financial education

On Thursday March 24^th the University of Alicante (Sede Ramón y Cajal) hosted the Round Table “Addressing the challenges of digital banking: financial and digital literacy for today” in the framework of the DEFINE project. Organised by the Institutional Project Management Office (OGPI) and the Permanent University of the University of Alicante (UPUA), the Round Table aimed at presenting the DEFINE project and its main results as well as discussing key topics such as the challenges faced by seniors due to the digitisation of banking services and the training needed to provide seniors with digital and financial skills.

On September 28^th the training course “Digital financial literacy for seniors” developed in the framework of the DEFINE project "Digitalized Financial Education for Seniors - Interactive Scenario Gaming Solutions for Increasing Online Financial Literacy of Seniors - DEFINE" was inaugurated by Ms Marian Alesón, Head of the Permanent University of the University of Alicante and Ms Noelia Lopez, Senior Project Manager of UA Institutional Project Management Office.

On 7^th September a train-the-trainer event took place at the University of Alicante organised by the Institutional Project Management Office (OGPI), in the framework of the Erasmus+ project "Digitalized Financial Education for Seniors - Interactive Scenario Gaming Solutions for Increasing Online Financial Literacy of Seniors - DEFINE". During the meeting, the DEFINE project, partnership, aims, target groups and expected results were presented by Prof. Joaquín Marhuenda, DEFINE Project Researcher. Following the presentation of the project, Ms Noelia Lopez, OGPI Senior Project Manager, presented the DEFINE training course “Digital financial literacy for seniors” developed in the framework of the project.

From 14^th to 15^th of January 2020, OGPI Senior Project Manager, Noelia López, participated in the DEFINE project Kick-off meeting that took place in Paris. During the two-day meeting, representatives from the 7 partner institutions from Austria, Denmark, Spain, Italy and France were gathered to decide the content of the DEFINE training about online banking and finances, specially tailored for seniors. OGPI representative made a presentation on the quality plan for the project, the desk research and the focus group conducted, in which attendees shared their views on existing trainings and best practices on digitalized financial education, the needs of seniors in the area of financial education and digital skills and gaps between existing trainings and training needs

On 13^th December, a Focus Group took place at the University of Alicante organised by the International Project Management Office (OGPI), in the framework of the Erasmus+ project "Digitalized Financial Education for Seniors - Interactive Scenario Gaming Solutions for Increasing Online Financial Literacy of Seniors - DEFINE". During the meeting, the DEFINE project, partnership, aims, target groups and expected results were presented by the academic director of Institutional Projects, Dr. Joaquín Marhuenda. Following the presentation of the project, the Focus Group was conducted to discuss the existing trainings and best practices on digitalized financial education, to identify the needs of seniors in the area of financial education and digital skills and find out more about the gaps between existing trainings and training needs.