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FORUMjt 42 / 2016

_Financial

Knowledge and

Skills of

Young Futurę

Economists

in 4V Countries

A large number of available research find-ings - confirming a Iow level of financial literacy worldwide - have highlighted the need for an initiative to evaluate the financial knowledge and skills, as well as the use of basie financial products, and to work out a risk profile of young individual inves-tors and potential financial market experts, represented by business students from the Yisegrad Group countries.

Tomas Siyaćek, and the University of West Hungary in Sopron, whose efforts are coordinated by dr Noemi Iszak and Anita Csanyi.

In the research part of the project it is planned that a survey is going to be conducted among students of all the participating Uniyersities. The work methodology was agreed upon at a pre-paratory workshop held in Katowice on 19 and 20 March 2015. The research is carried out among two groups of students - the ones who have just begun their studies and the ones who are about to graduate and complete their degree courses in business (and finance). Almost 1,400 students took part in the survey. The findings are going to be announced on the project website - www.fks4v. ue.katowice.pl - as well as in scientific publications.

In addition, two competitions were held among the students, as part of the project. The first one was an International competition on financial markets, which was carried out in two stages. Stage one involved students from the participating Uniyersities. Five students from every University were chosen for stage two - the finał one. The second competition was about poster presen-

tations prepared by students from the Visegrad Group countries under the motto of "A banking product for students”. The finals were organised in Katowice on 23 and 24 Noyember 2015. The meeting was attended by Prof. Sławomir Smyczek, Vice-Rector for Internationalisation and Marketing. In addition to the competitions, students from the Czech Republic, Stoyakia, Hungary and Poland also par-ticipated in the workshops run by ‘Sile-sianie' Song and Dance Ensemble from the Uniyersity of Economics in Katowice and yisited the Scientific Information Centre and the Academic library.

The poster competition winners were students from the Uniyersity of Economics in Bratis!ava and the Uniyersity of West Hungary in Sopron. The winners of the international competition on financial markets included: Marek Błachut from the Uniyersity of Economics in Katowice (1^M place), Monika Słowik from the Uniyersity of Economics in Katowice (2'* place), Piroska Vagi from the Uniyersity of West Hungary in Sopron and Radek Śimanovsky from J.E. Purkyne Uniyersity in Usti nad Labem (3^,a place exaequo).