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On October 1 in the building of primary school "P. Hilendarski" in the town of Gorna Oryahovitsa was set the start of a series of meetings - discussions with young parents in a situation of social risk on EDU_FIN project .

The meeting was attended by young Roma women, who enthusiastically discussed what financial literacy is and why it is important. Participants completed a questionnaire in which they indicated various topics in financial literacy that were interesting and important to them and who wished to obtain more information. Among the topics were: Insurance and insurance type, entrepreneurship and how to start your own business, to whom we turn when we are not happy with a service how to plan your family budget, how to increase their income and others.

Six  more meetings are pending until January 2016 on the project, within which with the assistance of the participants will be developed financial literacy issues that will form the future curriculum in financial literacy.

The project is a two-year initiative funded by Erasmus + Program of the EC, which includes 7 organizations from Spain, Austria, England, Italy and Bulgaria. It aims at planning and developing a training program on financial literacy addressed to young people from disadvantaged groups in society. The training program on financial literacy will aim to promote entrepreneurship education of young people to increase their employability and business creation, and to support them in their future life and career in accordance with their personal and professional development.