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

Councils on Chiropractic Education International

CCEI 2001 Pocatello ID USA E y

Coupe de la jeunesse

Nogent-sur-Marne France F

CPC Learning Network

2005 New York NY USA G

CPU Media Trust

1909 Cambridge UK C

Crawford Fund for International Agricultural Research

1987 Parkville VIC Australia G f

Crawford School of Economics and Government

1998 Canberra ACT Australia G

CRDF Global

1995 Arlington VA USA G f

Creative Commons

CC 2001 Mountain View CA USA G

Creative Learning

1977 Washington DC USA G

Creative Media Business Alliance

CMBA 2004 F y

CREST International

2015 Coventry UK C

Criminologists without Borders

2008 G

Crimmigration Control - International Net of Studies

CINETS 2011 F

Critical Costume

2013 F

Critical Research on Men in Europe

CROME F

Critical Tourism Studies

CTS F c

Critical Tourism Studies - Asia Pacific

CTS-AP F v

Cross Border Benefits Alliance-Europe

CBBA-Europe 2017 Brussels Belgium D

Cross International

Pompano Beach FL USA G

Cross-Cultural Solutions

1995 Pasadena CA USA G

Crossing Borders

CB 1999 Copenhagen Denmark F

Cruelty Free International

1898 London UK G

Cryogenics Society of Europe

CSE 2015 Enschede Netherlands D

CSW

1998 New Malden UK G

CTTE

S c

CUAMM - Medici con l'Africa

1950 Padua Italy G

Cultura Europa

CE 1982 Namur Belgium N

Cultural Foundation of the Americas

1996 Barcelona Spain G f

Cultural Heritage Asia Pacific Network

CHAP 1994 Burwood VIC Australia G

Cultural Heritage without Borders

CHwB 1995 Stockholm Sweden G f

Cultural Homestay International

CHI 1977 San Anselmo CA USA G

Cultural Integration Fellowship

CIF 1951 San Francisco CA USA G

Cultural Studies Association of Australasia

CSAA 1992 N

Cultural Survival

1972 Cambridge MA USA G

Cultural Treaty

1945 T g

Cultural Vistas

2011 New York NY USA G

Culture Action Europe

CAE 1992 Brussels Belgium F y

Culture and Disability International Network

CADIN Leuven Belgium N

Culture and Media Agency Europe

CUMEDIAE 2012 Brussels Belgium F

Culture et Liberté

1970 Paris France G

Culture of Peace Initiative

CPI 1983 J

Culture Resource

2003 Brussels Belgium F

Culturelink - the Network of Networks for Research and Cooperation in Cultural Development

1989 Zagreb Croatia F

Cummings Foundation

CFI 1986 Woburn MA USA G f

Cummings Institute for World Justice

IWJ 2010 Woburn MA USA G j

Curamericas

1983 Raleigh NC USA G

Cure International

1996 Spring Lake MI USA G

Current Research in Egyptology

CRE 2000 S c

Cuso International

1961 Ottawa ON Canada G

Customs Convention Concerning Welfare Material for Seafarers

1964 Brussels Belgium T g

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