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

Entrepreneurs de l'audiovisuel européen

EAVE 1987 Bertrange Luxembourg F v

Entrepreneurs du Monde

1998 Lyon France G

Entrepreneurs Organization

EO 1987 Alexandria VA USA F

Entrepreneurs sans frontières

ESF 2005 Paris France N

Entrepreneurship Research and Education Network of Central European Universities

ERENET 2004 Belgrade Serbia F

Entreprise Works / VITA

Washington DC USA G

Environment and Development Resource Centre

EDRC 1991 Overijse Belgium G v

Environmental Foundation for Africa

EFA Freetown Sierra Leone G f

Environmental Justice Foundation

EJF 2000 London UK G f

Environmental Management Accounting Network

EMAN 1997 Lüneburg Germany F

Environmental Management Group

EMG 2001 Geneva Switzerland E g

EPIC

N

EPIC-Africa

2017 Fann-Dakar Senegal J

Episcopal Migration Ministries

EMM 1988 New York NY USA G

Episcopal Relief and Development

1940 New York NY USA G f

ePURE

2010 Brussels Belgium D t

Equilibres and Populations

Equipop 1993 Paris France G

Equipes Saint-Vincent

ESV 1617 Paris France G

Equiterre

Montréal QC Canada G

ESCP Business School

1819 Paris France E

Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas

ESADE 1958 Barcelona Spain G

ESMT Berlin

2002 Berlin Germany G

Espoir sans frontières

ESF 1988 Redon France G

Ethical Tea Partnership

ETP 1997 London UK N

EU STEM Coalition

2015 The Hague Netherlands D y

EU Umweltbüro

1994 Vienna Austria G

EU-ASEAN Business Council

EU-ABC 2011 Singapore Singapore E

EU-Asia Financial Services Roundtable

Brussels Belgium J

EUBrasil Association

2004 Brussels Belgium E

EuCham - European Chamber

2010 Budapest Hungary J

Euclid Network

2007 The Hague Netherlands E

Euclid University

EUCLID 2008 Bangui Central African Rep F g

EUCOBAT

2011 Brussels Belgium D

EUniverCities Network

EUniverCities 2012 F

Euradopt

1993 The Hague Netherlands F y

Eurasia Business and Economics Society

EBES 2008 Istanbul Türkiye C

Eurasian Development Bank

EDB 2006 Almaty Kazakhstan F g

Eurasian Economic Union

EAEU 1994 Moscow Russia E g

Euratom Supply Agency

ESA 1957 Luxembourg Luxembourg F g

Euro Area Business Cycle Network

EABCN Cambridge UK F

Euro Banking Association

EBA 1985 Paris France E

Euro Contrôle Route

ECR 1999 Brussels Belgium F g

Euro-African Management Research Centre

E-AMARC 1994 Maastricht Netherlands G

Euro-American Association of Economic Development Studies

EAAEDs 2001 Santiago de Compostela Spain G

Euro-Asia Management Studies Association

EAMSA 1984 Fribourg Switzerland D

Euro-Mediterraan Centrum voor Migratie and Ontwikkeling

EMCEMO Amsterdam Netherlands G

Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Business Co-operation

MEDVALENCIA 1997 Valencia Spain N

Euro-Mediterranean Observatory on Risks Management

EMORI Montpellier France G

EUROCADRES - Council of European Professional and Managerial Staff

1993 Brussels Belgium E t

EuroCommerce

1993 Brussels Belgium D y

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