Explore how libraries worldwide contribute to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Use the search bar to find SDG stories by country or select goals below to navigate stories around topics.
Total SDG Stories
61Stories
Countries with SDG Stories
37Countries
Spain
Goals: 4, 5
Library supports university to mainstream gender equality and empowerment of women
One target of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to mainstream education for sustainable development,...
Sri Lanka
Goals: 4, 5, 8, 10, 17
National library facilitates skills development programme to help citizens acquire skills for employment
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an economic crisis leading to a decrease in available jobs...
Argentina
Goals: 4
University library ensures children in vulnerable situations have access to early childhood development
The research of pre-pandemic living conditions for children in Argentina found young people to be...
India
Goals: 3, 4, 17
One-person library enhances communication, learning and creativity among children in lockdown
Valapattanam Grama Panchayath Library, a rural, one-person public library in Kerala State in India, has...
Ireland
Goals: 2, 4
Librarians help to fill information skills gaps in the agriculture and food sector
In Ireland the agriculture and food sector is a substantial part of the economy and...
Republic of Moldova
Goals: 6
Library mobilises community to ensure adequate sanitation and hygiene for local kindergarten
For many years, inhabitants of the village of Bilicenii Vechi, 120km from Moldova’s capital city,...
Sweden
Goals: 4, 9, 10, 11, 17
Library’s Digital Centre closes the digital gap for elderly citizens
Digitisation is no longer a new phenomenon in Sweden and the pace of social transformation...
Germany
Goals: 4, 8, 10, 17
Stadtbibliothek Bremen provides Future Training Opportunities for refugees and other newcomers
In 2010, the Bremen City Library (Stadtbibliothek Bremen) anchored a diversity strategy in its mission...