Financial literacy, resilience and inclusion

On Tuesday, 20 February 2024, the European Commission and the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) will organise a high-level conference on financial literacy, resilience and inclusion.

Financial resilience is key to ensuring an inclusive society. The COVID-19 pandemic, the increase in energy prices and the rising cost of living showed that an individual’s financial situation can very quickly come under pressure. In this situation, people can easily become financially fragile, increasing the risk of financial and social exclusion. Financial literacy helps people to better manage their money and has a positive impact on their wellbeing. Despite many efforts by different actors, levels of financial literacy in the EU remain too low. 

This high-level conference will address the different dimensions of financial literacy, resilience, and inclusion and will look at how to build on existing work in this area. It aims to bring together EU and global experts, policy makers, regulators, representatives of civil society organisations, academics, and other stakeholders to discuss the opportunities, challenges and best practices.

Participants will also have the opportunity to visit the leading Belgian financial education centre (Wikifin Lab) located at the conference venue. 

In addition, there will be an academic conference on financial literacy research – Pathways to becoming financially competent, which will take place the following day on 21 February at the same location. 

Programme 

The programme will be made available in due course.

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Registration

If you wish to attend the conference physically, you will need to register.
You can also follow the conference online via webstreaming.

(Registration will be open soon.)

Webstreaming

The event will be livestreamed.