quality education

Public Services At A Crossroads: Why 2025 Must Be The Turning Point

As the world prepares for a packed calendar of global negotiations, from the World Social Summit on Social Development in Qatar, to COP30 in Brazil, the UN tax negotiations in Kenya, and the G20 Summit in South Africa, one message is rising across civil society networks: our future must be public.

Public services are far more than line items in national budgets. They are the backbone of dignity, equality, and human development. When people can access quality education, healthcare, water, sanitation, energy, social protection, and care, societies flourish. Inequality narrows. Economies grow more resilient. Women's unpaid care burden reduces. Communities build trust in their governments.

Yet today, that foundation is under threat.

Joint Position Statement On Non-Formal Education | Education And Learning Dimensions Of Young People’s Lives.

Joint Position Statement On Non-Formal Education | Education And Learning Dimensions Of Young People’s Lives.

Today, it is increasingly accepted that formal education is not the only essential form of education. However, there needs to be a stronger balance between the different education and learning dimensions of young people’s lives. Non-formal education, which is best suited to help young people build up their talents, resilience and prepare them to cope with social changes, is often underestimated. Without proper recognition, its benefits for young people and communities are not reaching their full potential.

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PACT FOR THE FUTURE |PART TWO

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PACT FOR THE FUTURE |PART TWO

We commit to achieving a world in which humanity lives in harmony with nature, to conserving and sustainably using our planet’s marine and terrestrial resources, including through sustainable lifestyles, and sustainable consumption and production, to reversing the trends of environmental degradation, to promoting resilience, to reducing disaster risk, and to halting ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss. We will conserve and sustainably use oceans and seas, freshwater resources, as well as forests, mountains and dry lands and protect biodiversity, ecosystems and wildlife.