Explore the latest impactful stories from EFI and our partners as we expand economic understanding across the regions we serve. From new initiatives and partnerships to stories from educators and students, these updates show how economic ideas are opening doors to opportunity and helping people make more informed decisions.
When Nurganym Mukhamejan first discovered economics, she wasn’t immediately captivated. “At the beginning, I was really confused about what it even was,” she says.
Growing up in Astana, Kazakhstan, she was initially drawn to finance through the Astana International Financial Centre, where she first learned about investing.
As part of Bendukidze Free Market Center’s preparation program for the International Final Round of the Economics Olympiad, Ukraine’s national team gathered in Kyiv for an intensive five-day training camp hosted in partnership with the Kyiv School of Economics.
Teachers from across North Macedonia have come together to establish the Association of Economics Teachers of North Macedonia, creating a new national platform dedicated to strengthening economics education and advancing economic literacy across the country.
Forty-one teachers from three regions of Ukraine have completed the latest Economic Education Accelerator, strengthening economics education for an estimated 7,000 students each year.
The demand for high-quality economics education continues to grow in Georgia, with more than 350 teachers applying for this year’s EFI Teacher Training Program – nearly three times the number of places available.
The demand for high-quality economics education continues to grow in Georgia, with more than 350 teachers applying for this year’s EFI Teacher Training Program – nearly three times the number of places available.
EFI’s Training Program (TTP), supported by the Rising Tide Foundation, has successfully completed its 2026 delivery in Kosovo, bringing together 84 secondary school teachers from across the country to strengthen economics education through practical, modern teaching methods.
Eighteen of Central Asia’s most promising young economics students came together in Almaty, Kazakhstan, this June for EFI’s Regional Economics Olympiad Bootcamp, an intensive week of academic preparation ahead of the International Economics Olympiad Finals in Greece this August.
