Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 4: Quality Education

Quality Education


Progress towards quality education was already slower than required before the pandemic, but COVID-19 has had devastating impacts on education, causing learning losses in four out of five of the 104 countries studied.

Without additional measures, an estimated 84 million children and young people will stay out of school by 2030 and approximately 300 million students will lack the basic numeracy and literacy skills necessary for success in life.

In addition to free primary and secondary schooling for all boys and girls by 2030, the aim is to provide equal access to affordable vocational training, eliminate gender and wealth disparities, and achieve universal access to quality higher education.

Education is the key that will allow many other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved. When people are able to get quality education they can break from the cycle of poverty.

Education helps to reduce inequalities and to reach gender equality. It also empowers people everywhere to live more healthy and sustainable lives. Education is also crucial to fostering tolerance between people and contributes to more peaceful societies.

To deliver on Goal 4, education financing must become a national investment priority. Furthermore, measures such as making education free and compulsory, increasing the number of teachers, improving basic school infrastructure and embracing digital transformation are essential.

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

PeopleLink

1991 Petaluma CA USA G

Pépinières Européenes de Création

1992 Paris France G

Performance Studies International

PSI 1997 C

Performance Studies Network

PSN G

Performing and Fine Artists for World Peace

PFAWP 1986 Volcano HI USA F

Perhaps Kids Meeting Kids can make a Difference

KMK 1982 New York NY USA G

Permafrost Young Researcher Network

PYRN 2005 Amsterdam Netherlands F

Permanent Assembly for Human Rights

1975 Buenos Aires Argentina G

Permanent Conference of Mediterranean Audiovisual Operators

COPEAM 1996 Rome Italy E y

Permanent International Committee for Research on the Preservation of Materials in the Marine Environment

La Garde France E

Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention

2003 Innsbruck Austria E g

Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates

2006 Piacenza Italy E c

Personalized Arthroplasty Society

PAS 2019 London UK N

PERSPECTIV - Association of Historic Theatres in Europe

PERSPECTIV 2003 Biebergemünd Germany D

Pestalozzi Children's Foundation

1947 Trogen Switzerland G f

Pestalozzi International Foundation

1947 St Leonards-on-Sea UK G

Petites Missionnaires de la Charité

PMC 1915 Boston MA USA R

Petites Servantes du Coeur de Jésus

1917 Nancy France R

Petites Soeurs de la Miséricorde

1839 Verona Italy R

Petites Soeurs Dominicaines

1879 Paris France R

Pew Charitable Trusts

Philadelphia PA USA G

PfP Consortium of Defence Academies and Security Studies Institutes

1998 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany E y

Pharmaceutical and BioScience Society, International

PBSS San Francisco CA USA D

PHD Foundation

1981 Kobe Japan G f

Phi Theta Kappa International

1918 Jackson MS USA N

Philanthropy Impact

2013 London UK G y

Philanthropy Leadership Network

PLN 2010 Simon's Town South Africa J

Philanthropy without Frontiers, Canada

Vancouver BC Canada G

Philanthropy Workshop

TPW 1995 New York NY USA F

Philip Stephenson Foundation

2005 Alexandria VA USA G f

Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Society

PaTHES 2018 Aarhus Denmark C

Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia

PESA 1969 D

Phoenician International Research Center

PIRC J

Photolink International

1990 Salisbury UK N

Physicians for Peace

1989 Norfolk VA USA G

Physics of Membrane Processes

PMP F

Pierre Fauchard Academy

PFA 1936 Logan UT USA E

Pieux Ouvriers Catéchistes Ruraux

Missionnaires Ardorins 1943 Montalto Uffugo Italy R

Pious Congregation of St Joseph

1873 Rome Italy R

Pipeline Research Council International

PRCI 1952 Falls Church VA USA G

Pirate Parties International

PPI 2010 Geneva Switzerland C

Plain Ink

Milan Italy F

Plan Børnefonden

Copenhagen Denmark G f

Plan International

1937 Woking UK F

Planet Art Network

PAN Ashland OR USA F

Planetary Collegium

2003 Plymouth UK F

Planetary Society

PS 1980 Pasadena CA USA G v

Planète Enfants & Développement

1984 Paris France G

PLANNORD Network

PLANNORD F

Plant Research International

PRI Wageningen Netherlands G

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