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Now in its eighth year, the Citi-FT Financial Education Summit has become the most established annual international forum on financial literacy. The 2011 Summit in Indonesia will focus on the importance of financial education for people at the Base of the Pyramid, and the need for greater innovation and collaboration among stakeholders to make faster progress in reducing poverty and boosting financial inclusion.

The aim of the Summit will be to increase the uptake of financial education initiatives at grassroots levels - especially those designed for micro-entrepreneurs, migrant workers, and low-income youth - and explore the use of technology and media in scaling programmes and reducing the cost of delivery. The roles of national frameworks and multi-stakeholder partnerships in addressing large-scale financial capability and consumer protection needs will also be addressed.

Participants will:

  • Learn about the role of financial education in reducing poverty and boosting financial inclusion

  • Explore programmes tailored for microentrepreneurs and the cost-benefits of investing in client education

  • Gain insights into initiatives designed to increase the financial capability of overseas and domestic migrant workers

  • Understand how financial education is being integrated into mobile banking and other branchless banking delivery channels

  • Examine how mass media is being leveraged to increase the reach of financial education programmes

  • Discuss the most effective ways to increase the financial knowledge and discipline of in-school and out-of-school youth

  • Find out how financial education interventions can be adapted in line with Islamic finance

  • Debate the role of financial education alongside consumer protection, and the need for stand-alone financial education frameworks and policies

Join more than 250 representatives of non-profit organisations, financial institutions, government agencies/regulators, multilateral institutions, microfinance institutions, consumer advocacy groups, educational organisations and private business - from Indonesia, Asia Pacific and beyond - for this milestone event.

Simultaneous interpretation in Bahasa Indonesia and English will be provided for all sessions.