In the 2025-2026 school year, the Intesa Sanpaolo Savings Museum has confirmed its role as national reference point in economic citizenship education, consolidating an educational model based on scientific rigor, methodological innovation, and inclusion.
Thanks to an increasingly varied, inclusive and innovative training offer, The Museum involved a total of 155.031 students and teachers from first and second cycle schools, throughout Italy and abroad, a 32% increase over the previous year. 1.557 educational activities were provided to schools—including financial education courses, workshops, guided tours, and in-depth events—for a total of 2.277 hours of training. Thanks to Flitin (Financial Literacy International Network), the Intesa Sanpaolo Group's network active in Italy and eleven other European and non-European countries, the Museum was able to share and replicate established educational formats abroad, reaching over 13.000 students beyond Italy's borders.
“In a context marked by growing economic, social and geopolitical uncertainty – he commented Giovanna Paladino, Director and Curator of the Savings Museum -, the ability to understand choices regarding money, savings, consumption, work, and the future is no longer an accessory skill, but an essential component of citizenship. Economic and financial education is becoming, above all, a tool for interpreting reality, evaluating alternatives, recognizing risks, understanding the consequences of decisions, and developing autonomy—in short, educating people to make choices. The Savings Museum's contribution is evident not only through the numbers in our annual report, but also through the quality and variety of its programs, its dialogue with schools, its projects with public and private partners, and its international outreach.
The distinctive element of the Museum is educational innovationThe educational offering is based on edutainment, interactivity, digital tools, and active participation. Through games, simulations, and collaborative activities, students develop economic and financial skills in a concrete and engaging way. The interdisciplinary approach connects financial education with other curricular subjects and with the main challenges of the contemporary world, integrating themes such as environmental and social sustainability, digital transformation, online security, artificial intelligence, and human capital development. The quality and scientific reliability of the educational offering were recognized in 2025 by the National Committee for Financial Education through the awarding of the “Quality Seals”, which certify the absence of commercial purposes and compliance with high standards in the provision of financial education activities.
Among the main novelties of the 2025-2026 school year are: the Edufin & Literature cycle, which brings the classics into dialogue with economics, and webinars on the synergies between sport and money on the occasion of the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The EDU FIN&FUN courses for primary and lower secondary schools and the "A Window on the World" series for upper secondary schools, dedicated to exploring current economic issues, have also been expanded and consolidated. At the same time, teacher training has continued through specialized webinars and the free FAI META course, with the aim of promoting the integration of financial education into teaching.
The Museum also has strengthened its network of collaborations with institutions, public bodies and third sector associations, and signed a collaboration protocol with the Piedmont Regional School Office, the Piedmont Region, and local organizations active in promoting financial education in schools. Starting in 2025, a new system for monitoring satisfaction with school initiatives has been introduced. This system is designed as a tool for listening and continuous improvement, with the goal of aligning the curriculum increasingly with teachers' interests, expectations, and needs. In over 90% of cases, teachers expressed their willingness to re-enroll their classes in future editions of the initiatives already tested, confirming the high level of appreciation for the proposed initiatives.
guarding the future, The Savings Museum will continue to invest in expansion and customization training programs, strengthening teaching tools to support teachers, and extending activities to contexts characterized by greater educational and social vulnerability. Particular attention will be paid to strengthening the international dimension, with the goal of reaching a growing number of students and contributing to the dissemination of an increasingly inclusive economic and financial culture, both in Italy and abroad.
