Country and regional projects on financial consumer protection and financial education

The OECD worked with Austria to develop its National Strategy for Financial Literacy in 2021, with support from the European Union. The OECD has continued to work with the Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance and the Austrian National Bank in 2022-2024 on the strategy implementation, again with the support of the European Union. The project involves the development of an online financial literacy portal for the national strategy. 

The OECD is working with the Bank of Cyprus on the implementation of the national strategy for financial literacy, with the support of the European Union. The project involves assessing levels of financial literacy in the population, developing an online financial literacy portal for the national strategy, and training trainers. 

The OECD is working with the French Financial Markets Authority on the financial literacy of retail investors in France who started investing since the COVID-19 crisis. The project, conducted with the support of the European Union, has involved assessing levels of financial literacy of retail investors, and developing a financial literacy strategy and education material to address them. 

The OECD is working with the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research to develop Germany’s National Strategy for Financial Literacy. The project has included the development of an analytical report to assess needs and gaps. 

This project was implemented with the Hellenic Ministry of Economy and Finance in 2021-2024, with support from the European Union. It involved assessing levels of financial literacy among young people and adults, and developing the national strategy for financial literacy.

The OECD is working with the Department of Finance of Ireland to support the development of Ireland’s National Strategy for Financial Literacy. 

This project was implemented in 2021-2023 with the Ministry of Finance of Poland and other public institutions part of the National Working Group on the Financial Education Strategy, with the support of the European Union. The project involved an analysis of the existing financial education activities and financial literacy levels in Poland, and the development of proposal for a National Strategy for Financial Education for Poland.

This  project was implemented in 2021-2023 with the Bank of Portugal, with the support of the European Union. The project involved the analysis of existing digital financial education activities, a survey of digital financial literacy levels of the population in Portugal, and the development of proposal for a Digital Financial Literacy Strategy for Portugal.