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

Veterinary Education Worldwide

ViEW 2004 Bristol UK D

Veterinary European Transnational Network for Nursing Education and Training

VETNNET F

VIA Don Bosco

1969 Brussels Belgium E

Victoria International Development Education Association

VIDEA 1978 Victoria BC Canada G

Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism

SICSA 1982 Jerusalem Israel G

Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of State Property, Archives and Debts

1983 T g

Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation

VIDC 1987 Vienna Austria G jv

Vienna International Academy for Integrated Medicine

Vienna Austria N

Vienna Wiestenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies

VWI Vienna Austria G j

Vietnamese and South-East Asian Research Center

1990 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam N

Vigdis International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding

Reykjavik Iceland G

Viking Society for Northern Research

VSNR 1892 London UK N

Virgil Society

1943 Sanderstead UK E

Virtual Educa

2000 Washington DC USA F

Virtual Physiological Human Institute for Integrative Biomedical Research

VPH Institute 2010 Leuven Belgium D jy

Visible Evidence

1993 S c

Vision GRAM-International

1996 Ottawa ON Canada G

Vision International Development and Educational Organization

Johannesburg South Africa G

VisionFund International

London UK E f

Vital Voices Global Partnership

VVGP 2001 Washington DC USA G

Vitiligo Research Foundation

VR Foundation 2010 New York NY USA F f

Vocal Europe

2013 Brussels Belgium F j

Voice and Speech Trainers Association

VASTA 1986 Kingston WA USA G v

Volk in Nood

VIN Tervuren Belgium N

Volkswagen Foundation

1961 Hannover Germany G f

Volontariat et coopération internationale - Volontaires de l'enseignement

Volens 1965 Brussels Belgium G

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

Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics

VKI 1956 St-Genesius-Rode Belgium E jv

Waging Peace

2004 London UK G

Walk Free Foundation

WFF Nedlands WA Australia G f

Walter H Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center

Shorenstein APARC Stanford CA USA G

War Child

1993 Amsterdam Netherlands F

War Crimes Research Office

WCRO 1995 Washington DC USA N

Warwick HRI

Wellesbourne UK G

WASH United

2010 Berlin Germany G

Waste Free Waters

2011 Klimmen Netherlands G

Water Research Fund of Southern Africa

WARFSA 1999 Harare Zimbabwe F f

Water Security Management, Assessment, Research & Technology

W-SMART Paris France J

WATERBORNE

2003 Brussels Belgium F y

Waterford KaMhlaba United World College of Southern Africa

1963 Mbabane Eswatini G v

Waterlution

2003 Oakville ON Canada N

WE Charity

1995 Toronto ON Canada F

Weavers Committee

1989 Suva Fiji E y

Web alliance for Regreening in Africa

W4RA 2009 Amsterdam Netherlands G

Web Science Trust

WST Southampton UK F

WEC International

WEC 1913 Coventry UK F v

WEGEMT

1978 London UK D

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