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                        GLOBAL
                        MONEY
                        WEEK
                        Africa Toolkit
                        25 - 31 March 2019
                        Learn.Save.Earn.
GLOBAL MONEY WEEK Africa Toolkit 25 - 31 March 2019 Learn.Save.Earn.
Contents
                                      GMW Slogan ‘Learn.Save.Earn.’......................................................................................... 3

                                      GMW Growth in Africa.............................................................................................................4
If you have any questions, please     Organizations Joining GMW in Africa - Timeline                                                       ................................................... 6
contact us:
                                      About GMW.....................................................................................................................................8
GMW Team at Child & Youth Finance
International (CYFI)                  Plan Your GMW..............................................................................................................................9
 PO Box 16524, 1001 RA Amsterdam,
    The Netherlands                   Activities .........................................................................................................................................10
 www.childfinanceinternational.org
 globalmoneyweek@childfinance.org    Publicity & Media.........................................................................................................................12
 + 31 (0)20 5203900
                                      GMW Branding & Style Guidelines...................................................................................13

                                      Resources ......................................................................................................................................14
Follow GMW online!

 www.globalmoneyweek.org
   @GlobalMoneyWeek

The official hashtag of GMW is
#GlobalMoneyWeek2019

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                                                                                        “GMW is great opportunity to
                                                                                        raise awareness of youth in
                                                                                        financialliteracy, raise their
                                                                                        entrepreneurship spirit, support
                                                                                        and guide them, especially
                                                                                        children from vulnerable families
                                                                                        to save money for their future
                                                                                        education. I think we should not
                                                                                        limit GMW to only one week, but
                                                                                        conduct various activities with
                                                                                        joint effort of all stakeholders in
                                                                                        our country throughout the year
                                                                                        and use the one week of GMW to
                                                                                        celebrate success and plan for
                                                                                        next year to make it sustainable
                                                                                        and continuous process.”

                                                                                        ─ Farrukhsho Fraidonov, Manager
                                                                                          of Affairs of SPCE UCA,
                                                                                          Tajikistan, GMW2018

‘Learn.Save.Earn.’ is the official slogan of the Global Money Week (GMW). Initially
used as the theme of GMW2017 and transformed into the Campaign’s slogan, we
believe it conveys the key messages of the GMW Campaign and supports the goal of
                                                                                            LEARN.
the Week by empowering children and youth to not only learn to manage their money
wisely, but to help them transfer their knowledge to their families and to entire
communities. In addition, the slogan ‘Learn.Save.Earn.’ helps everyone to create a
                                                                                            SAVE.
variety of events and activities around these topics that help children and youth to:

●   Learn to manage money wisely
    Educating children and young people about their social and economic
                                                                                            EARN.
    rights and responsibilities is key to creating a generation of capable
    adults, who can make wise decisions for their future.

●   Save for their futures                                                                  The
    It is important for children and youth to build clever savings habits from
    an early age in order to cultivate key money-managing skills for later in               Official
    life.
                                                                                            GMW
●   Earn for themselves and their families
    Developing livelihoods skills or receiving entrepreneurial training,                    Slogan
    supports children and young people in getting a job or building their own
    business and developing their careers.

 Learn more at ‘About’ section on www.globalmoneyweek.org
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Global Money Week Growth in Africa

                                            2017   36

                                            2016   31
        Number of Participating Countries
        Global Money Week Africa            2015   27

                                            2014   27

                                            2013   20

                                            2017   9,132

                                            2016   1,481

    Number of Participating Organizations
    Global Money Week Africa                2015   259

                                            2014   183

                                            2013   168

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2017   2,590,382

                                      2016   2,474,818
Number of children reached directly
Global Money Week Africa              2015   676,520

                                      2014   N/A

                                      2013   125,289

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Organizations Joining GMW in Africa - Timeline

