The project addressed the objectives of creating a material accessible to all young people with disabilities to support their learning in sustainable financial education and contribute to an improvement of their personal finances in a Green Deal environment and to create a Community of Good Practice platform where to share and create a community of good practice in sustainable financial education for people with disabilities including all stakeholders from the EU, partner countries and related fields teachers, practitioners promoting towards inclusive education and removing barriers, emphasising equal access to quality education. The project carried out advocacy and outreach activities, engaging in workshops, campaigns and media activities to highlight the challenges faced by young people with disabilities and advocate for their rights. This capacity building initiative equips educators, students, professionals with knowledge and skills to support inclusive financial literacy.
DisFinLit is the acronym for Sustainable Financial Literacy for Youth Disabled, an initiative led by the Instituto de Estudios Financieros (IEF) and co-funded by the ERASMUS+ program to train people with intellectual disabilities in sustainable finance. The idea behind the design of this project was to adapt the curriculum and materials created in the SFINLIT project by adding a special focus on sustainable finances. This adaptation will provide youth disabled with practical knowledge and tools to develop sustainable know-how and make smart and sustainable financial decisions, better understand money management. We are facing an innovation project focused on the need for high quality online tools and platforms that help young people with disabilities to:Develop sustainable financial literacy; Make smart and sustainable financial decisions ; Understand money management ; Cope with an ever-changing economy; Overcome inevitable challenges and take charge of your own financial future. DisFinLit is a project placed in school sector because is at this moment when the early intervention help our target group to understand how important are the sustainable finances their future.