Uses of Funding

UNESCO's projects encompass a broad range of expertise in the fields of Education, Natural Sciences, Social and Human Sciences, Culture, Communication and Information. Biennial expenditures are planned in each of these Major Programmes and for Corporate Services.

    Objectives
    Results
    Geographical Scope

    Overall Plan

    Planned Expenditure (USD thousands)

    Overall Plan

    Details by Programme

    Sector Planned Expenditure (USD thousands)
    Education
    Culture
    Natural sciences
    Communication and information
    Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
    Social and human sciences
    Priority Africa and External Relations Sector
    Bureau for Digital Business Solutions

    Projects

    Projects are a sequence of budgeted activities, regardless of the source of funding, that contribute to the Organization's Outputs and must be completed within an agreed timeframe. Projects can include sub-activities and can be linked to a wider Programme.
    Note: For projects with multiple beneficiaries, the distribution of budget and expenditure figures at the beneficiary level is based on indicative percentages.
    Beneficiary Country / Region
    538GLO5000 Global Media Defence Fund Global 3,751,820 2,165,316 2019-09-25 2024-09-25
    538GLO5001 Global Media Defence Fund's Crisis Response Mechanism Global 315,067 26,751 2022-01-01 2024-09-25
    538JOR1000 System Strengthening Partnership with Jordan's Ministry of Education Jordan 4,000,000 1,481,876 2019-06-02 2023-06-30
    538MYA1000 Strengthening pre-Service Teacher Education in Myanmar (STEM) Phase III Myanmar 5,518,751 2,174,948 2020-05-20 2023-12-31
    542SYR1001 Learning Initiative for Vulnerable Youth in Syria Syrian Arab Republic 1,456,260 845,265 2020-03-16 2022-06-30
    542SYR1002 JICA Phase 3 Syrian Arab Republic 1,040,962 22,903 2021-03-16 2022-06-30
    543GLO1010 World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education (WCECCE) Global 551,488 - 2022-03-09 2023-03-09
    546GLO2007 Secondment from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan/Development and enhancement of International Platform for Reducing Earthquake Disasters (IPRED) Global 1,159,823 510,876 2019-08-06 2023-06-30
    546GLO2008 Secondment JAMSTEC Global 313,117 234,555 2020-01-01 2022-12-31
    547RAF1000 "Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future" - Irish Aid contribution Africa 2,141,078 1,547,429 2020-10-23 2022-12-31
    549GLO1003 Global Education Monitoring Report Action (EU) Global 2,083,934 450,453 2021-01-01 2023-12-31
    549GLO2012 RURITAGE 706,814 476,401 2018-06-01 2022-08-31
    Global 353,407 238,200
    Europe and North America 353,407 238,200
    549GLO2013 OPERANDUM 776,375 555,065 2018-05-25 2022-12-31
    Global 388,188 277,532
    Europe and North America 388,188 277,532
    549GLO2015 EU4Ocean 1,141,553 - 2022-02-01 2025-01-31
    Global 285,388 -
    Europe and North America 856,164 -
    549GLO4001 EU/UNESCO Expert Facility on the Governance of Culture in Developing Countries: Creating a new regulatory environment for the cultural and creative industries and South-South cooperation 2,015,182 1,260,224 2018-09-01 2022-08-31
    Global 806,073 504,090
    Georgia 100,759 63,011
    Gabon 100,759 63,011
    Ethiopia 100,759 63,011
    Costa Rica 100,759 63,011
    Jamaica 100,759 63,011
    South Sudan 100,759 63,011
    Zimbabwe 100,759 63,011
    Mexico 100,759 63,011
    Namibia 100,759 63,011
    Panama 100,759 63,011
    Palestine 100,759 63,011
    Uganda 100,759 63,011