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
    582RAF1000 Promoting gender-responsive science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education through teacher training in sub-Saharan Africa 100,000 60,155 2020-12-04 2022-04-30
    Global 10,000 6,016
    Africa 90,000 54,140
    582RER2000 Building a climate resilient future: capacity development on climate change adaptation and disaster risk management in selected UNESCO Designated sites of South East Europe 98,645 112 2021-07-13 2022-10-31
    Albania 19,729 22
    Bosnia and Herzegovina 19,729 22
    Montenegro 19,729 22
    North Macedonia 19,729 22
    Serbia 19,729 22
    585RAS1020 Supporting the implementation of the SDG 4-Education 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific (Phase III) Asia and the Pacific 801,051 601,783 2019-06-28 2022-07-27
    585RAS1021 Empowering ECCE Teachers with a Transformative Vision of Education Asia and the Pacific 150,000 102,193 2019-09-10 2022-12-09
    585RAS1022 UNESCO Associated Schools Network (ASPnet): collaborative action research on the role of schools in achieving SDGs in Asia-Pacific 158,000 55,813 2020-08-05 2022-10-04
    Asia and the Pacific 83,740 29,581
    Japan 39,500 13,953
    Thailand 17,380 6,139
    Viet Nam 17,380 6,139
    585RAS1023 Building an Inclusive Asia-Pacific Network of National Information Centres on Recognition Asia and the Pacific 90,000 16,350 2020-10-28 2022-12-27
    594GLO2002 Malaysia/UNESCO Funds-in-Trust Synthesis Programme Global 342,245 206,052 2019-03-25 2023-06-30
    594RAS3000 Malaysia-UNESCO Funds-in-Trust Programme Management and Coordination Asia and the Pacific 875,694 481,342 2014-07-01 2023-06-30
    599GLO4000 Secondment of a Programme Specialist from Kazakhstan to the World Heritage Centre Global 227,188 62,310 2022-02-15 2023-02-14
    650RER0002 XB Established staff costs Europe and North America 8,525,499 8,224,032 2006-01-01 2022-12-31
    650RER0003 Meeting of the Scientific Council and Steering Committee of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe Europe and North America 230,464 179,381 2006-11-24 2023-12-31
    650RER0005 Building Office Capacities Europe and North America 661,826 614,227 2007-04-25 2023-12-31
    650RER2001 Environmental Programmes and Sustainable Development in SEE, the Caucasus, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean regions. Europe and North America 1,722,632 1,587,536 2006-01-01 2022-12-31
    650RER2001.24 Improving Shared Water Resources Management in SEE. Europe and North America 96,258 94,895 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    650RER2001.31 Integrated water resources management strengthened Europe and North America 18,736 13,175 2022-01-01 2023-12-31