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
    549GLO4002 Culture 2030 Indicators: Measuring Culture's contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 241,000 18,881 2021-01-01 2023-02-28
    Global 127,730 10,007
    Morocco 16,870 1,322
    Portugal 16,870 1,322
    Costa Rica 16,870 1,322
    Romania 16,870 1,322
    Burkina Faso 28,920 2,266
    Viet Nam 16,870 1,322
    549INT2005 AtlantECO 178,728 77,291 2020-09-01 2024-08-31
    Latin America and the Caribbean 53,618 23,187
    Europe and North America 53,618 23,187
    Africa 71,491 30,916
    549INT2006 MaCoBioS 345,823 3,969 2020-06-01 2024-05-31
    Europe and North America 331,990 3,811
    Latin America and the Caribbean 13,833 159
    549INT2007 Strengthening the Resilience of Coastal Communities in the North-East Atlantic and Mediterranean region to the Impact of Tsunamis and Other Sea Level-Related Coastal Hazards 1,474,383 50,480 2021-09-01 2024-02-29
    Cyprus 294,877 10,096
    Egypt 294,877 10,096
    Greece 176,926 6,058
    Morocco 294,877 10,096
    Malta 235,901 8,077
    Türkiye 176,926 6,058
    549INT3002 HABITABLE 352,113 30,331 2020-09-01 2024-08-31
    Global 35,211 3,033
    Africa 105,634 9,099
    Asia and the Pacific 70,423 6,066
    Europe and North America 140,845 12,132
    549INT5001 Social Media 4 Peace 3,576,600 557,238 2021-01-01 2023-12-31
    Global 894,150 139,310
    Bosnia and Herzegovina 894,150 139,310
    Indonesia 894,150 139,310
    Kenya 894,150 139,310
    549IRQ1002 System Building and Capacity Strengthening of Ministry of Education (MoE) and its Sub-National Directorates of Education for Effective Delivery of Quality Education Outcomes Iraq 4,644,680 2,559,997 2019-07-01 2023-05-31
    549IRQ1003 Jobs Creation through Technical & Vocational Education System Strengthening & Labour Market Linkages - TVET phase II Iraq 5,852,000 858,228 2021-01-01 2023-12-31
    549IRQ4000 REVIVING MOSUL AND BASRA OLD CITIES Iraq 22,858,000 10,641,533 2019-04-01 2023-01-31
    549IRQ4002 Reviving Mosul and Basra Old Cities_Phase Two Iraq 15,215,200 7,378,463 2021-01-01 2022-12-31
    549RAB4001 Support to livelihoods through cultural heritage development Arab States 12,269,391 3,546,813 2019-10-01 2023-02-28
    549RAF1000 Améliorer l'enseignement dans les pays du G5 Sahel 11,960,416 1,446,541 2020-12-15 2024-09-14
    Chad 2,272,479 274,843
    Niger 3,109,708 376,101
    Mauritania 3,109,708 376,101
    Mali 1,196,042 144,654
    Burkina Faso 2,272,479 274,843
    549RAS4000 Silk Roads Heritage Corridors in Afghanistan, Central Asia and Iran - International Dimension of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 4,971,628 1,930,285 2018-10-01 2022-09-30
    Afghanistan 745,744 289,543
    Uzbekistan 497,163 193,028
    Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,690,353 656,297
    Turkmenistan 298,298 115,817
    Tajikistan 745,744 289,543
    Kyrgyzstan 745,744 289,543
    Kazakhstan 248,581 96,514
    549RER2008 Inventing a Shared Science Diplomacy for Europe (InsSciDE) Europe and North America 277,867 239,466 2017-12-01 2022-06-30
    549RER2009 Most Easy, Efficient and Low Cost Geothermal Systems for Retrofitting Civil and Historical Europe and North America 399,054 313,162 2018-04-01 2023-11-30