    COUNTRY CASE
    Ivory Coast                           COUNTRY CASE
                                          Egypt
    Ivory Coast first joined
    GMW celebrations in 2013,             The Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI) was engaged in the celebration of GMW 2013 as
    reaching 50 children. To              the leading agency. Celebrations were held with representatives from the Central Bank
    further promote financial             and various national organizations, and reached 62,000 children across 123 schools and
    education in the country, the         2 universities. In 2017, due to collaboration between Ministries and civil society 1,720,000
    Ministry of Finance invited           children were reached directly in the country. During the 2017 GMW celebrations, Egypt
    the Government to become a            extended its activities beyond borders, directly helping raising awareness about financial
    full partner of CYFI. For GMW         literacy in Libya. In addition, EBI is working together with the Central Bank and the Ministry
    celebrations in 2017, a fair          of Education of Libya, supporting the development and implementation of financial literacy
    was organized to promote              activities in the country.
    financial education and
    provide lessons about smart
    budget management and
    the importance of saving.
    With the Ministry of National         2013: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Democratic
    Education as the leading              Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia,
    organization, 5,120 children          Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Morocco,
    were reached directly in              Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan,
    the country. Additionally,            Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
    the Ministry launched a
    SchoolBank Pilot program,
    with the goal of developing
    national curriculum for                2013
    financial education. Ivory
    Coast is the first country in
    Francophone Africa to launch
                                                                                                      2014
    the SchoolBank program,
    initiated by CYFI.
                                                                                                    2014: Cameroon, Lesotho, Malawi,
                                                                                                    Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal,
                                                                                                    Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tunisia
    COUNTRY CASE
    Zambia

    Zambia’s efforts in commemorating GMW have been                  COUNTRY CASE
    recognized each year since 2013. Besides reaching                Swaziland
    4,500 children in their first GMW celebration, the
    Regional Director for Copperbelt hosted a stakeholder            GMW celebrations in Swaziland were initiated by World Vision
    meeting to enhance knowledge exchange and ensure                 and Mercy Corps, and focused on the economic empowerment
    financial inclusion for children and youth. In 2017,             of adolescent girls. The country has made outstanding progress,
    25,000 children were reached directly through several            reaching 10,150 children directly during 2017s GMW celebrations.
    activities organized by the Bank of Zambia, the Ministry         One of the highlights during GMW 2017 was a financial literacy
    of General Education, the Ministry of Finance and                session, including a lecture on the role of the Central Bank. During
    several other organizations. Inspired by GMW, Zambia             the session, 16 primary school children and five students presented
    also held their national Financial Literacy Week, with a         essays on the importance to start saving at an early age.
    call to action to all citizens to get involved and acquire
    valuable skills and knowledge in line with their personal
    financial management.

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COUNTRY CASE
                                                                                           Sao Tome and Principe
COUNTRY CASE
Guinea
                                                                                           Note 2017: Sao Tome and
                                                                                           Principe joint GMW for
GMW was celebrated in Guinea for the first time in 2015,                                   the first time, focusing on
during which financial education activities reached                                        youth entrepreneurship. An
3,500 children and youth. The event brought together                                       entrepreneurship club organized
key officials from the national authority and provided a                                   an event, within children and
valuable networking opportunity for various agencies                                       youth filmed short films on
and promoted the economic wellbeing of children and                                        smarter financial options and
youth, setting the stage for further cooperation. GMW                                      saving. These short films were
2017, reached 6,000 children directly, with activities lead                                compiled into a final video,
by Fonds Nationale pour l’Insertion des Jeunes (FONIJ)                                     presented at the GMW closing
and Plan Guinea.                                                                           event.

                                                                                          2017: Mauritius, Sao Tome
2015: Guinea, Somalia                                                                     and Principe

 2015                                                                                                                  2017
                                                              2016

                                                              2016: Benin, Cape Verde,
                                                              Gabon, Liberia, Madagascar

                                                              COUNTRY CASE
                                                              Madagascar GMW2016

                                                              Madagascar first joined GMW
                                                              celebrations in 2016 with an official
                                                              launch in Antananarivo by the
                                                              Ministry of Finance. In GMW 2017,
                                                              all participating authorities and
                                                              organizations reached together 4,000
                                                              children directly. The Ministry of
                                                              Education provided youth with books
                                                              and school kits during the celebration.
                                                              GMW was not only highly appreciated
                                                              by young people there, but also
                                                              by representatives of schools and
                                                              universities, who expressed the wish
                                                              for GMW to become institutionalized
                                                              to enable financial education at the
                                                              national level. It is believed that this
                                                              second GMW will have an important
                                                              and long term impact regarding
                                                              financial inclusion and financial
                                                              education in Madagascar.

