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

UNI Global Union - Asia and Pacific Regional Office

UNI-Asia and Pacific 1973 Singapore Singapore E

UNI Global Union - Europa

UNI Europa 2000 Brussels Belgium E

UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases

TDR Geneva Switzerland F g

UNIDO Staff Union

1967 Vienna Austria E v

Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA

1984 Sydney NSW Australia G

Union de Banques Arabes et Françaises

UBAF 1970 Courbevoie France F e

Union des Conseils Economiques et Sociaux et Institutions Similaires Francophones

UCESIF 2004 J

Union des travailleurs espérantistes des pays de langue française

SAT-AMIKARO 1937 Paris France D

Union économique de l'Afrique centrale

UEAC Yaoundé Cameroon E g

Union économique et monétaire Ouest africaine

UEMOA 1994 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso F g

Union Europäischer Gerüstbaubetriebe

UEG 2008 Cologne Germany D

Union européenne des syndicats médicaux et dentaires

Neuilly-sur-Marne France N

Union européenne des vétérinaires praticiens

UEVP 1970 Brussels Belgium D

UNION FLEURS

1959 Brussels Belgium D t

Union for African Population Studies

UAPS 1984 Accra Ghana D v

Union for Sports, Culture, Tourism International for Posts and Telecommunications

Union SCIPT 1992 Marsa Malta E

Union internationale des associations et organismes scientifiques et techniques

UATI 1950 Paris France A y

Union Internationale des Concierges d'Hôtels "Les Clefs d'Or"

UICH 1952 Paris France F

Union internationale des entrepreneurs de peinture

UNIEP 1953 Brussels Belgium D t

Unión Latina de Economia Politica de la Información, la Comunicación ya la Cultura

ULEPICC 2002 Seville Spain D

Union nationale des maisons familiales rurales d'éducation et d'orientation

UNMFREO 1942 Paris France G

Union of Arab Banks

UAB 1972 Beirut Lebanon D

Union of Arab Chambers

UAC 1951 Beirut Lebanon D

Union of Black Sea and Caspian Business

BCB 2006 Istanbul Türkiye D

Union of European Federation of Corporate Football

UEFCO J

Union of Finance Personnel in Europe

1963 Berlin Germany D

Union of Local and Non Local General Service Staff FAO/WFP

1976 Rome Italy E v

Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises

BUSINESSMED 2002 Tunis Tunisia D

Union of Road Transport Associations in the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Region

BSEC-URTA 2001 Istanbul Türkiye D

Union syndicale du service public européen

1973 Brussels Belgium E

Union Syndicale Fédérale

USF 1974 Brussels Belgium E y

Union syndicale internationale vasculaire

USIV 2006 Creil France J

Unione Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo e La Pace

UVISP-Assisi 1987 Bastia Umbra Italy G

Unistock Europe

1969 Brussels Belgium E

United Economic Space

UES 2003 J gp

United Federation of Travel Agents' Associations

UFTAA 1966 Monte Carlo Monaco B

United Food and Commercial Workers Union

UFCW 1979 Washington DC USA G

United for Foreign Domestic Workers' Rights

UFDWR Chiang Mai Thailand F y

United for Human Rights

UHR 2005 Los Angeles CA USA G

UNITED for Intercultural Action - European Network Against Nationalism, Racism, Fascism and in Support of Migrants and Refugees

UNITED 1992 Amsterdam Netherlands F y

United Methodist Committee on Relief

UMCOR 1940 New York NY USA G

United Mission for Relief & Development

UMR Washington DC USA G

United Nation World Peace Association

UNWPA 2019 Sapporo Japan G

United Nations

UN 1945 New York NY USA A gy

United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning

1962 Dakar Senegal E gj

United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business

UN/CEFACT 1997 Geneva Switzerland E gt

United Nations Children's Fund

UNICEF 1946 New York NY USA F fg

United Nations Commission for Social Development

CSocD 1946 New York NY USA E g

United Nations Commission on Population and Development

CPD 1948 New York NY USA E g

United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management

UN-GGIM 2011 New York NY USA E g

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