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
    495GLO1039 41 C/5 OP9: Education and learning reimagined through interdisciplinary research, foresight and public policy debate Global 339,625 123,020 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    495GLO4241 Special account for the support of the Culture Programme activities Global 120,540 15,658 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    495GLO4341 Special account for the support of the Culture Programme activities (495GLO4002) Global 14,854 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    495GLO4541 Special account for the support of the Culture Programme activities Global 19,865 4,494 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    495GLO4641 Special account for the support of the Culture Programme activities Global 6,062 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    498GLO4000 The Silk Roads Programme Global 2,752,269 2,464,693 2012-07-10 2024-03-31
    499GLO1000.7 Promoting gender equality and girls' education in the ethnic minorities areas of Viet Nam Viet Nam 467,290 424,035 2012-12-01 2023-12-31
    500AFG4000 Afghanistan's National Program for Culture and Creative Economy Afghanistan 3,149,533 3,011,425 2017-04-25 2026-12-31
    501GLO4002 Renforcer le Secrétariat pour assister les états membre d'améliorer la mise en œuvre du Deuxième Protocole (1999) de Convention de la Haye de 1954 Global 105,562 66,037 2018-12-13 2022-07-10
    501INT2001 Governance of Groundwater Resources in Transboundary Aquifers (GGRETA) - Phase 3 1,924,258 872,208 2019-06-28 2022-12-31
    Africa 769,703 348,883
    Asia and the Pacific 577,277 261,662
    Latin America and the Caribbean 577,277 261,662
    501RAF1002 Promoting Health and Well Being in Higher and Tertiary Education in SADC region Africa 7,613,771 75,801 2021-10-08 2025-09-14
    502INT2000 TWAS - DST India: Programme of cooperation in the field of science and technology 740,000 8,725 2018-11-24 2022-12-31
    Arab States 74,000 873
    Africa 222,000 2,618
    Asia and the Pacific 444,000 5,235
    503AFG1003 Better Education Systems for Afghanistan's Future Afghanistan 20,672,250 9,898,177 2018-07-01 2022-06-30
    503CMB5001 Strengthening Media Development and Freedom of Expression in Cambodia Cambodia 2,720,718 412,747 2021-04-09 2024-03-31
    503GLO4001 Reshaping cultural policies for the promotion of fundamental freedoms and the diversity of cultural expressions 3,450,719 2,692,614 2018-07-01 2022-07-01
    Global 1,794,374 1,400,159
    Bangladesh 103,522 80,778
    Burkina Faso 103,522 80,778
    Colombia 103,522 80,778
    Algeria 103,522 80,778
    Ethiopia 103,522 80,778
    Indonesia 103,522 80,778
    Jamaica 103,522 80,778
    Mali 103,522 80,778
    Mongolia 103,522 80,778
    Mauritius 103,522 80,778
    Peru 103,522 80,778
    Palestine 103,522 80,778
    Senegal 103,522 80,778
    United Republic of Tanzania 103,522 80,778
    Uganda 103,522 80,778
    Zimbabwe 103,522 80,778