Newsletter number 3 DisFinLit is out! The Disfinlit project aim is to respond to the needs of high-quality online tools and platforms by developing a tool that will help disabled youth to develop sustainable financial know-how, make smart and sustainable financial decisions, understand money management, deal with a constantly changing economy, navigate inevitable challenges and take charge of their own financial future.

On the 25^th and 26^th October 2022 the DisFinLit project was reunited for the second face to face meeting in Rome, Italy. The Italian partner, Effebi, hosted the meeting. The project aim is to respond to the needs of high-quality online tools and platforms by adapting and tailoring existing financial literacy materials your young people with disabilities, trying to get sustainable financial literacy.

DisFinLit Focus Groups

All the partners presented the results of their focus groups and the first projects results. Each partner country had organized a focus group with experts and stakeholders to get information about the particular situation and gathered special materials for financial literacy.

Next Steps

The next steps for the focus groups is project result 2: The creation of the community of stakeholders in Europe. IEF, the Spanish partners in charge of communication and dissemination, presented the website and explained how the materials created and tailored in the project will be part of this website. To finalise the meeting, some financial issues and solutions were also mentioned.

The next transnational project meeting will take place in Münster, Germany and will be hosted by ACEEU. Stay tunned for more!

Recently we kicked off our new EU-project, DISFINLIT. The kick off Meeting was held in Spain, at the facilities of CONACEE in Madrid, on the 4^th and 5^th of April 2022. The partnership is compound by seven organizations from Europe. The applicant is Fundació privada institut d’ estudis financers (IEF) from Spain and the partners are: DFW2W from the Netherlands, Effebi from Itali, CONACEE from Spain, ACEEU from Germany and Eurodimensions from Malta.

Project Aim

The Disfinlit project aim is to respond to the needs of high-quality online tools and platforms by developing a tool that will help disabled youth to develop sustainable financial know-how, make smart and sustainable financial decisions, understand money management, deal with a constantly changing economy, navigate inevitable challenges and take charge of their own financial future

In the kick off meeting of the project several points were addressed by the coordinator and the rest of the partners. IEF is the coordinator of Disfinlit. IEF explained the financial and administrative issues as well as the dissemination plan for the project. Effebi is in charge of the quality and assurance plan and explained to all the partners how the correct evaluation of the project will be made.

Expected Results

• Adapted curriculum and materials for disabled people from existing financial literacy courses paying special attention of sustainable finances
• Community of good practices to include all the existing training available and new materials.

The partnership discussed how to address some points of the project that could maybe be an issue, such as the definition of “disabled”.

Next Meeting: Rome

The next transnational partner meeting is set for October 2022 in Rome, Italy.

Let’s keep working!