Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 4: 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 |
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World Packaging Organisation |
WPO | 1968 | Vienna | Austria | C | y |
World Pathology Foundation |
WPF | 1972 | Falls Church VA | USA | F | f |
World PCO Alliance |
2009 | Tokyo | Japan | D | ||
World Pen Pals |
WPP | 1950 | Saugerties NY | USA | N | |
World Pharmacists |
1997 | Athens | Greece | G | v | |
World Philanthropists Organization |
Hampton | UK | N | |||
World Radiography Educational Trust Foundation |
WRETF | 1965 | London | UK | G | f |
World Recreational Scuba Training Council |
WRSTC | 1987 | Stuart FL | USA | E | |
World Reference Laboratory for Foot and Mouth Diseases |
WRLFMD | 1958 | Pirbright | UK | G | |
World Relief |
1944 | Baltimore MD | USA | G | ||
World Relief Refugee Services |
WRRS | Baltimore MD | USA | G | ||
World Renew |
1962 | Burlington ON | Canada | G | ||
World Rowing |
1892 | Lausanne | Switzerland | B | y | |
World Sailing |
1907 | London | UK | B | y | |
World Sand Sculpting Academy |
WSSA | 1990 | The Hague | Netherlands | C | y |
World Scholar's Cup |
2007 | Los Angeles CA | USA | F | ||
World Schools Debating Championships |
WSDC | 1988 | Ascot | UK | E | |
World Scout Bureau |
WSB | 1920 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | K | |
World Shiology Forum |
WSF | 2017 | Beijing | China | J | |
World Silambam Association |
WSA | 1999 | Petaling Jaya | Malaysia | G | |
World Skate |
1924 | Lausanne | Switzerland | C | y | |
World Small Animal Veterinary Association |
WSAVA | 1959 | Dundas ON | Canada | B | y |
World Society for Taiji |
WST | Brussels | Belgium | N | ||
World Society for Transport and Land Use Research |
WSTLUR | Montréal QC | Canada | C | ||
World Society of Victimology |
WSV | 1979 | Holden Hill SA | Australia | C | |
World Sport Publishers' Association |
WSPA | 1991 | Aachen | Germany | D | |
World Steel Association |
worldsteel | 1967 | Brussels | Belgium | C | t |
World Student Christian Federation |
WSCF | 1895 | Geneva | Switzerland | B | |
World Student Community for Sustainable Development |
WSC-SD | 2002 | Cambridge MA | USA | F | |
World Student Games Federation |
WSGF | G | ||||
World Sugar Research Organisation |
WSRO | 1978 | Cambridge | UK | C | |
World Summit on Media for Children Foundation |
WSMCF | 1999 | Fitzroy VIC | Australia | F | f |
World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities |
WSSD-U | 2012 | S | c | ||
World Taekwondo |
1973 | Seoul | Korea Rep | B | ||
World Teacher Trust |
WTT | 1971 | Brunnen | Switzerland | F | |
World Technopolis Association |
WTA | 1997 | Daejeon | Korea Rep | C | |
World Textile Art |
WTA | 1997 | Doral FL | USA | J | |
World Tourism Education and Research Centre |
WTERC | 1989 | Calgary AB | Canada | G | |
World Union for Progressive Judaism |
WUPJ | 1926 | Jerusalem | Israel | C | v |
World Union of Jesuit Alumni and Alumnae |
WUJA | 1956 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | E | |
World Union of Jewish Students |
WUJS | 1924 | Jerusalem | Israel | C | y |
World Union of Jewish Studies |
1947 | Jerusalem | Israel | C | ||
World Union of Tissue Banking Associations |
WUTBA | 2005 | Hannover | Germany | C | y |
World Universities Debating Council |
WUDC | 1981 | E | |||
World Universities Forum |
2008 | Champaign IL | USA | N | ||
World University Federation |
1996 | Bridgeport CT | USA | K | ||
World University Service |
WUS | 1920 | Wiesbaden | Germany | B | |
World Values Survey Association |
WVSA | 1981 | Vienna | Austria | C | |
World Veterinary Association |
WVA | 1959 | Brussels | Belgium | A | y |
World Water Council |
WWC | 1996 | Marseille | France | C | y |