Skhirat, Morocco - The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) and Bank Al-Maghrib organize a high-level conference on “Financial Education in the Arab World: Strategies, Implementation, and Impact” on October
20 & 21, 2016 in Skhirat, Morocco.
This event is organized with the support of the Moroccan Ministry of Economy and Finance and in coordination with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) financed by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the SANAD Fund for MSMEs, and the Moroccan foundation “La Fondation Marocaine pour l’Éducation Financière”.
The conference will bring together high-level government authorities, including representatives from Ministries of Finance, Ministries of Education, Central Banks, Financial Market Authorities, senior staff from regional and international financial institutions, researchers, and private sector practitioners.
During the two consecutive days, the high-level conference will include a mix of plenary and breakout sessions to share emerging best practices on developing financially capable communities in the Arab region.
The event will present recent empirical evidence on financial education, share policy lessons from country-level programs, and discuss broader linkages between financial education, consumer protection and economic inclusiveness and development.
Emphasis will be placed on assessing efficiency and impact of financial education programs and on ways to develop a regional framework for practical action moving forward.
© Press Release 2016
