Borderless financial and economic education

Providing financial, economic and management trainings for Hungarian and Slovak students and adults to develop the low-level financial culture.

The project was launched in July 2017, basically providing a solution for developing the low-level financial culture of the two countries. The main goal was to reach more and more people through our trainings and different events. One of the most important results of the project is that we have set up an educational center in Trnava, based on the existing OK Educational Centers. The center was opened in June 2018.

The main focus of the project was on the primary and secondary school students, but adults were also addressed. We provided free financial, economic and management trainings for them. For teachers and responsible parents, 3 curricula have been developed. Over 100 teachers and parents participated in our trainings during the project period. The curriculum also included 3 “ICT” developments in order to use them on interactive boards.

A total of 7 events were implemented. These are the following:

• October 26, 2017: Opening event in Komárno
• April 12, 2018: “internal” event in Budapest in the spirit of the “digitalis témahét” 
• 1 June 2018: Opening of the OK Educational Center in Trnava 
• Spring 2019: Joining 3 external on-site events
• June 13, 2019: Closing event in Budapest and Nyíregyháza

We have reached over 1.500 people with these events.

In addition to the above - including but not limited to - the following professional elements were implemented during the project period:

• Methodology training about adult education: 9 trainers participated
• Travelling of students: nearly 100 trips with more than 2.000 students and accompanying teachers
• Meals for students: 1-1 packed sandwich for each student participating in the training
• Creating a project website
• Press campaign

During the 2 years of the project we reached a total of 15 Hungarian counties and Slovak districts. This means nearly 80 cities and over 135 schools. Nearly 7.500 students attended our trainings, corresponding to more than 600 student groups. A little more than 1.700 students came from disadvantaged regions.

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