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DECENT WORK AND
ECONOMIC GROWTH

SDG 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth

Goals to which EUROsociAL+ contributes

8.3 To promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, the creation of decent jobs, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalisation and growth of micro and small and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services.

8.5 By 2030, to achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including young people and people with disabilities, as well as equal remuneration for work of equal value.

8.6 By 2020, to considerably reduce the proportion of young people who are not employed and do not study or receive training.

8.7 To take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end contemporary forms of slavery and human trafficking and ensure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including the recruitment and use of child soldiers. Also, by 2025, to put an end to child labour in all its forms.

8.8 To protect labour rights and promote a safe and secure working environment for all workers, including migrant workers, particularly migrant women and people in precarious employment.