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Transforming Our World: The Sustainable Development Goals

A complete guide to the 17 Global Goals — from the blueprint that replaced the MDGs to localizing the SDGs in your own community.

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8 weeks 7 modules · 35 lessons ~2 hours of learning English Certificate of completion
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What You'll Learn

Describe the historical journey from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the 2015 adoption of the 2030 Agenda.
List and correctly categorise all 17 SDGs and explain the 5 P's framework.
Differentiate between goals, targets, and indicators within the SDG framework.
Identify which SDGs are most relevant to the learner's own country/community.
Explain the multidimensional nature of poverty and distinguish it from income poverty alone.
Describe the causes and consequences of hunger and malnutrition, and identify sustainable agriculture solutions.
Summarise the key targets of SDG 3 and explain the concept of Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
Assess how poverty, hunger, and poor health reinforce one another in a vicious cycle, and how breaking one link helps the others.

About This Course

Transforming Our World: The Sustainable Development Goals is a comprehensive, self-paced course that takes learners from the origins of the 2030 Agenda to practical action on the ground. Across seven modules, it explores the five Ps of the SDG framework — People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership — devoting detailed attention to ending poverty and hunger, health and education, gender equality, climate and ecosystems, decent work and sustainable cities, and finally localization: turning global goals into community-level change. Each module combines focused lessons, video lectures, real case studies from Africa and beyond, and a 10-question quiz, with a final assessment that unlocks a certificate of completion.

How it works

  • Enroll free in the Tapi Learn app — no payment, no ads
  • Learn lesson-by-lesson; pass each module quiz (60%) to progress
  • Score 80%+ on the final assessment to earn your certificate

Course Curriculum

7 modules · 35 lessons · ~2h total
From MDGs to SDGs: a brief history of global development goal-setting (2000-2015)
3 min
Universality and 'Leave No One Behind': why the SDGs apply to every country, rich and poor
3 min
Interlinkages: mapping how the 17 goals connect and reinforce (or trade off against) one another
3 min
Hands-On Activity
2 min

Your Instructor

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Prof. Grace Adeyinka

Professor of Development Studies

ACLA Senior Faculty

Development studies professor with 20 years advising governments and the UN on the 2030 Agenda across Africa.

PhD Development Studies, Univ. of GhanaUN 2030 Agenda consultantACLA Senior Faculty

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