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
    467GLO1013 CapED Programme - Improving Quality through Teachers Global 10,720,844 9,664,120 2016-08-09 2022-12-31
    467GLO1014 CapED Programme - Education Response to the COVID-19 crisis Global 2,621,500 2,127,354 2020-04-10 2022-12-31
    467GLO1014.18 CapED Lao PDR - Education Response to the COVID-19 crisis Lao People's Democratic Republic 119,151 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    469GLO1000 UNESCO-KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL-KHALIFA PRIZE FOR THE USE OF ICT IN EDUCATION Global 3,018,927 2,162,308 2005-08-31 2026-12-31
    469GLO1001 UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy Global 2,932,065 2,688,983 2005-11-15 2026-12-31
    469GLO1003 UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize Global 1,692,422 1,525,946 2007-04-30 2026-12-31
    469GLO1006 UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development Global 2,511,386 2,181,971 2015-01-01 2025-12-31
    469GLO2002 The UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in Life Sciences Global 7,783,597 4,944,349 2009-04-17 2024-12-31
    469GLO2003 UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation Global 930,901 673,223 2013-09-13 2024-09-30
    469GLO2004 The Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology Global 67,738 64,812 2014-08-01 2022-12-31
    469GLO2005 Special Account - L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Programme Global 1,784,656 1,593,385 2015-07-15 2026-03-31
    469GLO2006 Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic Sciences Global 5,100,000 899,213 2020-04-07 2026-04-06
    469GLO2007 The UNESCO-Al Fozan International Prize for the promotion of young scientists in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Global 1,650,000 17,812 2022-01-01 2027-12-31
    469GLO3002 UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize For the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-violence None 1,164,456 985,344 2009-01-01 2023-12-31
    469GLO3003 UNESCO Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Scie Global 272,578 216,230 2009-04-22 2023-12-31