Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
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 |
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Urban Economics Association |
UEA | D | ||||
Urban Farming |
Southfield MI | USA | N | |||
Ursulines de Tildonk |
1818 | Brussels | Belgium | R | ||
US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants |
USCRI | 1958 | Arlington VA | USA | G | |
US Overseas Cooperative Development Council |
OCDC | 1961 | Washington DC | USA | G | |
US-ASEAN Business Council |
1983 | Washington DC | USA | G | ||
Utility Economic Development Association |
UEDA | Larchmont NY | USA | G | ||
Value Health Africa |
VAHA | Bamenda | Cameroon | G | ||
Van Leer Foundation |
1949 | The Hague | Netherlands | G | f | |
Variety Clubs International |
VCI | 1927 | Los Angeles CA | USA | N | |
velafrica |
1993 | Liebefeld | Switzerland | G | ||
Verband Entwicklungspolitik und Humanitäre Hilfe e.V. |
VENRO | 1995 | Berlin | Germany | G | y |
Verdens Skove |
1983 | Aarhus | Denmark | G | ||
Verra |
2005 | Washington DC | USA | F | ||
VIA Don Bosco |
1969 | Brussels | Belgium | E | ||
Vienna Economic Forum |
VEF | 2004 | Vienna | Austria | F | |
Vienna NGO Committee on the Family |
1985 | Vienna | Austria | E | y | |
Village Enterprise |
1987 | San Carlos CA | USA | N | f | |
Village Monde |
2010 | Québec QC | Canada | G | ||
Virtus Global Center for Corporate Governance |
2014 | Sumy | Ukraine | G | ||
Vision Outreach International |
VOI | St Joseph MI | USA | N | ||
VisionFund International |
London | UK | E | f | ||
Vital Voices Global Partnership |
VVGP | 2001 | Washington DC | USA | G | |
Viva Network |
1996 | Oxford | UK | F | ||
VIVAT International |
2000 | New York NY | USA | E | ||
Volk in Nood |
VIN | Tervuren | Belgium | N | ||
Volontariato Internazionale Donna Educazione Sviluppo |
VIDES | 1987 | Rome | Italy | F | |
Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo |
VIS | 1986 | Rome | Italy | G | |
Voluntary Service Overseas |
VSO | 1958 | Kingston upon Thames | UK | G | |
Volunteer International Christian Service |
VICS | 1971 | Edmonton AB | Canada | G | |
Volunteer Service Abroad |
VSA | 1962 | Wellington | New Zealand | G | |
Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance |
VEGA | Washington DC | USA | G | y | |
Wagon africain de gestion de nouvelles électroniques |
Réseau WAGNE | 1991 | Yaoundé | Cameroon | K | |
War Child |
1993 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | F | ||
War on Want |
1952 | London | UK | G | f | |
Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies |
Wassenaar Arrangement | 1996 | Vienna | Austria | F | g |
Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor |
WSUP | 2004 | London | UK | G | y |
Water and Sanitation Programme |
WSP | Washington DC | USA | E | g | |
Water Europe |
WE | 2004 | Brussels | Belgium | E | y |
Water Institute of Southern Africa |
WISA | Midrand | South Africa | N | jv | |
Water Reuse Europe |
WRE | 2016 | Cranfield | UK | D | |
WaterAid |
1981 | London | UK | F | ||
Waterlution |
2003 | Oakville ON | Canada | N | ||
WAVE Trust - Worldwide Alternatives to Violence |
1996 | Croydon | UK | G | ||
WE Charity |
1995 | Toronto ON | Canada | F | ||
We Effect |
1968 | Stockholm | Sweden | G | ||
We Mean Business Coalition |
WMBC | New York NY | USA | C | y | |
We Move Europe |
WeMove.EU | Berlin | Germany | F | ||
Weather Risk Management Association |
WRMA | 1999 | St Paul MN | USA | C | |
WEC International |
WEC | 1913 | Coventry | UK | F | v |