Quality Education

Sustainable Development Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Click on the case studies below to find out what programs, projects and policies are being implemented in cities around the globe to accomplish Goal 4.

Learn more about the targets and indicators of SDG 4 at UN Sustainbale Development Knowledge Platform.

Case studies

150 case studies available.

Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Nizamuddin Urban Renewal Initiative
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Delhi, India

Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Nizamuddin Urban Re...

The Urban renewal project taken up by the Aga Khan Foundation revitalizes and unifies various segregated heritage sites around Humayun's tomb and Sunder nursery.

The Edinburgh Guarantee
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The Edinburgh Guarantee

Edinburgh has inspired cultural change across the public, private and third sectors to address unemployment among school leavers. A shared vision and strong partnerships are helping them find a job, modern apprenticeship or training, and make successful transitions into the world of work.

Educational Parks for Youth
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Antioquia (Departement), Colombia

Educational Parks for Youth

Building on a widely-hailed experiment in Medellin, the entire surrounding province of Antioquia has set up a network of 80 educational parks designed to supplement traditional education with programs to honor young peoples' inherent skills and citizenship potentials.

BEACH - online employability advice
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Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom

BEACH - online employability advice

BEACH (Brighton & Hove Employability Advice and Careers Hut) is a website that was developed to improve young people’s employment chances. It offers employability advice specifically relating to the local situation and was designed for young people, by young people

Entrepreneurs for the Future (e4f )
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Birmingham, United Kingdom

Entrepreneurs for the Future (e4f )

Young startup businesses benefit from tailored support and being part of a community. That’s what makes Birmingham’s ‘Entrepreneurs for the Future’ (e4f) programme stand out: it offers bespoke support and the chance to join a network of like-minded startups.

Dakar paving streets by hands
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Dakar, Senegal

Dakar paving streets by hands

The program aims at modernizing and embellishing the city of Dakar while more than 1,500 employments can be created.

The Green Line: Social Development Comprehensive Plan (La Línea Verde)
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Aguascalientes City, Mexico

The Green Line: Social Development Comprehensiv...

The aim of the Línea Verde is to provide public spaces that contribute to enhance community life for more than 300,000 inhabitants living in the poorest area of the city.

Strengthening the Women of El Alto (Bolivia) through Cultivation of Agricultural  Products
El Alto, Bolivia

Strengthening the Women of El Alto (Bolivia) th...

The project for self-sustaining agriculture focuses on local families and especially on the women who have organized themselves in almost 600 community organizations in order to take care of daily issues in residential areas.

eThekwini Communal Ablution Blocks for Informal Settlements
Durban, South Africa

eThekwini Communal Ablution Blocks for Informal...

In 2004, the municipality initiated the community ablution blocks (CABs) programme to provide communal water and sanitation facilities to un-served informal settlements in the urban and peri-urban areas of eThekwini.