In a joint announcement with the economy and education ministries, the Bank of France said the EDUCFI strategic committee has adopted a 2026-2027 action plan for France's national financial education strategy. The package is built around broader access to financial and economic education, stronger digital distribution of trusted content, expansion of the school-based Passeport EDUCFI and a new European artificial intelligence project under EDUCFI+. For schools, the Passeport EDUCFI will be generalised to all Year 9 students from the 2026 school year, reinforced in vocational education and tested in general and technological upper secondary education from the 2027 school year. The plan also widens coverage to savings, investment, insurance, scams and cyber risk, with particular attention to vulnerable groups, key life stages and women, and adds dedicated support for entrepreneurs' financial choices. The EDUCFI label for neutral, reliable, free and accessible content will be promoted more widely and may be awarded to public or private providers under an operational committee that will update the list of recipients from summer 2026. France will lead development of EDUCFI+, a European AI tool intended to offer personalised, certified guidance to citizens and entrepreneurs, with a preparatory study due within a year. The strategy will continue to track young people's financial capability through OECD assessments, including a financial education component in the 2029 PISA cycle, and Governor François Villeroy de Galhau was appointed as France's first national ambassador for financial education under the European Commission initiative.

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