Banco de Portugal organises training courses for central banks of Portuguese-speaking countries

This course was the second initiative carried out under the Cooperation Protocol signed in July 2017 by the central banks of Portuguese-speaking countries and the AFI, with a view to promoting projects strengthening competences that build financial inclusion and education in Portuguese-speaking countries.

The purpose of this initiative was to share experiences among central banks in designing and implementing financial education strategies. Working sessions were led by trainers from Banco de Portugal and Banco Central do Brasil and covered issues such as drawing up and implementing a national financial education strategy, financial education in schools, carrying out financial education initiatives targeting other groups and the lessons learned from behavioural economics applied to financial education.

The first training course for trainers, aimed at staff of the central banks of Portuguese-speaking countries, was co-organised by Banco de Portugal, Banco Central do Brasil and the AFI and took place in Lisbon in February 2018.

About AFI

The Alliance for Financial Inclusion is an international organisation that promotes underprivileged social groups' access to quality financial services, through knowledge-sharing, identification of best practice and empowerment of public decision-makers.

The AFI is recognised by the Group of Twenty (G20) and comprises central banks, supervisors and other financial system regulators from over 90 developing countries. This organisation is present around the world and is structured into working groups that give it in-depth knowledge of different national contexts and arenas for implementing financial inclusion and education initiatives.