We launched the 2nd edition of Academy of Finance

The first meeting of the 2^nd edition of the Academy of Finance, i.e. the largest educational project of the Institute of Finance, took place on Saturday, 29 October. After months of preparation, we had the opportunity to see the selected participants live for the first time.

The meeting was attended by 40 university students and high school graduates from all over Poland, who had prepared their best papers on the topic “The Role of the State in Times of Crisis”.

The entire event was held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Finance.

The Academy was officially opened by Łukasz Chrobak, Director of the Institute of Finance. After the opening lecture delivered by Piotr Patkowski, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Finance and Chief Spokesman for the Discipline of Public Finance, participants were drawn into teams to be able to enter the Oxford Style Debate Tournament. After the official part, welcome packs were handed out to the participants.

This was followed by a lecture by Ziemowit Bagłajewski, Deputy Financial Ombudsman, who talked about the role and tasks of the Financial Ombudsman.

The first meeting of the Academy of Finance closed with training sessions on public speaking conducted by Paulina Pepera and Magda Kapitańczyk from “Nowy Głos” Foundation.

During each of the lectures and training sessions, the participants were actively involved, asking numerous questions.