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Why is it important to teach children and      Campaign with over 150 participating
                                            youth about money matters from a young         countries globally.
                                           age?
                                            The earlier children learn about money,        What happens during GMW?
“GMW is a wonderful tool to                 savings and investment, the better they        During GMW, national organizations
educate the children and youth,             manage their personal finances                 such as government bodies, ministries,
change the habits and build the             throughout their lives. These skills help      financial institutions, central banks, not-
financially responsible generation.”        children and youth to understand the           for-profit and youth organizations, local
                                            difference between earning, saving and         businesses, universities, schools and
─ Mazamal Yar, Deputy Director              spending, making them better money             others work together to organize different
  Social Welfare, Pakistan,                 managers, who are able to budget and           types of activities for children and youth
  GMW2018                                   have healthier money habits. It also helps     to spark excitement around the topic of
                                            children understand how to manage              ‘Learn.Save.Earn.’ through:
                                            money at an early age and teaches
                                            them to make better financial decisions        ● visitsto banks, parliaments, central
                                            regarding student loans, housing, first car,    banks, stock exchanges, currency
                                            travel, and other expenses.                     exchanges, money museums, local
                                                                                            businesses, and global corporate
About Global Money                          What is the goal of GMW?
                                            We believe that today’s children and
                                                                                            companies;
                                                                                           ● financial workshops and sessions;

Week (GMW)                                  youth should become empowered
                                            economic citizens, capable of
                                                                                           ● financial education fairs, open market
                                                                                             events, financial literacy rallies;
                                            understanding the importance of                ● financial education games and savings
                                            saving, and are equipped with the skills         competitions, financial football matches;
What is Global Money Week (GMW)?            to be employed and create their own            ● drawing, photo, essay and video
GMW, a Child & Youth Finance                livelihoods. We want young people to             contests on ‘Learn.Save.Earn.’
International (CYFI) initiative, is an      learn to manage their money wisely. By
annual financial awareness campaign         empowering children and youth, we can          About Child & Youth Finance
built to inspire children and young         help them transfer their knowledge to          International (CYFI)
people to learn about money matters,        their families and to entire communities.      CYFI works to reshape financial systems
livelihoods and entrepreneurship.           GMW is a time when the whole world can         in order to economically and socially
                                            celebrate and engage in these important        empower children and youth worldwide.
GMW started in 2012 as Child Finance        topics.                                        We are a global non-profit organization
Day/ Week and has since touched the                                                        that works with partners in over 150
lives of 32 million children and young      Who can participate?                           countries.
people. In 2018, 13, 400 organizations      Anybody. Anywhere. Whether you
in over 150 countries and overseas          are an individual, a group, represent          CYFI initiatives include:
territories participated in the Campaign.   a community, company or country.               ● Global Money Week (GMW)
                                            Make sure to connect with the leading          ● Global Inclusion Awards (GIA)
Save the Date!                              organization in your country for a more        ● Ye! for Young Entrepreneurs (Ye!)
25 - 31 March 2019                          impactful national Campaign.
#GlobalMoneyWeek2019                                                                        To find out more or to donate to support
                                             Learn more at ‘Countries’ section            CYFI’s work of promoting financial
                                            on www.globalmoneyweek.org                     education and inclusion to children and
                                                                                           youth worldwide, please visit:
                                            Where is GMW happening?                        www.childfinanceinternational.org and
                                            Everywhere. GMW is an international            www.globalmoneyweek.org

                                             Learn more at ‘About’ section on www.globalmoneyweek.org
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“I am proud that we have the
chance each year to participate
in GMW activities, leaving an
impact on the lives of children
and youth nationwide through the
various financial awareness raising
activities that we implement.”

