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Goal 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

Blog

  • View the official blog from The Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness (GMCTL) at the University of Saskatchewan. This post helps instructors to identify ways in which they can infuse Goal 16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions into their own courses. It provides learning outcomes, ways to reflect, share & act and curricular connections and questions for students related to Goal 16.  

Case Studies

  • The Urban Sustainability Exchange (USE) website has case studies specific to each Sustainable Development Goal. These provide information on programs, projects and policies being implemented in cities around the globe to accomplish Sustainable Development Goals.

Infographics

  • View this infographic on SDG 16 by the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs(UNDESA). This infographic illustrates an overview of peace, justice and strong institutions, targets and indicators and progress reports. UNDESA acts as the Secretariat for the SDGs, providing substantive support and capacity-building for the goals and their related thematic issues, including water, energy, climate, oceans, urbanization, transport, science and technology, the Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR), partnerships and Small Island Developing States.

Lesson Plans

  • The following link will take you to a PDF with the direct link to multimedia educational resources, pedagogical resources and ideas for classroom activities and lesson plans for infusing SDG 16. View the PDF document here
  • This lesson plan titled 'Role of Institutions in Society' addresses SDGs 10 and 16. Students will consider the role that institutions play in effecting societal change and affecting individual lives.  

Video Library

  • View the SDG Academy Library which is a video library that consists of a vast collection of videos in the form of lectures. There is a series of lectures on different themes by Professors from around the world. Videos related to many different themes and issues under each sustainable development goal can be found in this library.  

Websites

  • View the World's Largest Lesson website which has many creative tools and resources for educators to promote learning about Sustainable Development goals. There are a variety of resources on the website that can be used to teach each SDG such as lesson plans, guides, videos, books, comics, games, quizzes, and many other resources. The resources are available in many different languages.  
  • View the website Springer Nature to access a collection of different resources related to SDG 16. There are interviews, books, journal chapters and articles, blogs, collections and special issues related to SDG 16.  
  • View the Makematic website with animated and live-action videos that focus on global learning for teachers and students. The website has 68 animated and live-action films dedicated to Sustainable Development Goals. There are videos exploring each SDG.  
  • One World Centre- This website provides a list of different resources on Teaching and Learning for SDG 16- Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. Learning objectives, teaching methods, topics, lesson plans, articles, mind maps and other resources are available on the website. 
  • View the SDG Tracker website to access data related to the progress of Goal 16, its related targets, and indicators. It is a free, open-access resource that tracks global progress toward the SDGs.