Central Bank of Montenegro-led National Committee adopts 2026 financial education action plan

The Central Bank of Montenegro chaired the sixth meeting of the National Committee for the Development of Financial Education, where members adopted a Financial Education Action Plan for 2026 to continue and expand initiatives and launch new activities to strengthen financial literacy in Montenegro. The plan supports delivery of the Programme for the Development of Financial Education in Montenegro 2023–2027, which is coordinated by the Central Bank of Montenegro. Members reviewed implementation of the programme “Enhancing Financial Literacy and Social Entrepreneurship”, delivered with the Bureau for Education Services, under which accredited training was designed for teaching staff in pre-school, primary and secondary education. In 2025, 60 educators and teachers completed the training, and the committee assessed that the programme could be expanded to more educational institutions in 2026. The committee was also briefed on the Regional Financial Literacy Framework for Individuals for the six Western Balkan countries, and agreed it would be distributed to institutions, education establishments and other stakeholders to support harmonised and measurable financial education activities aligned with EU and OECD frameworks. The committee supported the Central Bank of Montenegro’s initiative for a team from Montenegro to take part in the Bank of Slovenia’s international high-school debate competition under the “Masters of the Digital Future” project, scheduled for May 2026 in Ljubljana.