At the second annual summit "Reshaping the Future of Finance" organized by the Child and Youth Finance International, held from 7-9 May 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey, the National Bank of Macedonia took part and was ranked first i.e. received the prestigious Regional Finalist of Europe award in the category of best organized events and activities during the Global Money Week 2013, 15-21 March, competing with more than 25 participating countries of Europe.
At the second annual summit "Reshaping the Future of Finance" organized by the Child and Youth Finance International, held from 7-9 May 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey, the National Bank of Macedonia took part and was ranked first i.e. received the prestigious Regional Finalist of Europe award in the category of best organized events and activities during the Global Money Week 2013, 15-21 March, competing with more than 25 participating countries of Europe.
Baroness Valerie Howarth of Breckland, UK was President of the jury of the Child and Youth Finance International who selected the regional finalist.
The Summit was attended by 420 participants and 100 children and young people from 102 countries around the world. This is a second consecutive event where children, youth and senior officials from various sectors meet and discuss about financial education, financial literacy and economic citizenship of children and youth. Various sectors included representatives from international financial organizations, supranational institutions, governments, ministries, central banks, other regulatory institutions, financial institutions, banks, foundations, corporations, multilateral and bilateral agencies, NGOs and media. The meeting was held under the patronage of the Capital Markets Board of Turkey, in collaboration with the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey and Borsa Istanbul.
The National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia, in the past and during the Global Money Week 2013, organized a number of activities in primary schools in Skopje. During that week, representatives and a part of the NBRM management visited several primary schools and held interactive classes designed and adapted for pupils from third to fifth grade. Under the slogan "Learning by Playing", pupils were introduced to the topics of money, objectives and tasks of the National Bank, banks, savings, etc. Interactive classes included familiarization of the pupils through interesting educational games and active participation and encouragement of child thinking in the overall discussion during lectures.
The Child and Youth Finance International is a global network committed to transform every child in the world into an economic citizen. This organization seeks to make sure that every child in the world have a savings account and have the knowledge and skills to make the right choices in the future that will ensure a better life for themselves, the environment and society. In less than a year, this global movement involved more than 18 million children and youth in the child and youth financial education process. The global movement of child and youth financial education is one of a kind, because it unites organizations as well as individuals from different countries. At the first annual summit in 2012, the network promised to involve 100 million children in the process of financial education by 2015, as a first step of this global movement.