Spain

GMW national coordinator: Bank of Spain (Banco de España), Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) Participating organisations: Finanzas para Todos (FxT), CECA (Spanish Confederation of Savings Banks), CaixaBank, Caixa Ontinyent, Fundación Ibercaja, Edufinet (an iniciative of Fundación Bancaria Unicaja), Institut d’Estudis Financiers, Finanzas para Mortales (an iniciative of Banco Santander), Fundación de Estudios Bursátiles y Financieros, FunFinance Academy Total number of participating organisations: 10 Number of children and young people reached directly: 2,138 Number of adults reached directly: 391 Number of people reached indirectly: 820,000

To celebrate Global Money Week 2021, nine organisations joint forces planning events in Spain. The Bank of Spain collaborated with public authorities, NGOs, schools and universities. More than 2,000 children and youth were reached through several digital activities such as webinars, workshops, online competitions, and other events. More than 800,000 youth and adults were reached indirectly through media and social media campaigns.

The Bank of Spain published a post on the Banking Client Portal here to spread the word about Global Money Week, and encourage everyone to register for the GMW Global Launch that took place on March 22nd. Finanzas para Todos, the brand of the Plan de Educación Financiera, that is the Spanish national strategy for financial education, published the same post here.

In Spain, the nine organisations carried out numerous activities, aimed mainly at young people, but also at adults, SMEs, and people at risk of exclusion. Most of the organisers were formal collaborators of the Plan de Education Financiera.

Among the activities organised during the week featured: the CaixaBank Volunteer Programmeme, aimed at young people the ages of 15-16 and at risk groups; the dissemination campaign “Mucho por hacer” (“Much to do”), carried out in collaboration with the main Spanish media. Caixa Ontinyent organised courses for teachers of training cycles related to the economic or financial fields. Edufinet, an initiative of Fundación Bancaria Unicaja, launched a microsite called Edufitech on new technologies applied to finance. Moreover, Fundación Ibercaja organised workshops focused on managing the family economy and for SMEs. The Spanish Confederation of Savings Banks (CECA) coordinated activities of its member entities that participated in GMW 2021. Finanzas para Mortales, an initiative of Banco Santander, launched a new FxM Challenge, a financial question and answer contest, as well as podcasts and videos on financial education. Institut d’Estudis Financiers organised a virtual visit to the Barcelona Stock Exchange, and training sessions on financial education and other current financial topics. The Bank of Spain and the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) participated in one of these online sessions. Besides, Fundación de Estudios Bursátiles y Financieros organised conferences and a virtual visit to the Spanish Equity Market. In addition, FunFinance Academy held an online masterclass and a poster competition on financial education.