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

Traditional Textile Arts Society of South East Asia

TTASSEA 2009 Jakarta Indonesia D

Traidlinks

2006 Dublin Ireland G

Training Centre for Regional Integration

1993 Montevideo Uruguay E g

Traité de Sécurité Collective de la CEI

Traité de Tachkent 1992 T g

Trans-Atlantic Business Council

TABC 2013 Washington DC USA E

Transaid

1998 London UK G

transform! europe

transform Vienna Austria E y

Transnational Giving Europe

TGE 1998 Brussels Belgium F y

Transnationals Information Exchange

TIE 1978 Frankfurt-Main Germany G

TransWorld Development Initiatives

TWDI Brentwood MD USA G

Treaty Concerning the Regulation of Salmon Fishery in the Rhine River Basin

1995 T g

Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community

Abuja treaty 1991 T g

Treaty for Collaboration in Economic, Social and Cultural Matters and for Collective Self-defence

Brussels Treaty 1948 T g

Treaty of Economic Association

1960 T g

Treaty of Joint Defence and Economic Cooperation between the Arab League States

1950 T g

Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union

TSCG 2012 T g

Treaty on the Protection of Movable Property of Historic Value

1935 T g

Trees for Life International

1984 Wichita KS USA G

Triangle génération humanitaire

TGH 1994 Lyon France G

TRIAS

1997 Brussels Belgium G

Trickle Up Program

TUP 1979 New York NY USA F

Trilateral Committee for Wildlife and Ecosystem Conservation and Management

1996 Falls Church VA USA E g

Tripartite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy

1977 T g

Trocaire - Catholic Agency for World Development

1973 Kildare Ireland G v

Turnaround Management Association - Europe

TMA Europe London UK E

Turnaround Management Association - Global

TMA Global 1988 Chicago IL USA G

Tutmonda Asocio de Konstruistoj Esperantistaj

TAKE 1993 Wintzenheim France F v

TWAS

1983 Trieste Italy F v

Twelve Gates Foundation

2018 Sunnyside NY USA G f

UMEC-WUCT

1910 Rome Italy C

UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

UNMIK 1999 Pristina Kosovo E g

UN Millennium Campaign

2002 New York NY USA F

UN Nutrition

2020 Rome Italy E y

UN Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia

SPECA 1998 Geneva Switzerland E g

UN Women

2010 New York NY USA F g

UNANIMA International

2002 New York NY USA F y

Unbound

1981 Kansas City KS USA G f

UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods and Construction

1993 Vienna Austria T g

UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services

1994 Vienna Austria T g

UNECA Staff Union

Addis Ababa Ethiopia E v

UNEP-International Ecosystem Management Partnership

UNEP-IEMP 2011 Beijing China E

UNESCO Fellowships Programme

1946 Paris France K g

UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean

1978 Caracas Venezuela E gj

UNESCO Office for the Pacific States

1984 Apia Samoa E g

UNESCO Staff Union

STU 1947 Paris France E v

UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe

UNESDA 1959 Brussels Belgium E t

UNFCU Foundation

2015 New York NY USA N f

UNGSII Foundation

Vienna Austria J f

UNHCR Global Staff Council

Geneva Switzerland E

UNI Global Union

2000 Nyon Switzerland B

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