Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all

Decent Work and Economic Growth


Goal 8 is about promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all.

Multiple crises are placing the global economy under serious threat. Global real GDP per capita growth is forecast to slow down in 2023 and with ever increasing challenging economic conditions, more workers are turning to informal employment.

Globally, labour productivity has increased and the unemployment rate has decreased. However, more progress is needed to increase employment opportunities, especially for young people, reduce informal employment and labour market inequality (particularly in terms of the gender pay gap), promote safe and secure working environments, and improve access to financial services to ensure sustained and inclusive economic growth.

The global unemployment rate declined significantly in 2022, falling to 5.4 per cent from a peak of 6.6 per cent in 2020 as economies began recovering from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. This rate was lower than the pre-pandemic level of 5.5 per cent in 2019.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

The Global Business Initiative on Human Rights

GBI 2009 Eastbourne UK F

The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law

HiiL 2005 The Hague Netherlands G j

The Indus Entrepreneurs

TiE Global 1992 Sunnyvale CA USA N

The International Alliance for Women

TIAW 1980 Washington DC USA F

The Intrepid Foundation

2002 Melbourne VIC Australia J f

The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit

ICIEC 1994 Jeddah Saudi Arabia E eg

The Left in the European Parliament

The Left 1994 Brussels Belgium F

The Leprosy Mission International

TLMI 1874 Brentford UK F

The Management Centre of the Mediterranean

MC 2001 G

The Marine Ingredients Organisation

IFFO 1959 London UK D

The Mission to Seafarers

1856 London UK G

The Montreal Group

TMG 2012 Montréal QC Canada E g

The Network Forum

TNF London UK J

The Network: Towards Unity for Health

The Network: TUFH 1979 F y

The Rockefeller Foundation

1913 New York NY USA F f

The Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative

Vienna Austria G

The Sustainable Trade Initiative

IDH 2008 Utrecht Netherlands F f

The Vetiver Network International

TVNI 1989 San Antonio TX USA F

The Voice of the Martyrs

VOM 1969 Bartlesville OK USA F

The Wolfsberg Group

2000 E

The World Bank Group

Washington DC USA F g

Third Protocol to the Central American Agreement on Fiscal Incentives to Industrial Development

1977 T g

Third Protocol to the General Treaty of Central American Economic Integration to Guarantee Free Trade in Paper and Glass Containers

1966 T g

Third World Center for Water Management

1999 Glasgow UK G

Third World Foundation for Social and Economic Studies

TWF 1978 London UK F f

Third World Network

TWN 1984 Penang Malaysia F

Third World Relief Fund

Brussels Belgium G fv

Thousand Currents

1985 San Francisco CA USA G

TIME Association

1989 Gif-sur-Yvette France F

Timor Aid

1998 Dili Timor-Leste G

Toastmasters International

TI 1924 Englewood CO USA C

Together Women Rise

2003 Greenville SC USA G

Toilet Board Coalition

TBC 2015 Geneva Switzerland C

Tony Elumelu Foundation

TEF 2010 Lagos Nigeria J f

Tools for Self Reliance

1978 Southampton UK G

Torremolinos Protocol of 1993 Relating to the Torremolinos International Convention for the SAfety of Fishing Vessels

SFV PROT 1993 1993 London UK T g

Tostan

1991 Dakar Senegal F

Trade and Development Bank

TDB 1983 Ebene Mauritius F gt

Trade Expansion and Economic Cooperation Agreement between India, Egypt and Yugoslavia

Tripartite Agreement 1967 T g

Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD

TUAC 1948 Paris France E t

Trade Union Eurocontrol Maastricht

TUEM Maastricht Netherlands E v

Trade Union International of Chemical, Energy, Metal, Oil and Allied Industries

TUI CHEMISTRY-ENERGY B yt

Trade Union International of Mining, Metallurgy and Metal

TUI Metal J t

Trade Union International of Workers in Geology, Geodesy and Cartography

Moscow Russia D t

Trade Union Solidarity Centre of Finland

1986 Helsinki Finland G

Trade Unions International of Agriculture, Food, Commerce, Textile and Allied Industries

1996 Montreuil France B t

Trade Unions International of Public and Allied Employees

TUI-PAE 1949 Johannesburg South Africa B t

Trade Unions International of Transport, Fisheries and Communication

TUI Transport 1953 B t

Trades Union International of Workers in the Building, Wood, Building Materials and Allied Industries

UITBB 1949 Nicosia Cyprus B ty

Traditional Textile Arts Society of South East Asia

TTASSEA 2009 Jakarta Indonesia D

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