Sustainable Development Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work 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 8.
Learn more about the targets and indicators of SDG 8 at UN Sustainbale Development Knowledge Platform.
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The Caracas Metrocable re-connects a poor hillside neighbourhood with the city focusing on social infrastructure and community development.
Through building partnerships between the public and private sectors, the city of Newcastle has improved the energy efficiency of its housing stock, decreased fuel poverty and created jobs and training opportunities for vulnerable young people.
Amsterdam uses public procurement to support its young people at risk of exclusion to obtain a formal engineering qualification and work experience. It combines training measures with creating job placements specifically for this target group.
Antwerp is running an advice and demonstration centre for residents to improve energy efficiency of homes.
Successful collaboration between a team specialising in the employment of people with disabilities and the municipal park company has helped provide support to individual employees and made the company itself more responsive to their needs.
Berlin has developed a programme to encourage young people who are disengaging from the formal education system to enter vocational training in green and sustainable technologies.
In Brussels Capital Region, micro-grants have been used to support the growth of green businesses in disadvantaged areas, and encourage new and aspiring entrepreneurs.
Glasgow gives employment opportunities in the green sector to people with a low employability profile through a traineeship scheme with the city council.
Gothenburg’s ‘Recycling House’ produces and sells recycled and upcycled items to promote the circular economy. It also provides highly vulnerable people with an opportunity to test their work readiness in a safe setting.
