Provident Romania, part of International Personal Finance (IPF), recently won the Golden Award for PR Excellence for the Bugetul Familiei (The Family Budget) Financial Education programme.
Nominated in two categories, Financial Communication and Communication of Financial Products and Services, the business took home the Golden Award in the Financial Communications category.
Provident Romania is a key supporter of the national financial education project for adults, which is run by the Association for Consumer Protection Romania (APC Romania) under the aegis of the National authority for Consumer Protection.
In their tenth year, the PR Awards are the most prestigious in Romania and saw 75 projects shortlisted across 24 categories. The judging panel included senior communications directors from large companies as well as public relations practitioners from Romanian and international organisations.
Ivo Kalik, Country Manager, explained more about how the business supports the national education programme: “We launched a dedicated website to help people with their personal and family finances and we also created a network across the country of school teachers and NGOs committed to delivering basic financial literary workshops to high-school children and other beneficiaries.
“Moreover Provident has circulated useful materials to our customers on behalf of the programme covering issues such as loan agreements and APR charges. I’m delighted we’ve picked up this communications award as we have invested a huge amount of time and effort into making sure the programme makes a positive difference to our customers and the wider population.”
In addition, Provident Romania was recently nominated for a ‘People for People’ award that recognises people and companies who are actively involved in social projects. The business received a diploma for Excellency in Personal Finance for its personal safety programmes in Bucharest earlier this year.
For further information contact:
Nick Jones +44 (0) 113 285 6815
Head of Communications nick.jones@ipfin.co.uk
