- The Europe-wide financial literacy competition European Money Quiz (EMQ) will be held in Brussels on 22–23 May.
- Finland’s representatives in the competition are Veera Kaperi and Mette Linnas from Anna Tapio’s Boarding School.
- The EMQ has competitors aged 13–15 from more than 30 countries.
- The EMQ finals are played on the Kahoot! platform, which measures both accuracy and speed with twenty multiple-choice questions.
- The EMQ is organised by the European Banking Federation (EBF). Finance Finland is a member of the EBF.
This is the first year Finland’s representatives in the EMQ were selected based on their performance in the national Finance Hero competition for eighth grade pupils. Finance Hero is coordinated by Nordea, the Finnish Foundation for Share Promotion, Junior Achievement Finland and Finance Finland.
The past few days have been a flurry of excitement for the eighth grade pupils Veera Kaperi and Mette Linnas from Anna Tapio’s Boarding School. When the school’s five-member team won the Finance Hero competition in early May, it meant that two of them would be continuing to Brussels to represent Finland at the European Money Quiz (EMQ) finals.
Kaperi and Linnas were chosen for the task.
“It’s still hard to believe that our team won and that out of the 130 teams we were the ones to clear our way to Brussels. We’re looking forward to meeting the other teams and getting to know new people and new cultures”, Kaperi and Linnas say.
The girls are excited about the competition itself but also about the other fun activities planned for them in Brussels. Their agenda includes at least visits to the interactive and digital centre for financial education WikiFin Lab and the European Parliament’s visitor centre Parlamentarium.
“It’s fantastic to get to represent your own country, but obviously we’re also nervous. It’s the two of us against all the other countries”, Kaperi says.
“Still, we’re very excited to meet the other teams and learn what the level of financial literacy is like in other countries. We’ll definitely also be hearing about what life and school is like in different countries”, adds Linnas.
Interest in finance and economics carried into Brussels
Kaperi and Linnas were selected as the two finalists due to their shared interest in financial and economic matters.
“It wasn’t easy to find the ten pupils we needed for the preliminaries, but after that we’ve had no shortage of volunteers. In the end, Linnea and I were selected as the representatives because we’re both good in several areas that complement each other”, Linnas notes.
“Mette’s strength lies in association and logical reasoning, while I’m better with numbers and calculation. These skills combined with our mutual knowledge of finance and economics will be sure to help us in the EMQ finals”, Kaperi continues.
The EMQ gets competitors aged 13–15 from more than 30 countries. The victory hinges not only on knowledge but also on speed.
Also joining the girls on the trip to Brussels is Finance Finland’s Public Affairs Specialist Emilia Peikola, who admires the young EMQ finalists’ solid level of financial literacy.
“I don’t doubt we’ll have an unforgettable time in Brussels. The competition offers the Finnish representatives an excellent opportunity to network with their peers from all across Europe – and the chance to spar with them in financial literacy”, Peikola says.
The European Money Quiz is organised by the European Banking Federation (EBF). Finance Finland is a member of the EBF.
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