ISF Professional Training Program for Teachers, StartFIN, Continues
The Institute of Financial Studies (ISF) has been accredited by the Ministry of Education, starting from 3 August 2022, to organize a continuous professional development program aimed at teachers, which provides the development of specific financial education competencies.
The StartFIN program (Training of teaching staff in primary education in the financial field) consists of 40 hours and offers 10 continuous training credits to participants. The program is accredited for 4 years in a blended learning system, with 20 hours organized online, synchronously, and 20 hours organized asynchronously, thus providing the advantage of remote participation for teachers from across the country.
In 2024, ISF continues to offer, free of charge, the opportunity for training to teaching staff in primary education.
The purpose of the StartFIN program, organized by the Institute of Financial Studies in partnership with the Financial Supervisory Authority, is to develop technical knowledge specific to financial markets for teachers who teach in primary education. The program is aimed at disseminating financial concepts among students and young people. The regulator and professional associations in Romania support the project through such financial-economic training courses for teaching staff, with the goal of increasing the chances of financial inclusion among young people.
Interested teaching staff can register directly at the email address startfin@isf.ro until 01 January 2024. The number of participants is limited to 25 people per series, in the order of registrations. In case this limit is exceeded, individuals will be enrolled in the next available series.
About the Financial Supervisory Authority
The Financial Supervisory Authority is the national authority, established in 2013 through OUG 93/2012 approved by Law 113/2013, for the regulation and supervision of the insurance, private pension, and capital markets. A.S.F. contributes to strengthening the integrated operational framework of these three sectors, which together include over 10 million participants. More information can be found at www.asfromania.ro.
About ISF
The Institute of Financial Studies (ISF) Foundation has demonstrated experience since 2002 in the process of professional training for adults. The experience in organizing professional training and certification programs based on the provisions of legislation specific to the non-banking financial sector has led to the training of 26,220 participants and the certification of 160,691 individuals working in the insurance and capital market sectors. The quality of the training and certification process has been validated over time through accreditations obtained as a provider from the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF), the National Bank of Romania (BNR), and the National Qualifications Authority (ANC). Starting from May 2021, ISF organizes training sessions within the continuous professional training program “Training of teaching staff in pre-university education in the non-banking financial field (FinTTT),” aimed at pre-university teaching staff, based on the accreditation obtained in March 2021, pursuant to OM 3559 of 29.03.2021.