001
NUMBER OF PEOPLE REACHED INDIRECTLY:
- 111,000
The Central Bank of Suriname coordinated Global Money Week 2021 and planned virtual activities for young people. On March 22nd, the Governor addressed youth at the official virtual opening of GMW2021 in Suriname. Together with six other financial institutions, various financial education activities were developed for young people, including quizzes, articles, videos, PowerPoint presentations and infographics. An evaluation quiz was compiled and distributed to assess the GMW activities and to find out what did youngsters learn from it. The winners of essay and video contests were announced and they received presents.
2019 Suriname Global Money Week
LEADING ORGANISATIONS:
- Central Bank of Suriname
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
- 6 Media Organisations, Anton Resida School, Ministry of Education, Science & Culture, MULO Schotelweg
NUMBER OF CHILDREN REACHED DIRECTLY:
- 767
NUMBER OF PEOPLE REACHED INDIRECTLY:
- 450 272
Central Bank of Suriname
In Suriname, GMW2019 was festively launched at a high school, in the presence of the Central Bank Governor, Central Bank staff, the Minister of Education, Science and Culture, students, teachers and the media. During the Week, financial literacy awareness sessions were offered at two schools. The first activity organised was titled “Money Tree”. Each student received a drawing of a Money Tree, which they filled in on the basis of arithmetic assignments. The students had to write down their saving goal in the tree, as well as the pricing of their saving targets. The goal of this activity was to create awareness of savings. The second activity was the Saving Quest board game, where students learnt about saving and counting money, by carrying out various assignments. The third activity was an online game on the functions of the Central Bank. Prior to the Quiz, the students watched a video explaining the 5 main tasks of the Central Bank, after which the online quiz started. The fourth activity was Money Lab, where the students learnt about the security features in the country’s banknotes and learnt how to recognize and distinguish the different features. The activity was conducted with the help of a light box and a magnifying glass. Two workshops were organised. The first was on money management, where the students learnt about the importance of (daily) money management. The second workshop was on saving, where the students learnt about the importance of saving and the different forms of saving. The final activity was Linkpix, where students developed knowledge on different subjects concerning money, entrepreneurship, insurance, pensions and savings.
2018 Suriname Global Money Week
LEADING ORGANISATIONS:
- Central Bank of Suriname (CBvS)
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
- Ministry of Education
- 2 schoolS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN REACHED DIRECTLY:
- 893
NUMBER OF PEOPLE REACHED INDIRECTLY:
- 560819
Central Bank of Suriname (CBvS)
Suriname’s GMW2018 launch event took place at MULO Kerklaan Junior High, in the presence of the Acting Governor of the Central Bank of Suriname, the Minister of Education Science and Culture, Central Bank staff, students, teachers and the media. The event consisted of speeches delivered by the school director, the Minister of Education and the acting Governor of the Central Bank of Suriname, Mrs. Ingeborg Geduld. During Global Money Week 2018, financial education activities were carried out at two junior schools. The school visits were used as a pilot project for a school visits programme, which is planned to take place across Suriname in 2019. The activities that took place included:
- Money Tree - the main goal of this activity is to create awareness of savings. The educational game teaches the students to save for a certain purpose and provide insights into how they can accurately keep track of how much they have saved.
- Functions of the Central Bank (Online game) – the aim of this activity was to inform students about the functions of the Central Bank of Suriname (CBvS) and explain the role of the CBvS in relation to money. The activity was executed through a multiple-choice online quiz, which followed a short movie.
- Money Lab – the students learnt about the security features in the SRD-banknotes and were taught to recognize the authentic features of the banknotes. The aim was to help students spot counterfeit SRD-banknotes. With the help of a light box and a magnifying glass, the students searched for the security features of the SRD banknotes under the guidance of a CBvS employee.
- Saving Quest Board Game – the students learnt about savings by completing various assignments they encountered while playing the game. They were divided into two competing teams and they played against each other. The group that saved the most within 25 minutes won.
- Workshop on Money Management – the workshop aimed to teach the students about the importance of money management through interactive sessions.
Before GMW2018, the Central Bank of Suriname distributed a press release to all media companies in Suriname. On the second day, the media covered the activities of GMW as headline news. Interviews were given on radio, TV and newspapers for further explanation on the aim of GMW. A popular Youth News Television Programme “10 Minuten Jeugd Journaal” also provided coverage on GMW. Furthermore, the coordinator of GMW2018 in Suriname and a commission member were interviewed for a television talk show, Panorama.
2017 Suriname Global Money Week
LEADING ORGANISATION:
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Finance
- Assurance Company
- Other Financial Institutions, Schools
Global Money Week 2017 was opened in Suriname by the Governor of the Central Bank of Suriname on 27 March 2017. Students from the secondary level presented poems and songs as part of this launch event.
Throughout the Week, the Central Bank of Suriname, along with partners, planned to reach 1000 children and youth through a mini fair. This fair was for secondary level children, aged 12 – 16.
