Developing Financial Competencies for EU Citizens: Utilizing Online Learning and Digital Literacy (eFinLit)
- Published in Projects
In the current times of economic turbulence and market shortcomings, where the majority of EU citizens are struggling to manage major social and personal financial challenges, there is an immediate need for the development of EU citizens’ financial literacy competencies.
Such a progress would allow people to understand the mechanics of the economy and the market, how to deal with daily financial issues, and be protected them from major financial shortfalls. The eFinLit, will be addressed to young EU adults (18-35), and beyond the development of financial literacy skills, will also empower skills such as the digital literacy, numeracy, language, reading, collaboration and communication.
The eFinLit will develop an online educational platform which will encompass social networking tools, online games, data bases, and a training packages of online self-regulated modules, and will also be accessible through mobile platforms. The proposed online training modules to be developed (each module covering 2 ECTS - 50 -60 hours of learning activities) are:
- Digital Literacy and Access to Financial Information
- Basic Maths
- Budgeting
- Savings
- Indebtedness
- Credit and Loans
- Consumer Rights
- Investment and Entrepreneurship
- Glossary
Additional Info
- Area:
- Social
- Funding Agency:
- Erasmus+, KA2 Strategic Partnerships
- Period:
- 2014-2016
Related items
- Moving towards a Green tRansitiOn through sustainable Waste management education in the VET Sector - GROWS
- RELIEF Announces Its Inaugural Policy Brief in the Latest Newsletter
- STAY CONNECTED - Fostering Digital and Social Inclusion in Hybrid Workplaces
- RoboAquaria - Robots in aquatic environments to promote STEM and environmental awareness
- OPEN UP: Engaging formal and non-formal professionals in the inclusion of children and teenagers with sensory disorders, under the Erasmus + Programme