Financial Awareness & Literacy Award

Evaluation

100% automatic, from the data and evidence you submit

Minimum score to win

70 / 100

Measurement period

The last full financial year (2025); for behaviour change, a follow-up three to six months after completing the programme

Who can apply

• A structured financial literacy programme or initiative with defined content and curriculum, run by a licensed, public or registered non-profit body
• Programme running for at least 12 months before the end of the period
• Participants' knowledge measured before and after with a standard tool
• No final material regulatory or judicial sanction against the nominee during the measurement period

Indicators and weights

1. In-depth reach per population

   People who completed the full programme in 2025 per 100,000 adults in the target country or countries, so an initiative in a small country competes on equal terms

   15%
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   Points

   • ≥ 1000 per 100,000 adults 100
   • 200 – < 1000 per 100,000 adults 80
   • 50 – < 200 per 100,000 adults 50
   • 0 – < 50 per 100,000 adults 20

   Evidence

   Register of completers and official population data

2. Financial knowledge gain

   Average difference in percentage points between completers' pre and post-test scores, using a tool based on OECD/INFE questions or an approved national tool

   20%
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   • 20 – < 100 percentage points 100
   • 10 – < 20 percentage points 80
   • 5 – < 10 percentage points 50
   • 0 – < 5 percentage points 20

   Evidence

   The measurement tool and its aggregated results

3. Financial behaviour change

   Share of completers who adopted a documented target behaviour (opening a savings account, budgeting, regular repayment, taking insurance) at a three-to-six-month follow-up, from at least 200 respondents

   20%
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   Points

   • 40 – < 100 % 100
   • 25 – < 40 % 80
   • 10 – < 25 % 50
   • 0 – < 10 % 20

   Evidence

   Follow-up report with sample size and method

4. Under-served share

   Share of completers from groups targeted by the national financial inclusion strategy (women, youth, rural residents, low-income people, people with disabilities)

   15%
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   Points

   • 65 – < 100 % 100
   • 45 – < 65 % 80
   • 25 – < 45 % 50
   • 0 – < 25 % 20

   Evidence

   Register of completers by group

5. Completion rate

   Completers as a share of those who enrolled in 2025

   10%
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   Points

   • 80 – < 100 % 100
   • 60 – < 80 % 80
   • 40 – < 60 % 50
   • 0 – < 40 % 20

   Evidence

   Enrolment and completion register

6. Commercial neutrality and national strategy alignment

   Content free of promotion of the organiser's products, and aligned with the national financial education or inclusion strategy

   10%
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   Points

   • Neutral and listed in the national strategy or endorsed in writing by its owner100
   • Neutral without listing or written endorsement50
   • Includes product promotion0

   Evidence

   Curriculum, learning materials and a letter from the strategy owner where available

7. Independent evaluation

   Programme impact evaluated by an independent party (university, research centre or public body) with a stated method and sample

   10%
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   Points

   • Independent evaluation exists100
   • None0

   Evidence

   Independent evaluation report

Each indicator gives 0 to 100 points; its share of the total is its weight. Ties are decided by the indicators listed first in the scorecard; payment or package never affects the score.

1. Done

   Nominations open

   26 October 2026 · 13:10

2. Upcoming

   Nominations close

   27 November 2026 · 01:10

3. Upcoming

   Judging starts

   27 November 2026 · 01:11

4. Upcoming

   Judging ends

   4 December 2026 · 13:00

5. Upcoming

   Results announced

   4 December 2026 · 13:10

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