 ─ Mrs. Azza ELDorry, Head of the
Children & Youth sector, Ministry of
Youth, Egypt, GMW2017

  Plan Your Global                            ●    After the event, fill out the GMW Post-    Post-Form 2019 or email them directly

  Money Week                                      Form 2019 to send us photos and report
                                                  on the events and activities that took
                                                                                              to the GMW Team

                                                  place during GMW2019, no later than        • Option 2: For sending all your photos
                                                  30 April 2019. The information provided     or forwarding any larger files, please
  How does GMW Campaign work?                     is used for the GMW Report 2019 and         use www.wetransfer.com to send your
  In brief, organizations across the world        the website.                                files to GMW Team
  organize their own GMW events during
  the Week, and share news, photos and        How do we support you as you organize          • Option 3: Upload your photos to
  information with the GMW Organizing         your GMW?                                        DropBox and share the link with GMW
  Team at Child & Youth Finance               We support you in the following ways:            Team
  International (CYFI). News of all these
  activities are linked with each other via   ● Offering you resources that can help          GMW Team’s email address is
  the social media, the GMW website and         you plan your Week (toolkit, brochure,        globalmoneyweek@childfinance.org
  the Global Inclusion Awards.                  teaching materials, GMW logos, etc.).
                                                See ‘Resources’ section on the GMW           PLEASE NOTE! For all media that
  How to plan your own GMW?                     website.                                     include / show young people, please
  There is no participation fee! See below    • Explore ideas and offer advice to help       ensure that appropriate consent is
  the steps of how to easily plan your own      you run a successful GMW                     obtained from parents, legal guardians,
  GMW Campaign in your country:               • Link you to other partners in your           and/or from the photographer to
                                                country or worldwide                         ensure that the photos/videos may be
  ● Get  in contact with our GMW Team         • Invite you to webinars prior to              widely published online (i.e. GMW and
   by emailing us at globalmoneyweek@           GMW2019 to share GMW news and                CYFI websites, press, social media, et
   childfinance.org                             meet other participants                      cetera.) and in CYFI publications.
  ● Explore GMW website with available        • Keep you connected with the
    resources, materials and inspiring          Campaign by sharing the latest updates
    ideas for your GMW.                          with you                                     Tips for planning your GMW event!
  • Initiate and take the lead on GMW         • Collecting data from the participants
    Campaign in your country and make           via the GMW Pre- and Post-Forms to           • Don’t forget to add GMW to your annual
    it suitable for the topics you wish to      generate the GMW Report 2019 with               event calendar!
    highlight during the Week.                  Campaign and country highlights              • Contact your affiliated institutions,
  ● Collaborate with diverse groups of        • Share your events via social media and         businesses, sponsors, and schools to
    organizations and institutions to plan      the GMW newsletter before, during              inform them about the Week, and get
    GMW branded events and activities           and after GMW                                  them involved in GMW Campaign.
    for children and youth.                                                                  • Explore ideas for potential events in
  ● Make sure your event is branded           Is there a fee to take part?                     ‘Activities’ section
    as a GMW event. Read more in the          Absolutely not! All that we ask from           • Get inspired by earlier events by reading
    ‘Global Money Week Branding & Style       you is that you keep us updated on your          GMW Reports published during 2013-
    Guidelines 2019’ document.                GMW activities by filling out the Pre-            2018
  ● Before the event, fill out GMW Pre-       Form (before the event) and the Post-          • Take fun photos and videos with GMW
    Form 2019 to report on the events         Form (after the event).                           logos and share them with the GMW
    and activities that you are planning to                                                     Team.
    organize during GMW2019, no later         How can you send your photos or videos
    than 11 March 2019. The information       to GMW Team?
    provided is used for the GMW daily        • Option 1: For only a couple of photos,
    newsletter.                                 please upload them to the GMW

                           Learn more at ‘About’ section on www.globalmoneyweek.org
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GMW                          Visits to                      Visits to                    Visits to banks &
      Challenge 2019               stock exchanges                 money museums                    other financial
                                                                                                      institutions

 GMW Challenge 2019            Over 79 stock exchanges         85 money museums have           Student groups can visit
 #GMWChallenge2019             have participated in GMW        taken part in GMW               bank branches or
                                                                                               headquarters, to get
 Stay tuned! We will publish   Stock exchanges can be          Visits to money museums         to know more about
 the details of the GMW        part of the ‘Ring Around        offer young people a great      how banks work, which
 Challenge 2019 on 1           the World’ initiative, by in-   opportunity to draw on the      different departments and
 November 2018 at              viting children and youth to    past – learn about the          job positions are available,
 ‘Activities’ section on       ring the opening or closing     history of money – to           and what they do.
 GMW website.                  bell at the stock exchange.     understand the importance
                               This is a great opportunity     of saving for their futures.
                               for children and youth to
                               learn more about the work       Visits to the museum do
                               of stock exchanges around       not need to be limited to a
Activities                     the world.                      walking tour, but can
                                                               include various workshops
Many different events and                                      where students can learn
activities take place during                                   about different currencies
the Week. Hereby inspiring                                     and the history of money.
examples of activities that
you can plan during your                                                                          Organize financial
GMW.
                                                                                                  education fairs or
                                                                                                  plan open markets

