PARTNER OF THE WEEK: NATIONAL YOUTH AND CHILDREN’S PALACE
Posted in Partner of The Week on December 8, 2017
Posted in Partner of The Week on December 8, 2017
Over the past 76 years the National Youth and Children’s Palace of Georgia has served as a cultural and educational center for school age children and adolescents. It provides participants with additional extracurricular education and opportunity to engage in learning by doing activities after school hours. National Palace is also a leading organisation providing children with non-formal education in Georgia.
In 2016 the Palace became a partner of Aflatoun International in Georgia and signed a partnership MoU. That same year it hosted Aflateen training delivered by Aflatoun staff and Georgian Master Trainer for teachers of the Palace during three days. After the training, teachers of the Palace together with students established Aflateen clubs where, every week, they meet regularly to acquire social and financial competencies.
The Palace has also joined Global Money Week movement in 2015 and launched school bank project in its premises. In 2017 during the structural reforms in the Palace, its leadership established and institutionalised a brand new educational direction “Financial Education and Modern Technology” for children and young people. There, students learn about the modern world challenges and 21st century skills.
In November of this year, the Palace organised an international conference on Driving Change in Non-Formal Education. It was attended by governmental institutions, National Bank, International Organisations, local NGOs, teachers, students and media. Financial literacy and social education was one of the central topics of the agenda. Aflatoun’s CEO Roeland Monasch presented about achievements of Aflatoun’s non-formal education programmes on a global as well as a regional level. In the coming years, the Palace wants to expand the Aflatoun programme in Georgia through its partners working in different cities and regions of Georgia and thus make Social and Financial Education accessible to more children, adolescents and educators.