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

Afro-European Medical and Research Network

AEMRN 2006 Bern Switzerland F

AfroPresencia

Brooklyn NY USA F

AFS Intercultural Programs

AFS 1915 New York NY USA F

Aga Khan University

AKU 1983 Karachi Pakistan E

Agence marocaine de coopération internationale

AMCI 1986 Rabat Morocco G

Agence pour l'enseignement français à l'étranger

AEFE 1990 Paris France N

Agence pour la Solidarité Internationale, la Culture, le Développement et l'Environnement

AMORCES Paris France G

Agence universitaire de La Francophonie

AUF 1961 Montréal QC Canada C y

Agency for Public Health Education Accreditation

APHEA Brussels Belgium E

Agency for the Promotion of European Research, Rome

1990 Rome Italy G

AGRECOL Afrique: Networking and Information Centre for Sustainable Agriculture in Africa

2001 Thiès Senegal G

Agreement between the Member States of the Council of Europe on the Issue to Military and Civilian War-disabled of an International Book of Vouchers for the Repair of Prosthetic and Orthopaedic Appliances

1962 Strasbourg France T g

Agreement concerning co-operation between authorities and institutions in the field of vocational rehabilitation and training for the labour market

1982 T g

Agreement Concerning Cooperative Research in Reactor Science

1970 T g

Agreement Concerning Cultural Cooperation

1971 T g

Agreement Concerning Helicopter Pilot Training

1977 T g

Agreement Concerning Higher Education

1960 T g

Agreement Concerning Insured Letters and Boxes and Detailed Regulations

1969 T g

Agreement Concerning Insured Letters and Boxes, 1952

1952 T g

Agreement Concerning Insured Letters and Boxes, 1957

1957 T g

Agreement Concerning Insured Letters and Boxes, 1964

1964 T g

Agreement Concerning Research on the Effects of Radioactivity in the Sea

1961 T g

Agreement Concerning Sickness Benefits and Benefits in Respect of Pregnancy and Confinement

1975 T g

Agreement Concerning Subscriptions to Newspapers and Periodicals, 1952

1952 T g

Agreement Concerning Subscriptions to Newspapers and Periodicals, 1957

1957 T g

Agreement Concerning Subscriptions to Newspapers and Periodicals, 1964

1964 T g

Agreement Concerning Subscriptions to Newspapers and Periodicals, 1969

1969 T g

Agreement Concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions for Periodical Technical Inspections of Wheeled Vehicles and the Reciprocal Recognition of Such Inspections

1997 T g

Agreement Concerning the Social Security of Rhine Boatmen, 1950

1950 T g

Agreement Concerning the Social Security of Rhine Boatmen, 1961

1961 T g

Agreement Concerning the Social Security of Rhine Boatmen, 1979

1979 T g

Agreement Concerning Transfers between Sick Funds and Sickness Benefits During Temporary Residence

1956 T g

Agreement Concerning Transfers of Persons Insured for Sickness Benefit and Concerning Sickness Benefit During Temporary Residence

1967 T g

Agreement concluded by Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden on Admission to Higher Education

1996 T g

Agreement for Facilitating the International Circulation of Visual and Auditory Materials of an Educational, Scientific and Cultural Character

Beirut Agreement 1948 Paris France T g

Agreement for the Transfer of a Training Reactor and Enriched Uranium

1970 T g

Agreement on cooperation in education

T g

Agreement on Literary and Artistic Property

1911 T g

Agreement on Research Participation and Technical Exchange in the In-pile CABRI and Annular Core Pulsed Reactor Research Programs Related to Fast Reactor Safety

1978 T g

Agreement on Social Security

1977 T g

Agreement on the Extension of Certain Measures Relating to Social Security

1977 T g

Agreement on the Global Weather Experiment

1979 T g

Agreement on the History of the Liberator

1911 T g

Agreement on the Implementation of a European Project on Pollution, on the Topic 'research into Physico-chemical Behaviour of Sulphur Dioxide in the Atmosphere'

1971 T g

Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials

1950 Paris France T g

Agreement Relating to Writs and Letters of Request

1952 T g

Agreement Respecting the Publication of Historical Records

1911 T g

Agricultural Libraries Network

AGLINET 1971 Rome Italy F

Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy

ANH Academy 2015 London UK G v

AGRINATURA

2009 Cork Ireland F y

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