Financial literacy in the context of the education system in the part related to adult education

The Ministry of Science, Education and Youth, along witheducational institutions, is responsible for the development of educationalpolicy systems and programs. The Republic of Croatia adoptedthe National Development Strategy of the Republic of Croatia until2030 in order to positively influence the financial literacy of citizensof the Republic of Croatia due to the devastating results conductedby the OECD in 2023. Therefore, the aim of this research is to analyseand determine the representation of financial literacy content in theRegister of the Croatian Qualifications Framework and to propose aneducational program as a response to the possible improvement ofcitizens’ financial literacy. A comparative analysis was used to comparetwo adult education programs, the results of which are presentedin this research. The projections of the conducted analysis show thatthe newly proposed adult education program has all the prerequisitesfor improving citizens’ financial literacy.