Millennium Development Goals and Austrian Development Cooperation

In September 2000 all UN member countries agreed on eight development goals – now known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – aimed at safeguarding our common future and ensuring sustainable world development. Rich and poor countries alike committed themselves to making every effort to eradicate extreme poverty, promote dignity and gender equality and to achieve peace, democracy and ecological cooperation. For the first time, the heads of states and governments have made a firm commitment to clearly defined goals, with a time schedule up to 2015.

www.8goals4future.at is an educational portal where students and teachers can learn more about the Millennium Development Goals and the Austrian Development Cooperation. The substance of the millennium goals is showcased by means of projects of the development work conducted by the Austrian Development Cooperation and Cooperation with Eastern Europe (ADC) in its partner countries. Started in the school year of 2004/05 8goals4future provides an extensive array of information and materials on the MDGs and ADC. The focus is on country modules and examples of projects.