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
    Social and human sciences
    Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
    Priority Africa and External Relations Sector
    Bureau for Digital Business Solutions
    Coordination and monitoring of action to benefit Gender Equality

    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
    510INT5000 Enhancing the Safety of Journalists in Africa and the Arab Region 321,662 104,158 2021-04-29 2022-12-31
    Global 64,332 20,832
    Arab States 128,665 41,663
    Africa 128,665 41,663
    511IES2703 New Regional Convention for the Recognition of Studies, Titles and Diplomas of Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean Latin America and the Caribbean 1,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    511IES2713 Virtual Student Mobility 518,550 371,580 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Global 518,550 371,580
    Latin America and the Caribbean 518,550 371,580
    Peru 518,550 371,580
    511IES2723 The right to Higher Education: Global 101,000 38,827 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    513CUB4000 Jardines de la Reina National Park: Technical support to strengthen management & possible future World Heritage nomination file preparation 49,720 48,827 2019-01-01 2022-04-30
    Cuba 49,223 48,338
    Senegal 497 488
    513GLO2044 PacMAN 856,620 362,945 2020-03-13 2023-12-31
    Global 428,310 181,472
    Fiji 428,310 181,472
    513GLO2045 Ocean InfoHub (OIH) Global 1,191,915 409,966 2020-03-13 2024-06-30
    513GLO2046 OTGA 2.0 Global 986,853 264,170 2020-03-13 2024-06-30
    513GLO2047 Climate-resilient water management approaches: Application towards Climate Action and 2030 Development Agenda Global 50,000 31,346 2020-03-13 2022-12-31
    513GLO2048 UNESCO eDNA expeditions Global 890,649 54,000 2021-12-08 2023-12-07
    513GLO2049 OceanTeacher Global Academy Alumni System Global 43,600 22,672 2022-02-03 2022-06-03
    513GLO2050 Addressing Hydro-Climatic Vulnerability through Citizen and Open Science Global 751,010 - 2022-02-14 2024-12-31
    513GLO4016 Protecting UNESCO Marine World Heritage in a changing climate (2019-2020) Global 149,330 149,316 2019-04-23 2022-01-31
    513GLO4017 Strengthening Capacity and Resilience of natural World Heritage sites in a changing climate Global 399,999 318,715 2020-04-01 2022-12-31
    513GLO4018 Strengthening private sector engagement in the protection of Natural World Heritage sites Global 99,951 63,498 2020-04-15 2022-10-31