Aflatoun:Child Social and

Financial Education Hidde van der Veerexecutive director

What is Aflatoun?

Aflatoun is• A social and financial education program for

children and youth 6-18 years old• Methodology is child-centered: participatory,

learning by doing, games and activities • Goal is behavior change

Our strategic pillars:1.Concept: Balanced Social and Financial Education2.Program: Out of the home, into the classroom3.Network: Children and partners from civil, public and finance sectors

“Separate fiction from fact, explore, think, investigate and act”

Aflatoun CONCEPT - 5 Core ELEMENTS

1. Personal understanding and exploration

2. Rights and responsibilities

3. Saving and spending

4. Planning and budgeting

5. Child enterprise (social and financial)

Social empowerment

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Economicempowerment

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Mission:Inspiring children to socially and economically empower

themselves to be agents of change in their own lives and for a more equitable world

Educational Materials for Partners...

Activity Book

Non-Formal Educ.

Manual for Non- Formal Education/Alternative Education

Europe Books

Set of 8 Books for formal Education,

Aflateen

Set of 8 Books for formal Education, Regional version for Europe in English

Aflatot(new)

Aflatot

Manual for pre-school children (3-6 y.o.)

Using a financial system

Visit to banks and educational trips

Conduct social enterprises

Conduct financial enterprises

PRINCIPLES of Implementation

Strategic Principleso Partnership workingo Low-cost approach

Programmatic Principleso The Aflatoun charactero Trainingo Five core elements

Aflatoun Network

Asia (15)

IndiaBangladeshNepalPakistanPhilippinesThailandChinaIndonesiaCambodiaMongoliaAfghanistanSri LankaLaosMalaysiaVietnam

Where we are: Aflatoun is ‘live in schools’ with over 1.3 million children in 95 countries

Europe & CEE/CIS (20)

SerbiaNetherlandsMoldovaKosovoAlbaniaLithuaniaGeorgiaKazakhstanMacedoniaPortugalBelarusKyrgyzstanAzerbaijanTajikistanPolandIcelandArmeniaUkraineRussiaBosnia & Herzegovina

Americas (19)

ArgentinaEcuadorParaguayPeruCosta RicaNicaraguaEl SalvadorBrazilChileHondurasPanamaGuatemalaMexicoColombiaBoliviaSurinamePuerto Rico UruguayDominican Republic

Anglophone Africa (17)

GhanaKenyaMozambiqueNamibiaNigeriaTanzaniaUgandaZimbabweGambiaLesothoEthiopiaZambiaSierra LeoneBotswanaSwazilandMalawiSouth Africa

MENA (9)

Jordan SyriaEgypt AlgeriaSudan YemenPalestine LebanonMorocco

Francophone Africa (14)

Guinea ConakryGuinea BissauMauritiusChadNigerTogoCôte D’IvoireMali Burkina FasoRwandaCameroonDR CongoSenegalCentral African Republic

Some achievements within the network

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• Children have done 976 social enterprises (environmental and anti-bullying campaigns, etc.)

• 4,054 financial enterprises (selling jam, seed and recycled material jewelry, selling eggs, etc.)

• 49% of the Aflatoun children save actively

• Average saving is 0.73 dollar cents per month ($ 2,750,000 dollars / EUR € 2,162,028)

International Aflatoun Day, 17th March Celebration for the children of the network to commemorate Aflatoun

activities around the world

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What has been achieved in Moldova1. Partnership established with CCF Moldova in 2009 and with Indigo Center in 2010. Materials were translated for the pilot phase of the programme in 2009

2. Implementation of curriculum for older children, Aflateen, started in 2011 in children’s institutions. The Curriculum integration process started in 2010 and the approval as an optional subject was in 2012

3. Scale-up teacher training was facilitated in 2013

Aflatoun and UNICEF

- Development of Module of Social and Financial Education for Child Friendly Schools

- Opportunity to build up capacity in the country in the field of Social and Financial Education

Social and Financial Education in MoldovaNext steps:

- Continue collaboration with the local partners – CCF Moldova and Indigo Center

- Continue collaboration with the Institute of Educational Sciences and Ministry of Education

- Formalize partnership through signing an MoU

- Continue to make joint efforts to make Social and Financial Education reach all the children in the country, and build capacity with the teachers.