As part of the Global Money Week celebrations, high-level discussions, seminars and other educational sessions were organised by the Central Bank of Suriname. Various institutions gave presentations about the themes of Global Money Week such as money, saving, daily money management, insurance, pensions, investment, entrepreneurship and more.
2016 Suriname Global Money Week
LEADING ORGANISATION:
- Central Bank of Suriname
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Education
DATE OF THE EVENT:
- 07 - 20th of March
From March 7th until March 11th Suriname celebrated the Great Arithmetic Week. During this week teachers received and followed workshops about different tools to be used during activities in the frame of the Great Arithmetic Week. Additionally, primary-, secondary and Tertiary schools visited the Global Money Week Fair.
There were different activities for children about money and savings, for instance, 'electronic activities', an activity in which children filled out how much they saved after completing multiple exercises. This amount must be place in a “save tree”.
Workshop Another activity was an entrepreneurial workshop for youth about how to invest your money.
Coin Counter Visitors got a brief introduction of coins in Suriname and how they work. The children were told about sorting, command and were given instructions to build their own sorting machine.
Financial Kids Corner was an activity based on the 5 themes of GMW: Money, Saving, Entrepreneurship, retirement, and insurance. The children manufactured the following objects: 1. a Money Box: manufacture from a cardboard in the form of a sleeve, pyramid or box 2. a Money Bag: decorating of felt in the form of a wallet with a knot thereafter
In the Financial Kids Detective activity, students were divided into six groups with each containing five students. The children were provided with some attributes which disguised them as a “financial detective kid” or “financial investigation officers’. These detectives had to follow up on clues to find certain information about the themes of GMW.
Briefing Lessons took place on the themes: Money, Save, Invest, Assurance, and retirement. The briefing lessons were put on Facebook and also given to the children.
The opening of Global Money Week in Suriname included a “Mega Money Power Quiz” between children and directors of the banks, Insurance Company, the Ministry of Finance and Education, and the President of the Central Bank of Suriname. The winner recieved a Global Money Week Coin.
2015 Suriname Global Money Week
PARTICIPANTS:
DATE OF THE EVENT:
- 10th – 14th of March
NUMBER OF CHILDREN REACHED:
- 10 000
PRESS:
For Global Money Week 2015, the Central Bank of Suriname (CBvS) organised a fair in cooperation with Stiching Projekten. All commercial banks in the country were invited to set up a booth and offer financial information to kids and youth in a creative way. In addition to the commercial banks, other institutions such as the Ministry of Education, NGOs and insurance companies also participated in the GMW fair.
The fair was open in the morning session for visits from registered schools. In the afternoon the fair opened for the general public. There were several fun activities for children in the age group of 6-16 years in the fair. Primary school and secondary school students participated in memory games, money counting competition; high school students played the ‘Money Detective’ game, were they learnt about the benefits of saving, take an insurance policy, and saving for retirement. A set of activities and workshops were conducted in the afternoon for parents (adults).
In preparation for the Global Money Week celebrations, the Central Bank of Suriname had sent hand-outs to primary and secondary school teachers in late February. The handouts contained lessons on money, saving, daily money management, entrepreneurship, investment, insurance and pension including process activities and questions for the students. An ‘Arithmetic Week’ was conducted between 2 and 5 March for children in primary schools. During the week, the children learnt how to calculate and count with money! 125 primary schools participated in the Arithmetic Week.
2014 Suriname Global Money Week
12-3-2014 - Global money week beurs geeft jongeren financieel onderricht from ATV Suriname.
PARTICIPANTS:
DATE OF THE EVENT:
- 11th – 14th of March
NUMBER OF CHILDREN REACHED:
- 7 000
PRESS:
The Central Bank of Suriname (CBvS) organised a Global Money Week Fair this year. They invited all commercial Banks to set up a booth and offer financial information to kids and youth in a creative way. At the opening of the fair there was a round table discussion where kids and youth were able to ask questions to the several bank directors and governor in attendance. In addition, different activities and workshops took place. Primary school pupils were treated to market simulations, memory games, and a money counting competition; high school students played a ‘Money detective’ game, and took part in a financial quiz.
The children fired ' sharp ' questions at the bank directors. “Why should I save? Is it better paying with a debit card or cash? Governor, do you know how much money the country needs?
In the month leading up to Global Money Week CBvS sent hand-outs to the primary school teachers with lessons about money, saving, budgeting, entrepreneurship and investment . This resulted in a financial-themed poster competition and a film competition being held for primary school pupils, and an ‘Arithmetic day’ for kids from about 30 primary schools, where they learnt how to calculate and count…with money!
2013 Suriname Global Money Week
NAME OF THE ORGINAZING ENTITY:
- Central Bank of Suriname (CBvS)
DATE OF THE EVENT:
- 11th - 14th of March
Join the Central Bank of Suriname for 2014 Global Money Week celebrations across Suriname. Plans included a Global Money Week Fair, a Poster Competition, a Fim Competition, Radio Talk Show, and an Arithmetic Day.
The activities included primary school pupils, high school students, and secondary high school students.