Fady Yarak, Honorary Member of READI, has participated in the Conference on Financial Education sponsored by the OECD and the Bank of Lebanon

20 and 21 October 2010 was held in Beirut the Conference on Financial Education: Building financially empowered individuals.

This high-level event, co-hosted by the Banque du Liban and the OECD, brought together high-level officials and experts from central banks and officials of State governments, the private sector, the academic and civil community as well as non-government organisations. Among the participants was Fady Yarak, Director General of Education from Lebanon and an honorary member of READI.

The conference was global in scope, but with a particular focus on the MENA region. Discussions focussed on:

Financial Access: An Essential Condition
Consumer Protection and Financial Education: Two sides of a same coin
Roundtable on National Strategy on Financial Education: International experience and regional issues
The Role of Government and Central Banks in the Financial Education Process
Financial Literacy: A Life Skill to be integrated in Schools
Financial Education and Awareness  – a social responsibility of the financial sector and its institutions
Attitude and Behaviour relative to Long-term Saving and Protection – a challenging policy priority.

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