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

Refugee Council

1951 London UK F y

Refugee Council of Australia

RCOA 1981 Glebe NSW Australia G

Refugee Education Sponsorship Program International

RESPECT International 2002 Winnipeg MB Canada G

Refugee Empowerment International

REI 1979 Tokyo Japan G

Refugee Hub Europe

Brussels Belgium J

Refugee Relief International

RRII 1982 Woodside CA USA G

Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford

RSC 1982 Oxford UK G

ReGeneration 2030

Mariehamn Finland F

Regional Academy of Maritime Science and Technology

Niangon-Lokoa Côte d'Ivoire F g

Regional Branch for Central Africa of the International Council on Archives

1982 Kinshasa Congo DR K

Regional Center for Educational Planning

RCEP Sharjah United Arab Emirates E g

Regional Center of Quality and Excellence in Education

RCQE Riyadh Saudi Arabia E

Regional Centre for Biotechnology Training and Education, India

RCB 2005 Gurugram India G g

Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development

RCMRD 1975 Nairobi Kenya E g

Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Western Asia

2012 Amman Jordan K g

Regional Centre for the Promotion of Books in Latin America and the Caribbean

1971 Bogota Colombia E g

Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Africa

2014 Algiers Algeria J

Regional Centre for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in South-Eastern Europe under the auspices of UNESCO

Sofia Bulgaria E

Regional Centre for Training and Water Studies of Arid and Semiarid Zones, Cairo

RCTWS 2002 Cairo Egypt G g

Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications

RCC 1991 Moscow Russia D g

Regional Conference of Ministers of Education and Those Responsible for Economic Planning in Asia and the Pacific

MINEDAP S cg

Regional Conference on Migration

RCM 1996 San José Costa Rica E g

Regional Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Certificates, Diplomas, Degrees and other Academic Qualifications in Higher Education in the African States

1981 Paris France T g

Regional Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in Asia and the Pacific

1983 Paris France T g

Regional Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean

1974 Paris France T g

Regional Convention on the Recognition of Titles, Studies and Diplomas

1911 Caracas Venezuela T g

Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology

1972 T g

Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology in Asia

RCA 1972 Daejeon Korea Rep F g

Regional Dermatology Training Centre

RDTC 1990 Moshi Tanzania UR G

Regional Disaster Information Center for Latin America and the Caribbean

1990 E

Regional Energy Resources Information Center

RERIC 1978 Pathum Thani Thailand E y

Regional Information System

1985 Santiago Chile E g

Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Information and Training Centre - Wider Caribbean

REMPEITC-Carib 1994 Willemstad Curaçao E g

Regional Maritime University, Accra

RMU 1983 Accra Ghana E g

Regional Model Forest Network - Asia

RMFN-Asia 2010 F

Regional Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes

ReNAPRI 2012 Lusaka Zambia F j

Regional Network on Asian Schistosomiasis and Other Helminthic Zoonoses

RNAS+ 1998 Shanghai China F

Regional Observatory on Financing Culture in East-Central Europe

The Budapest Observatory 1999 Budapest Hungary G

Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment

ROPME Safat Kuwait D g

Regional Research Centre for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in West and Central Asia

Tehran ICH Centre 2010 Teheran Iran Islamic Rep E

Regional School for Aerial Navigation and Management

1960 Dakar Senegal E g

Regional School of Public Administration

ReSPA Danilovgrad Montenegro E g

Regional School of Sanitary Engineering and Hydraulic Resources

1965 Guatemala Guatemala E

Regional Schools and Colleges Permaculture Programme

ReSCOPE Programme 2006 Lusaka Zambia F

Regional Sericultural Training Centre for Asia-Pacific

Guangzhou China N

Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture

RUFORUM 2004 Kampala Uganda F

Regions4 Sustainable Development

Regions4 2002 Brussels Belgium F

Regroupement Européen pour la FOrmation et la Reconnaissance des MEDecines non-conventionnelles

REFORMED 2004 Saint-Ouen France F

Relief International

1990 Los Angeles CA USA G

Religieuses de l'Enfant-Jésus de Lille

1824 Lille France R

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