National Money Week 2020, that was scheduled to take place from 23 to 27 March, will be cancelled. This announcement was made by the Money Wise Platform, that organizes National Money Week, after the announcement of the latest measures by the Dutch government related to the coronavirus (CORVID-19) earlier this afternoon. During the national project week, 5.500 guest lessons and workshops about money, amongst other activities, were planned.
Joost Smits, chairman of Money Wise: “The festive nature and our coordinated approach to teach children financial competencies are an important foundation for the National Money Week. Due to the current circumstances, this foundation has fallen away and this has led to the unfortunate decision to cancel the Week for now. We will decide at a later stage when the 10th edition of National Money Week will take place.”
During the National Money Week schools all over the Netherlands organize activities to promote financial competencies. Money Wise pursues structural financial education in the school curriculum. In support of this aim, Money Wise organizes the yearly National Money Week. The platform wants to prepare children for financial resilience in the future.
The Money Wise Platform was launched by the Ministry of Finance to improve the financial fitness of Dutch citizens. In order to achieve this, partners from government, financial services industry, NGO’s and academia collaborate in the platform. Her Majesty Queen Máxima is honorary chair of the platform. For more information: www.wijzeringeldzaken.nl
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Wijzer in geldzaken is een initiatief van het ministerie van Financiën, waarin partners uit de financiële sector, de wetenschap, de overheid en onderwijs-, voorlichtings- en consumentenorganisaties hun krachten bundelen om mensen in Nederland voor te bereiden op het maken van financiële keuzes. Het platform wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door de Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken, het Verbond van Verzekeraars, de Pensioenfederatie, het ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid, De Nederlandsche Bank, de Autoriteit Financiële Markten en Nibud. Hare Majesteit Koningin Máxima is erevoorzitter van het platform. www.wijzeringeldzaken.nl
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