Sport has proven to be a **cost-effective and flexible tool** in promoting peace and development goals. Internationally, the approach that sport can contribute towards the **Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)** has received increasing attention over the last decade. In 2003, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted the resolution (58/3): ‘Sport, as a means to promote education, health, development and peace’. It calls on its Member States to use sport more intensively to achieve development goals. Two years later, 2005 was declared as the International Year of Sports and Physical Education by the UN.\ \ Since the inception of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000, sport has played a vital role in enhancing each of the eight goals, a fact which has been recognized in numerous Resolutions of the General Assembly. In the Declaration of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the role of sport for **social progress** is further acknowledged (UN, 2014): *"Sport is also an important enabler of sustainable development. We recognize the growing contribution of sport to the realization of development and peace in its promotion of tolerance and respect and the contributions it makes to the empowerment of women and of young people, individuals and communities as well as to **health, education and social inclusion** objectives."* Driven by the past success of S4D activities and programmes across multiple sectors, sport will continue to advance global development assisting in the work towards, and the realization of, the SDGs. After giving you an overall definition about S4D, you will find a collection of SDGs below, where sport can make a potential contribution. In the [Learning Lab](https://www.sport-for-development.com/learning-lab?id=319#cat319), you will find further information about our **self-learning course "Introduction to S4D"** on atingi.