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Description
The aim of the project is to educate 200 people aged (60+) of 10 Greek cities on the use of financial products, services and procedures in a safe way, through trainings and workshops The elderly are disadvantaged at the capability of using financial products and services, as most of them are not accustomed with the management and their use and for this reason they can easily be exploited and deceived.
The trainings and workshops include among others safe use of credit/debit card, online banking - purchases, bank account protection, loans management and special benefits to elderly by services of general interest. Trainings will take place in Nafpaktos, Chania, Veria, Kastoria, Lamia, Syros, Katerini, Rhodes, Volos and Messolonghi.
Fifty (50) of the trainees (5 people per Training Lab / City) will be selected to provide voluntary work on the object of the training program that they attended. An expected number of 252 people will take advantage of the project during its implementation (Beneficiaries).
After the end of the project a manual for use of financial products will be available on line and five trainees per city will create a local service team in order to assist other elderly in the use of financial product.
Summary of project results
The aim of the project was to educate 200 people aged (60+) of 10 Greek cities on the use of financial products, services and procedures in a safe way, through trainings and workshops The elderly are disadvantaged at the capability of using financial products and services, as most of them are not accustomed with the management and their use and for this reason they can easily be exploited and deceived.
The trainings and workshops included among others safe use of credit/debit card, online banking - purchases, bank account protection, loans management and special benefits to elderly by services of general interest. Trainings took place in Nafpaktos, Chania, Veria, Kastoria, Lamia, Syros, Katerini, Rhodes, Volos and Messolonghi.
Fifty (50) of the trainees (5 people per Training Lab / City) were selected to provide voluntary work on the object of the training program that they attended. Finally, the project achieved its targets.
Under the project a manual for use of financial products was created and it is available on line and five trainees per city have created a local service team in order to assist other elderly in the use of financial product.