                                GMW bus delivering                                             Educative and interactive
                                  financial literacy                                           fairs are a great idea to
                                 workshops around                                              showcase the work of
                                                                       Visits to               different institutions and
                                     the country                                               bring youth together.
                                                                      schools &                Interactive financial games
                               Do not forget to think                universities              and workshops can be part
                               outside the box and make                                        of it so that the students
                               it possible for everyone to                                     learn new skills and can
                               take part in your GMW!                                          interact with others.
                               Create a GMW bus that can       Not only should students

                              tour through all counties
                               in the country and reach
                                                               visit different organizations
                                                               and institutions, but bank,
                                                                                               Open Market
                                                                                               Children and youth can
                               children and youth in rural     businesses and parliament       hold an Open Market at
“Inviting the youth to                                         employees can visit schools
                               areas, too! The busses can                                      school or other location -
think about and engage                                         and universities as well.
                               have learning facilities to                                     where they can run their
in the discussions around                                      It would be a great idea
                               teach youngsters about                                          own lemonade stands,
money, and why money                                           to hold workshops and
                               money and savings, such as                                      sell homemade jewelry
matters matter, is crucially                                   sessions for youth!
                               computers with financial                                        or baked goods. When
important for their future
                               games, books, and                                               starting their own small
financial well-being and
                               brochures.                                                      businesses,
economic independence.”
                                                                                               children should consider
                                                                                               factors such as starting
─ Koba Gvenetadze,
                                                                                               capital, inventory, payback
Governor of the National
                                                                                               plans, and operating
Bank of Georgia, GMW2018
                                                                                               expenses - a fantastic
                                                                                               way to develop
                                                                                               useful financial and
                                                                                               entrepreneurial skills, whilst
                                                                                               having fun.

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Visits to                    Visits to local                Financial literacy                Plan workshops
       parliaments                     businesses                          rally                          & lessons

Organizing youth visits to       GMW is a great                  Organize a big Financial          Hold sessions to raise
government departments,          opportunity to connect          Literacy Rally with               awareness on the
e.g. the Ministry of             with the customers and          partners in your country          importance of financial
Finance or the Ministry of       workforce of tomorrow.          to promote financial              education amongst youth
Education, and including                                         education and the rights’         and other participants
them in activities such as       Student groups can visit        of the children and youth         of GMW. Through these
participatory budgeting,         local businesses, their         together with Child & Youth       workshops you will
fosters understanding of         branches or head office to      Finance Movement.                 help to empower young
how policies are made, and       learn about how different                                         people, with practical
the impact these decisions       departments work, the kind      Participants can include          skills involving money and
have. These visits help          of jobs employees do and        all the institutions that         livelihoods.
youth to have a better           which skills are needed.        plan GMW events in your
understanding of how             These visits are a great        country. Plan high-level          Examples could be: ‘how to
parliaments work, as well        opportunity for youth           keynote speeches with a           open a bank account’, ‘how
as why and how policy            to learn lessons about          clear message.                    to manage money wisely’,
decisions are made.              creating livelihoods, such                                        ‘starting a business’,
                                 as entrepreneurship tips        Inform press and media to         ‘applying for a job’, etc.
                                 and what it takes to be         come and document.                Also, you can hold
                                 a good employer and/or                                            informative lessons on the
                                 employee.                        Note! Do not forget to          financial products banks
                                                                 print GMW t-shirts for the        offer, and what they can
                                                                 rally!                            mean for young people.
                                                                                                   Civil society organizations
                                                                                                   can help to publicize
                                                                                                   workshops and assist with
                                                                                                   hosting them in various
                                                                                                   regions or local areas.
    Organize savings,
     drawing, photo,
      video & essay                  Organize books
      competitions                     exhibitions                  Research projects
Launch drawing, photo and
essay competitions around
creative themes like: ‘Why
is it important to save?’,       Make a special exhibition
‘My dream bank’, ‘My             of books at school or local
money tree with dreams’,                                         Give youth research                      TV or radio
                                 library, which teaches
‘What are you saving for?’,      children about money            projects about ‘Money                    talk shows
‘Money Matters Matter’,          and savings. Books about        history’, ‘Different
‘If I were an entrepreneur,      well-known entrepreneurs        currencies in the world’,
which business I would           can be informative and          etc. Not only can students
own?’, ‘My dream job in          inspiring!                      learn, but they can go and
the future’ or ‘My business                                      explore money museums             Youth and high-level
idea.’ Also, savings                                             and libraries!                    representatives can hold
competitions would be a                                                                            interviews on live TV or
great idea! And, so many                                                                           radio shows about the
more!                                                                                              importance of financial
                                                                                                   education. Help to raise
                                                                                                   awareness about GMW and
                                                                                                   its goal!

