The UN SDGs and competence frameworks
What the 17 Sustainable Development Goals are, and which frameworks on ExplorerHub state that they answer to a specific SDG target.
What the SDGs are
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the 17 global goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as part of the 2030 Agenda. They cover poverty, health, education, gender equality, decent work, inequality, climate and institutions, and break each goal down into targets and indicators measurable by 2030.
The SDGs are not a competence framework and do not describe what a person is able to do. They are the global policy frame that some competence frameworks explicitly state they answer to: it is that stated link, and only that, which this page reports.
The 17 goals on the official United Nations siteFrameworks that state an SDG target
This table lists the catalogue frameworks whose producer states, in its own publication or on the site of the issuing body, that it answers to a specific SDG target. It contains no links inferred by us: a framework that is absent is one whose producer states no link, not one whose link is yet to be established.
| Framework | Producer | SDG target | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| GreenComp | JRC | SDG 4.7 | Official document |
| UNESCO Digital Literacy Global Framework | UNESCO | SDG 4.4.2 | Official document |
| UNESCO ESD for 2030 | UNESCO | SDG 4.7 | Official document |
IDCERT's commitment
Every item below is checkable: figures carry the date they refer to, and affiliations link to the public register that attests them.
UN guidelines for the use of the SDG logo and the 17 icons (September 2023)
IDCERT examines and certifies the digital competences of citizens and educators under Accredia's ISO/IEC 17024 accreditation, on the European DigComp and DigCompEdu frameworks. The contribution concerns target 4.4, on skills for employment, whose indicator 4.4.2 UNESCO measures through a framework built on DigComp.
- Accredia 02257 PRS — UNI CEI EN ISO/IEC 17024:2012Body accredited for the certification of persons on the DigComp 2.2 and DigCompEdu schemes · since February 24, 2025
- DigComp and DigCompEdu certifications in the public Accredia register123,181as of August 20, 2026
- Attestations recognised by the Italian Ministry of Education and Merit, not covered by the Accredia accreditation, since 2023500,000+as of August 20, 2026
- Qualified centres in Italy, at least one in every region1,000as of August 20, 2026
- Schools among the qualified centres80as of August 20, 2026
- Public administrations among the qualified centres20as of August 20, 2026
Target 5.b concerns the use of information technology to promote the empowerment of women. The majority of IDCERT titles are issued to women: this is a figure on who gets certified, not a measure of the effect on the goal.
- Share of women among titles issued since 202360%as of August 20, 2026
Target 8.5 concerns full and productive employment and decent work. Most IDCERT qualified centres are companies, which have the digital competences of the people working there certified.
- Private companies among the qualified centres900+as of August 20, 2026
Target 10.2 concerns the social and economic inclusion of all, irrespective of disability, economic status or other characteristic. Free initiatives and exam accommodations concern access to certification for those who would otherwise be left out.
- People reached by three free initiatives with Repubblica Digitale, since 202310,000+as of August 20, 2026
- Share of candidates granted exam accommodations, since 20232%as of August 20, 2026
How to read this page
We separate two things that are often conflated. That a framework states it answers to an SDG target is a fact you can check in the document that publishes it, and it is reported here with a link to that source. That an organisation contributes to a goal is instead a claim about itself, which is worth something only when it comes with verifiable, dated figures: that is why no claim without figures appears on this page.