Bangkok, May 30, 2014 ? The SEC kicks off ?Financial Literacy in Workplace? Project or ?FL in Workplace? to promote financial literacy and skills among Thai people through 100 companies and organizations across the country. The Project has been initiated to encourage employers to set up a learning process in personal finance for employees. It is expected help employees solve financial problems and learn of financial planning, which will enable them to achieve their live goal and financial stability.

Vorapol Socatiyanurak, SEC Secretary-General, said the SEC launched ?FL in Workplace? to promote employers? contribution in building up financial management skills of their employees and attaining sustainable knowledge transfer. Several research showed that most Thai people started saving too late with a little money in assets offering low return. Therefore, the SEC this year set a target of 100 participants from employers nationwide. So far, 60 organizations and companies tallying 90,000 employees have joined and assigned their executives and representatives to attend financial literacy training courses. The trainees then become the trainers working on knowledge transfer, activities or clinic within their respective organizations. The  participants in ?FL in Workplace? are both public sector organizations and listed and non-listed companies in various business sectors such as petrochemicals, banking, hotel and educational institutions.

?FL in Workplace? has been well-receptive with cooperation and assistance from alliances including Asian Development Bank (ADB) in preparing curriculum, forming courses and providing mentors. Five areas in the curriculum comprise short-term financial management, personal information management, financial planning, investment product selection as well as financial solutions and search for financial information. The SEC will also hand out toolkits for trainees as guidelines for their internal activities and evaluation. Also featuring in the training course will be those who succeeded in organizing the training courses for their staff. The first course will be held on 2nd -3rd June, 2014. Organizations and companies interested in joining the Project can apply through the SEC?s educational website at www.start-to-invest.com
or dial 0-2695-4646 or 0-2695-9506.