 Learn more and explore example case studies at ‘Activities’ section on www.globalmoneyweek.org
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“The theme Money is relevant for
everyone! Sadly, people do not
learn enough about it at school,
but the fact that it plays a role
for everyone (has an impact on
everyone) is clear!”

─ Caro (22), Fair Hostess, Germany,
  GMW2018

Publicity & Media
Through media coverage you can promote      • Prepare a media kit for journalists          LinkedIn
your work in your community, expand the       Include all media materials you             Post articles and videos on your
reach of your message, and spread the         have prepared as a background to your       LinkedIn page, using the official hashtag
word about GMW!                               business, organization or institution,      #GlobalMoneyWeek2019.
                                              and your GMW. Media kits can be             You can also search here for contact with
How to work with the media?                   handed out before or during your event,     similar interests.
• Identify the story you want to tell         or to those who are unable to attend
  Before you begin to develop media           but have responded to media outreach        YouTube
  outreach material, consider your goals      efforts.                                    Upload videos to YouTube to promote,
  in gaining media coverage and define                                                    inform, and educate about your GMW and
  your focus.                               Suggestions for social media
                                                                                          embed videos on your website. Here also,
                                            Social networking sites can reach a
                                                                                          you can use the official GMW hashtag
• Communicate your message effectively      large audience with little or no cost – use
                                                                                           #GlobalMoneyWeek2019.
  Be prepared to tell your story and        existing accounts, or ask colleagues,
  respond to questions. All media           partners and volunteers to promote the
                                                                                           Twitter
  outreach materials should be clear,       event through their personal profiles.
                                                                                          Use tweets for positive messages, calls
  concise and persuasive, with a core set                                                 for action, or to highlight key information
  of messages.                               Facebook
                                                                                          about your event. Use the official GMW
                                            Create a GMW event and send invitations
                                                                                          hashtag #GlobalMoneyWeek2019 and
• Create media outreach materials           to your network, share info and status
                                                                                          mention @GlobalMoneyWeek ‫‏‬in your
  Different types of materials are used     updates with others. Use the search
                                                                                          tweets.
  for different media outlets; create a     facility to find other local GMW events
  live-read radio script for on-air         and Facebook users with shared
                                                                                           Tip! Remember to update your
  announcements about your event,           interests.As relevant, tag the GMW
                                                                                          Facebook and Twitter statusses regularly,
  prepare a ready-made blog post article,   Facebook page @GlobalMoneyWeek and
                                                                                          and cross-promote all of your social
  or use the press release included in      GMW hashtag #GlobalMoneyWeek2019
                                                                                          media content!
  our press pack as an example of           in your status update.
  outreach material for printed              Instagram
  publications.                             Take photos or videos at your GMW
                                            event and share them on your Instagram
• Create a media list to contact            account. Use the official GMW hashtag
  Contact media outlets and reporters        #GlobalMoneyWeek2019 and include
  directly to let them know about your      GMW Instagram profile
  GMW activities. Be strategic and pick     @GlobalMoneyWeek in your caption.
  those who are most likely to cover your
  event, and send tailored outreach          Tip! Tag @globalmoneyweek in your
  materials by email to these reporters     posts and photos to get the chance to be
  and outlets.                              featured on our page!

