Bashkiria was recognized most proactive region at National Savings Week 2016

UFA, 25 November 2016. /Bashinform News Agency, Galina Bakhshieva/. The Ministry of Finance of Russia hosted a closing ceremony of the National Savings Week-2016. Bashkortostan was recognized as the most proactive region of the Savings Week for its active work in the area.

The National Savings Week dedicated to the celebration of the International Savings Day, which is celebrated on October 31 each year was held in the framework of the Ministry of Finance project "Promotion of Financial Literacy and Financial Education in Russia". This year the Savings Week was carried out in more than 60 regions from October 24 to 31.

"The main events of the Savings Week in the republic took place in Ufa branch of Financial University, as well as at schools of Ufa, Sterlitamak and Ishimbai. Total more than 90 outreach activities were conducted", the press-secretary of the Ministry of Finance of Bashkortostan Alfiya Kutlueva informs.

Representatives of the Ministry of Finance RB, the Department of the National Bank RB Ural Main Directorate of the Central Bank RB, the Republican State Committee for Transport and Roads, Rospotrebnadzor, credit institutions held master classes and lectures to students and teachers.

As the Ministry of Finance of Bashkortostan notes, it is already the second award of the republic. The region’s practices in financial education of the population were marked among the best at the International Conference "International Experience and Russian Practices of Financial Literacy Increase: Cooperation of Government and Business", which was held in Moscow on May 19.