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the good management of their
finances for a secure future, given
the opportunities offered in Albania.
On March 21–27, 2022, the Bank
of Albania, in cooperation with
the Albanian Banking Association
and the support of the Ministry of
Education and Sports, announced
Money Week 2022, under the slogan
“Be smart with money, build your
future!” Banka Kombëtare Tregtare
sponsored the competition for the
best essay on “Digital Banking and
its impact on increasing financial
inclusion,” with students of selected
universities. Prizes for the five
winning essays were a tablet and
3-month teaching practice at BKT.

BKT also organized an activity with
the children of the WAT (World
Academy of Tirana) school, to
involve them financially, teaching
them how to take care of money,
how to save, and how to earn
income through entrepreneurship,
to lay the foundations for their future
and well-being.
Financial education – Banka
Kombëtare Tregtare, in cooperation
with DSIK Albania and Albania
Association of Banks (AAB),
supported the initiatives for financial
education of the younger generation
and contributed with a variety of
training exercises for educational-
financial literacy in children.

During the visit to some schools in
the capital, in-game trainings on
basic knowledge about finance were
held. Some of the prominent topics
were savings, money management
to increase the quality of life, as well
as promoting the notion that one
should work to have money.

Young Innovators Competition – BKT supported the University of Tirana on May 18, 2022, in the
framework of concluding the Innovation course, organizing the “Young Innovators” competition. Present in
this competition were about 250 third-year students of Business Administration and Economic Informatics,
Dean of the Faculty of Economics, lecturers of the Department of Management and the Department of
Finance, representatives from businesses, and from the Municipality of Tirana and other institutions.