CBBH marked the World Savings Day in Banjaluka

Banjaluka, 31 October 2019

Today, on the occasion of the World Savings Day, celebrated on October 31, 2019, and as a part of the financial education program, implemented for several years now, the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina (CBBH) organized this year main celebration of the World Savings day in premises of the Main Bank of Republika Srpska of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Banjaluka. For this purpose, visits of the pupils from the Elementary School “Ivo Andrić” from Banjaluka and School of Economics Banjaluka were organized. 

During the visit, elementary school pupils were educated through a presentation entitled “Little School of Money”, while the high school students, through presentations, were informed about the CBBH and its tasks, as well as, the need to manage money, financial products and savings. These presentations and related activities are aimed for primary and secondary school students in order to create awareness of the importance of smart money management and the importance of saving from the earliest age. 

Students were distributed publications - a brochure for children called “Novko i Novčica u svijetu novca”, and for high school students a brochure “Saznaj sve o novcu” and a leaflet entitled “Šta je štednja?”. 

Pupils who visited the Main Bank of Republika Srpska of the CBBH in Banjaluka had the opportunity to see a small exhibition with banknotes in circulation in BH, millennium collections and commemorative coins issues issued by the CBBH for its jubilees. 

This and similar events organized on the occasion of World Savings Day are the integral parts of the financial education that the CBBH has conducted in recent years with the aim of strengthening financial inclusion and responsible financial management for the benefit of economic development and growth of Bosnia and Herzegovina. So far, the CBBH has opened its doors to students of numerous primary and secondary schools and to students from all over Bosnia and Herzegovina and universities outside Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

In addition to celebrating the World Savings Day in Banja Luka, the CBBH has organized celebrations in Pale, Mostar and Brčko in recent days, and it is planned to celebrate it on November 1, 2019, in Sarajevo, as well. 

These activities were carried out as part of the project of Financial Education and Inclusion Promotions implemented by the CBBH with the support of the European Fund for South East Europe - Development Facility (EFSE DF).