Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere

No Poverty


Eradicating extreme poverty for all people everywhere by 2030 is a pivotal goal of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Extreme poverty, defined as surviving on less than $2.15 per person per day at 2017 purchasing power parity, has witnessed remarkable declines over recent decades.

However, the emergence of COVID-19 marked a turning point, reversing these gains as the number of individuals living in extreme poverty increased for the first time in a generation by almost 90 million over previous predictions.

Even prior to the pandemic, the momentum of poverty reduction was slowing down. By the end of 2022, nowcasting suggested that 8.4 per cent of the world’s population, or as many as 670 million people, could still be living in extreme poverty. This setback effectively erased approximately three years of progress in poverty alleviation.

If current patterns persist, an estimated 7% of the global population – around 575 million people – could still find themselves trapped in extreme poverty by 2030, with a significant concentration in sub-Saharan Africa.

A shocking revelation is the resurgence of hunger levels to those last observed in 2005. Equally concerning is the persistent increase in food prices across a larger number of countries compared to the period from 2015 to 2019. This dual challenge of poverty and food security poses a critical global concern.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

European Network for Qualitative Inquiry

ENQI 2017 Leuven Belgium F

European Network for REsearch on SERvices

RESER 1989 Gothenburg Sweden F

European Network for Research on Supplementary Pensions

ENRSP 1994 Münster Germany F

European Network of Academic Sports Services

ENAS 1997 Brussels Belgium F

European Network of Agricultural Social Protection Systems

ENASP Kassel Germany F

European Network of National Human Rights Institutions

ENNHRI 2003 Brussels Belgium E

European Network of Political Foundations

ENoP 2006 Brussels Belgium F

European network of Public Employment Services

PES network 2014 Brussels Belgium F g

European Network of Social Integration Enterprises

ENSIE 2001 Brussels Belgium F

European Network on Law and Society

1992 Cachan France F

European Network on Occupational Social Work

ENOS 1990 Boskoop Netherlands F v

European Network on Social Inclusion and Roma under the Structural Funds

EURoma Madrid Spain F

European Offender Employment Forum

EOEF London UK F

European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services

EuroPris 2011 The Hague Netherlands D

European Organization of Cosmetic Ingredients Industries and Services

UNITIS Paris France G t

European Partnership of Supervisory Organisations in Health Services and Social Care

EPSO 1996 The Hague Netherlands F g

European Pension Fund Investment Forum

EPFIF 1994 Welwyn UK D f

European Pet Organization

EPO 1990 Amersfoort Netherlands D t

European Plant Science Organisation

EPSO 2000 Brussels Belgium D y

European Regional Convention for the Maritime Mobile Radio Service

1948 T g

European Research and Development Service for the Social Economy

DIESIS 1997 Brussels Belgium F

European Research Network on Philanthropy

ERNOP 2008 Amsterdam Netherlands F

European Senior Organisation

ESO 2001 Brussels Belgium D

European Services Forum

ESF 1999 Brussels Belgium F y

European Services Strategy Unit

ESSU 1973 Tralee Ireland G

European Social Work Research Association

ESWRA 2014 D v

European Society for Population Economics

ESPE 1986 D v

European Spiritan Centre for Cooperation and Development

CSECD-Kibanda 2001 Brussels Belgium E

European Street Rod Association

ESRA 1995 D

European Students For Liberty

ESFL Washington DC USA F

European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management

ESTIEM 1990 Eindhoven Netherlands D t

European Third Party Providers Association

ETPPA Hoegaarden Belgium J

European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

eu-LISA 2011 Tallinn Estonia E g

European Union of Christian Democratic Workers

EUCDW 1977 Brussels Belgium D

European Union of Insurance and Social Security Medicine

EUMASS 1974 Brussels Belgium D

European Vending and Coffee Service Association

EVA 1976 Brussels Belgium D t

European Venture Philanthropy Association

EVPA 2004 Brussels Belgium D y

European Young Women's Christian Association

The European YWCA 1979 Stockholm Sweden E

Europska zaklada za filantropiju i društveni razvoj

EZFDR Zagreb Croatia G f

EvalPartners

2012 E y

Evaluation and Accreditation of Quality in Language Services

Eaquals 1991 Budapest Hungary D

Evidence Action

2013 Washington DC USA G

Fachstelle für Internationale Jugendarbeit der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

IJAB 1967 Bonn Germany N

Fair Trade Advocacy Office

FTAO 2004 Brussels Belgium E t

Fairfood International

2002 Amsterdam Netherlands F

FAIRMED

1960 Bern Switzerland G

Fairtrade International

FLO 1997 Bonn Germany D yt

Fairventures Worldwide

Stuttgart Germany G

Families of the Missing

FOM 2003 Brooklyn NY USA G

Families Relief

1994 London UK N

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