The Austrian National Bank (OeNB) has opened a financial education “challenge” for school classes as part of Global Money Week 2025, running from 17 to 23 March, and is promoting its age-appropriate starter packs for classroom teaching. The initiative invites pupils to create original social media posts on financial literacy topics, with the best entries in primary school, lower secondary and upper secondary each receiving a EUR 300 award. Global Money Week is an annual OECD initiative and in 2025 carries the theme “Think before you follow, wise money tomorrow!”. The OeNB’s programme emphasises critical assessment of digital financial offers, handling “finfluencers”, identifying reputable online content and navigating risks linked to the growing use of artificial intelligence. Entries are expected to be based on the OeNB starter packs, which are designed for a single lesson and tailored to each school level. Alongside the challenge, the OeNB plans a joint event with Austria’s Federal Ministry of Finance on 19 March under the National Financial Education Strategy, including workshops and discussions on inflation and rising prices, and a financial education day for upper secondary students at the OeNB on 20 March. The Money Museum will offer free admission throughout the Global Money Week period, and the teaching starter packs are available for download from the OeNB’s website.

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