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2021. November 11.

Working together to improve the financial and entrepreneurial skills of students

On 11 November 2021, six organisations signed a co-operation agreement to further develop the financial and entrepreneurial skills of students as part of the MONEY WEEK theme week organised in the 2021/2022 academic year. Co-operating parties include the Ministry of Human Capacities as the owner of the project, the Ministry of Innovation and Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the Hungarian Banking Association, the Pénziránytű (Money Compass) Foundation and the Junior Achievement Hungary Foundation. MONEY WEEK, the event series aimed at developing financial and entrepreneurial awareness through interactive tools will be organised for the eighth time between 7-11 March next year. Since the launch of the programme, it has been part of the European Money Week initiative, which takes place simultaneously in some 30 countries. In Hungary, 171 500 students from more than 1 100 schools participated in the programme in the previous academic year. In recognition of the outstandingly high number of participants, on three occasions the Hungarian programme was ranked among the best of the Global Money Week event series.

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