About Skavqur

Savings strategy works here

Skavqur is a Dublin-based workshop platform built around one idea: financial knowledge only matters when you can apply it. Makroekonomija — macroeconomics — shapes the backdrop of every savings decision, and most courses never mention it.

Founded in 2023, Skavqur fills that gap. Each programme combines structured exercises with live peer feedback, so participants leave with a personal savings plan, not just notes.

Workshop participants working through assignments

What shapes our approach

Every workshop is built on four operating principles. They are not aspirational — they are structural decisions that affect how each session is designed.

Savings habits form in the doing, not the knowing.

Step-by-step assignments

Each concept is immediately applied. Participants complete structured tasks during the session, not after it.

Macroeconomic context

Inflation, interest rate cycles, and economic policy — the Makroekonomija layer that personal finance books skip — is woven into every module.

Locally relevant scenarios

Cases, cost benchmarks, and saving targets are drawn from Dublin's actual cost of living — not generic textbook examples.

Peer review built in

Collaborative feedback loops are part of each programme structure. Participants stress-test each other's plans in real time.

How a workshop runs

Each session follows a consistent structure. Not rigid — consistent. Participants know what kind of output they are producing by the end.

The sequence is designed so that each stage depends on the previous one, which prevents the common pattern of attending a session and leaving with disconnected ideas.

Context framing

The session opens by anchoring current economic conditions — interest rates, inflation trends — to the specific saving goal being addressed.
Individual exercise

Each participant works through a structured assignment using their own income and expense numbers, not hypothetical ones.
Group critique

Plans are shared in small groups. Peers identify gaps, challenge assumptions, and suggest alternatives.
Revised take-away

Every participant leaves with a revised, personalised savings plan — not a certificate, not a summary slide.

Ciarán Devoy

Lead Instructor

Ciarán has spent a decade designing financial literacy programmes for adult learners in urban settings. His background in macroeconomics informs how each Skavqur module connects personal budgeting to broader economic cycles.

Tomáš Havel

Workshop Facilitator

Tomáš leads the collaborative critique phases and designs the peer-review formats. He focuses on making group feedback practical rather than evaluative.