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SDGs and the Foundation

In 2015, the United Nations defined the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a common agenda aimed at eradicating poverty and addressing other needs, seeking to combine strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequalities, and boost economic growth, also focusing on climate change, restoring biodiversity and ocean conservation.

The Foundation conducted in 2020, in collaboration with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), a pioneering project in the philanthropic world, which aimed to understand how its activities and projects align with the SDGs, looking for ways to measure that alignment.

Final Report (PDF, 1 mb)

Currently, the Foundation contributes mostly to SDGs 4, 9 and 11

24% 6% 12% 21% 9% 28%
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions SDG 4 Quality Education SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructures SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities Other SDGs

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Promoting public access to information (essentially with the European Media and Information Fund and the Art Library and Archives).

SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Ensuring equal opportunities (mostly through scholarships and fighting inequalities in access to quality care, among others).

SDG 4 Quality Education

Contribution of culture to sustainable development and in increasing qualifications and skills (through scholarships and cultural activities).

Other SDGs

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructures

Strengthening scientific research (mainly through IGC´s scientific research activity, and also in support for capacity building in Health Sciences research in Portuguese-speaking African countries)

SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Preservation of cultural heritage and access to safe, inclusive, accessible and green public spaces (mostly through cultural activities and initiatives that promote the identity of Armenian communities in the Diaspora).

Data from 2022

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