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TOPACE Europe Awarded Persons 2008
[1]- © Tower Person Award
At the occasion of the 5th
International Conference of the Consumer Citizenship Network CCN
“Assessing Information as Consumer Citizens” May 5, 2008, Tallinn
University, Tallinn/Estonia.
Mike Kitson
As Academic Leader in Consumer Science at the
London Metropolitan University Mike contributed with a high level of
commitment and performance to the promotion of consumer education for
adults in the United Kingdom and Europewide. The TOPACE Jury has
reviewed and appreciated his efforts and unanimously decided to award
Mike Kitson. His professional activities include:
- coordinator of EU GRUNDTVIG Consumer Education for Adults Network (first CEA, now CEAN);
- leader of the UK team of EU DOLCETA programme that produced consumer rights and personal finance modules for 25 countries in 21 languages;
- steering group member of EU ERASMUS Consumer Citizenship Network (CCN).
Mike Kitson contributed substantially to UK projects such as the
Consumer Eucators Website ASK CEDRIC and cooperated with the National
Consumer Education Partnership (NCEP). From his long list of
pulications: “Guidelines for Consumer Education for
Adults”(co-author: Sue Bailey), 2006.
TOPACE International Awarded Persons 2008
- [2]
- © Tower Person Award
At the occasion of the 5th
International Conference of the Consumer Citizenship Network CCN
“Assessing Information as Consumer Citizens” May 5, 2008, Tallinn
University, Tallinn/Estonia.
Rosella Bannister
Rosella
Bannister, Executive Director of the National Intitute for Consumer
Education (NICE) at Eastern Michigan University from 1973 to 1998
dedicated her professional and civil society activities to the service
in consumer and personal finance education.
She is also a
pioneer of international networking in consumer education.
The
TOPACE Jury was in agreement that the work she has done over 35 years
deserves international recognition.
In 1982 Rosella Bannister
and Charles Monsma published the worldwide renowned book<
"Classification of Concepts in Consumer Education".
In 2007 she co-chaired the development of the "National Standards
in Personal Finance Education", which serves as a modern version
of the Classification.
She contributed substantially to the
"1990 National Survey: The Status of Consumer Education in United
States Schools"
In retirement, Rosella established a
consulting service, the Bannister Financial Education Services, in
which she manages the online Personal Finance Clearinghouse of the
Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy in Washington, D.C.
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