                           Learn more at ‘Media’ section on www.globalmoneyweek.org
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Typeface                                      To add flexibility the logo comes in 8
                                           Font is called Gotham and the style is        other color options.
                                           ‘Ultra’
                                                                                         Limitation to keep in mind:
                                           Recommended                                   • The logo should not appear in the
                                           We strongly recommend you include the           same colors as the background. It
                                           following in your promotional material:         should stand out.

                                           • GMW web address                             Usage
                                             www.globalmoneyweek.org                     Choosing a logo
                                                                                         To a reasonable extent, the logo you use
                                           • GMW dates                                   is left to your discretion. We only ask
                                             25 - 31 March 2019                          that the logo you select is of high quality
                                                                                         and highly visible.
                                           • GMW official hashtag
                                             #GlobalMoneyWeek2019                        Please feel welcome to use a logo color
                                                                                         variation that better matches your logos
                                           • GMW’s slogan                                and background material.
                                             Learn.Save.Earn.
                                                                                         With other logos
                                           Logo                                          As stated earlier, the GMW logo should
                                           The GMW logo should be included in            always be the most prominent logo
GMW Branding &                             every piece of material produced for the
                                           Week.
                                                                                         when used alongside other logos.
                                                                                         Please ensure this is not jeopardized.
Style Guidelines                           The logo is available in one primary
                                           layout - as a vertical (‘stacked’) version.
We have compiled ‘GMW Branding             To a reasonable extent, the logo you use
& Style Guidelines 2019’ that you can      is left to your discretion.
access at ‘Resources’ section on
www.globalmoneyweek.org                    Appearance

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                                           When placing the GMW logo on the
In this guidebook, you will find           page, please consider the following:
applications for the Campaign’s logos,
colors, typefaces and design templates     • The logo should always be
that express GMW brand. It covers all        accompanied by text:
materials produced for the Campaign,
including ideas with examples for GMW        Initiative of Child & Youth Finance

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promotional materials.                       International (CYFI)
For GMW, maintaining a consistent, high    • GMW logo should, wherever possible,
quality and structured image means that      be used as a heading being large,
we can build a stronger awareness of the     if not larger, than the event title.
Week amongst members of the public. To
make this happen, we need your help!       • On the rare occasions where this
                                             is not possible:                            Incorrect usage
Hereby a few essential tips for GMW
Branding.                                                                                Consistency of the logo is critical to
                                            - the logo must always be the largest        establishing consistency across the
                                             logo on the page;                           countries participating in GMW.
Essential                                   - where Global Money Week is not
These must be used when preparing            clearly visible in the heading, the logo    Please make sure you avoid the
promotional material.                        should be included at the top of the        following:
                                             page, with any partners’ logos listed
Global Money Week Logo                       at the bottom.                              • Do not tilt the design
                                                                                         • Do not enlarge or alter the proportion
                                           • The logo used should be the highest           any part of the design
                                             resolution version available.               • Do not rearrange the design
                                                                                         • Do not use the design in a low
                                           Color use                                       contrast manner
                                           It is intended that the GMW logo
                                           be reproduced mainly in two colors             Tip!
                                           variation - core color for text and yellow    For ideas and examples of GMW
                                           for coins. However, the coins can be in       promotional materials please read more
                                           multiple colors.                              in ‘GMW Branding & Style Guidelines
                                                                                         2019’ on GMW website.

                   Learn more at ‘Resources’ section on www.globalmoneyweek.org
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Resources
Check out resources that guide you
to either plan your GMW activity or
help you promote the Week. GMW
resources include:

• GMW Toolkit
• GMW Print Pack
• GMW Branding & Style Guidelines
• GMW Logos & Designs
• GMW Brochure
• GMW Teaching Materials                       GMW Toolkit 2019                       GMW Branding & Style
• GMW Reports
• GMW Slides                                                                            Guidelines 2019
• GMW Pre-Form 2019*
• GMW Post-Form 2019*                 A guidebook for everyone interested       In this guidebook, you will find
  *(Available from November 2018)     in participating in GMW. The Toolkit      applications for the Campaign’s
                                      will help you plan your events and        logos, colors, typefaces, and design
 All these resources are available   includes information about the            templates that express the GMW
at ‘Resources’ section on             Campaign, steps of how to plan your       brand. It covers all materials produced
www.globalmoneyweek.org                                                         for the Campaign, including examples
                                      GMW, ideas for activities, publicity
                                      and media tips, branding guidelines,      for GMW promotional materials.
                                      as well as an overview of the
                                      resources available.                       Tip! Check out GMW Logos and
                                                                                Designs to get inspired for your
                                       Tip! Check out the Print Pack –         marketing materials.
                                      supplements the Toolkit, that consists
                                      of printable resources.


