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

Austrian Centre for Peace

ACP 1983 Stadtschlaining Austria G

Austrian Economics Meeting Europe Foundation

AEME Foundation 2014 F f

Austrian Human Rights Institute, Salzburg

1987 Salzburg Austria N j

Austrian Research Foundation for Development Cooperation

1967 Vienna Austria G f

Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics research group

APLL E c

Autismo Latinoamérica Federación

ALaFe 2019 D

Avenir pour l'Enfant des Rizières

AER 1979 Toulouse France G

Aventures sans frontières

ASF 1992 Libreville Gabon N

Avian Immunology Research Group

AIRG 1988 S c

Aviation Security Services Association - International

ASSA-I 2002 Wemmel Belgium D

AVSI Foundation

1972 Milan Italy G f

Ayusa International

AYUSA 1982 San Francisco CA USA G

B'nai B'rith Youth Organization

BBYO 1924 Washington DC USA E

Badminton Europe

BEC 1967 Brøndby Denmark D

Baitulmaal

2004 Irving TX USA G

Balkan Academy of Cosmetic Surgery

BACS Sofia Bulgaria D

Balkan Centre for Peace and Culture

Cairndow UK G

Balkan Museum Network

BM Network 2006 Sarajevo Bosnia-Herzegovina F

Balkan Network for the Study of Obesity

BALNESO 2002 Athens Greece F

Balkan Physical Union

BPU 1985 Nis Serbia F

Baltic Academy

1988 Lübeck Germany N

Baltic and East European Graduate School

BEEGS 2000 Huddinge Sweden G

Baltic Association for Media Research

BAMR 1993 Tartu Estonia D

Baltic Audiovisual Archival Council

BAAC 2005 Tallinn Estonia E y

Baltic Centre for Media Excellence

BCME Riga Latvia D

Baltic Defence College

BALTDEFCOL 1998 Tartu Estonia D g

Baltic Earth

Geesthacht Germany E

Baltic Economic Association

BEA 2018 D

Baltic Fishing Fleet State Academy

1966 Kaliningrad Russia G

Baltic Forestry, Veterinary and Agricultural University Network

BOVA UN 1996 Jelgava Latvia F

Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies

BICEPS 2001 Riga Latvia G

Baltic Sail

1996 Rostock Germany J

Baltic Sea Culture Centre, Gdansk

1992 Gdansk Poland G

Baltic Sea Forum

1992 Hamburg Germany F y

Baltic Sea Region University Network

BSRUN 2000 St Petersburg Russia F

Baltic Sea Research Institute

Rostock-Warnemünde Germany G j

Baltic Youth Philharmonic

BYP 2008 Berlin Germany F

Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens

BKMC 2015 Vienna Austria E

Banana Research Network for Eastern and Southern Africa

BARNESA 1994 Kampala Uganda F

Banana Research Network for West and Central Africa

Innovate Plantain J

Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies

BCIS 1975 Colombo Sri Lanka G

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies

BIDS 1957 Dhaka Bangladesh G j

Bangladesh Marine Academy

BMA 1972 Chittagong Bangladesh G

Bank Information Center

BIC 1987 Washington DC USA G

Bantani Education

2017 Tervuren Belgium F

Baptist Mission Australia

1864 Hawthorn East VIC Australia G

Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa

BTC Southern Africa 1951 Pretoria South Africa N

Baptist World Aid

BWAid 1920 Falls Church VA USA F

Baptist World Aid Australia

1959 North Ryde NSW Australia G

BarefootLawyers International

1998 Berkeley CA USA G

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