Primary objective in our consumer education work is to develop a financially literate community, where Lithuanian consumers can make informed decisions about financial products and services, and identify and avoid scams and swindlers. To help us achieve this objective, we have developed a consumer education strategy to guide our activities over the period 2004– 2006.
As part of our strategy, we have set out:
• the scope of our consumer education role;
• the priority topic areas that our strategy should focus on.
• the delivery mechanisms we intend to use for our consumer education initiatives.
As the primary consumer protection regulator in the financial services sector, we believe that our consumer education role should include the following main elements:
• Making consumers aware of the need to be informed, educated and active;
• Informing consumers about:
– How they can look after their money;
– Scams and swindles to avoid;
– Consumer rights and how to exercise them;
• Helping coordinate consumer education across different groups;
• Helping improve financial literacy;
• Undertaking or commissioning relevant research.
• Providing referral information.
Its very important, that children (specialy from sheltered houses) can acquirement developink skills for the individual consumer – skills such as how to buy quality goods at fair prices and how to spot fraudulent trade practices in the marketplace, and how to be a responsible consumer (ecology problems). Consumer education... [to full text]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LABT_ETD/oai:elaba.lt:LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050610_122230-46071 |
| Date | 10 June 2005 |
| Creators | Makarevičiūtė, Asta |
| Contributors | Kvieskienė, Giedrė, Indrašienė, Valdonė, Bieliauskienė, Rita, Žadeikaitė, Loreta, Leliūgienė, Marytė, Vilnius Pedagogical University |
| Publisher | Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), Vilnius Pedagogical University |
| Source Sets | Lithuanian ETD submission system |
| Language | Lithuanian |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050610_122230-46071 |
| Rights | Unrestricted |
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