Reduce inequality within and among countries.
Empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status. Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome. Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people. Encourage official development assistance to States where the need is greatest.
To learn more: The Sustainable Development Goals explained by the UN
Projects of the UB Solidarity Foundation that contribute to this SDG:
UB Support program for refugees
The granting of scholarships to refugees contributes to goals 10.2, 10.3 and, especially, 10.7, aimed at facilitating orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people.
Social and educational intervention in Nou Barris & the Besòs area
Social housing management program and dynamization of the cultural and associative life of the neighborhoods. It contributes to goals 10.2 (empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all) and 10.3 (ensure equal opportunities).
Prometeus Project
The UB participates in the leading group of this initiative, which aims to gradually increase the number of young people from the Raval district (Barcelona) who start and complete university studies. Therefore, it contributes to goals 10.2 (empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all) and 10.3 (ensure equal opportunities).
UB Voluntariat
Initiative that fosters volunteerism of the university community in Third Sector entities. It contributes to goals 10.2 and 10.3, dedicated, respectively, to empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all and to ensure equal opportunities.
Activities that contribute to this SDG:
‘Universitat refugi’: a documentary on the task by the UB and the Barcelona City Council to ease refugees’ access to higher education - The documentary focuses on the flagship project of the UB Support program for refugees: the Transition course to university, co-financed by the University and the… …
UB support program to refugees receives the Diversity Prize - The award, which is given by the ACATHI association, values the inclusion of LGBTI+ refugees within the program. The Support program of the University of… …
Representatives from Middle East universities held at the UB the 7th partnership meeting of RESCUE - Members of universities from Jordan, Lebanon and Iraqi Kurdistan have met to assess the activities carried out within the frame of this refugee education support… …
