De Europese Commissie lanceert 'European Database for Financial Education'(en) - Montesquieu Instituut

The European Commission has published a European Database for Financial Education (EDFE) on the "Europa" website. It has been designed to reference numerous financial education programmes offered by public or private institutions in the European Union. The EDFE includes standardised information about educational schemes and research projects. It is open to all providers and potential users. By improving access to information about the existing initiatives the Commission wants to contribute to improving financial capability of consumers and users of financial services.

The EFDE will serve as an "electronic library" of financial education projects, which can be searched by a number of criteria such as name of the provider, country, subject matter covered, target audience or method of delivery used. Each entry contains a brief description of the initiative, some basic standard characteristics as well as links to the website and contact details of the provider. The EDFE will be a living database, open for updates and submission of information about new schemes on a continuous basis. It is available on the "Europa" website at the following link:

http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/fesis/index.cfm

The creation of a database of financial education schemes in the EU is one of the four Commission initiatives announced in the Communication on Financial Education published in December 2007 (IP/07/1954). The Commission's main aim is to promote the provision of financial education to EU citizens in each Member State. More detailed information about the Commission's work in this area is available at:

http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/finservices-retail/capability/index_en.htm