“GMW is an important educational
event. Developing skills of wise
money management should be one        GMW Print Pack: Printable                       GMW Logos & Designs
of the key elements of educational
process. Not every adult possesses    Promotional Resources
these skills, which results in
many personal finance problems.       GMW Print Pack consists of                There are several different GMW logo
It is critically important to teach   additional documents to the Toolkit       versions available with posters that
children to make a financial plan,    that will help you manage the             you can use as promotional materials
to plan expenses and savings,         promotional process of your GMW.          for the Campaign.
to promote long-term financial        The Print Pack includes the following:
planning, to explain the value of                                                Tip! Learn more from ‘GMW
saving in reaching financial goals.   1) Example Checklist for GMW              Branding & Style Guidelines 2019’
So, I think that the GMW events       2) Example Press Release for reaching     document about how to correctly
teach these important practical          out to the media                       use the logo and brand your event as
skills and support leading our        3) Example Letter for contacting other    GMW.
children to financial well-being.”       organizations
                                      4) Example Certificate of Participation
─ Oksana Sampara, teacher of the      5) Example Printable Speech Bubbles:
  Ukrainian Gymnasium named              “I save because…” and “The best
  after Ivan Franko, GMW2016             thing about GMW is…”
                                      6) Example Evaluation form for
                                         children & youth

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GMW Brochure 2019                      GMW Teaching Materials                    GMW Reports 2013 - 2018

A two-pager that you can use in          GMW Teaching Materials have been           GMW Team has published 6 GMW
events prior to the GMW so you can       developed in collaboration with            Reports from 2013. These Reports
promote the Campaign and raise           Aflatoun International and include         will provide you with an overview
awareness about it! The brochure         topics such: budgeting, investing,         of activities and events that took
includes information about GMW,          spending, earning, entrepreneurship,       place in different countries around
activities, resources, and the CYFI      and more. The materials have been          the world. They are full of fantastic
organization.                            specifically adapted for two key age       ideas of how children and youth,
                                         groups – ages 10-14 and ages 15-           communities and countries around
                                         18. They can be used for classroom         the world have taken part in GMW
                                         sessions to develop students’              Campaign.
                                         financial literacy and skills, or as
                                         part of a wider plan for incorporating
                                         financial education into teaching
                                         lessons.

             GMW Slides                          GMW Pre-Form 2019                          GMW Post-Form 2019

This PowerPoint includes the             Each year we ask GMW participants           Each year we ask GMW participants
information about the Campaign,          to fill out GMW Pre-Form before the         to fill out GMW Post-Form after the
activities, resources, supporters and    Week to report on the events and            Week to report on the events and
the CYFI organization. Feel welcome      activities that are planned for the         activities that took place during the
to use these slides to promote your      Campaign.                                   Campaign week.
GMW.
                                         The information provided is used for        The information provided is used for
In addition, Prep Talks – webinars,      GMW daily newsletter and social             social media and GMW Report.
will be held prior to GMW to support     media.
organizations, institutions and                                                      Timeline: Please complete the Form
individuals with organizing GMW.         Timeline: Please complete the Form          no later than 30 April 2019.
                                         no later than 11 March 2019.
Stay tuned for more information on
when Prep Talks will be held!

                                         All these resources are available at ‘Resources’ section on www.globalmoneyweek.org
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Initiative of                            In partnership with     In partnership with the
                                                                               African Union Commission

Contact Us
If you have any questions, please contact us:
GMW Team at Child & Youth Finance International (CYFI)
 PO Box 16524, 1001 RA Amsterdam,
  The Netherlands
 www.childfinanceinternational.org
 globalmoneyweek@childfinance.org
 + 31 (0)20 5203900

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