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
    570MLI4002 Rehabilitation and valorization of protected buildings in Timbuktu Mali 480,935 4,229 2021-11-25 2025-05-31
    570PER1000 Rural Education in Secondary School in Peru - Cuzco and Amazonas Peru 3,524,873 3,241,614 2018-03-16 2022-12-31
    570PER1001 Horizons - Rural Education in Secondary Schools in two regions in Peru (Grant 2) Peru 3,440,771 2,489,972 2019-01-15 2022-12-31
    570RAB1013 AI Capacity Building in Arabic-speaking Countries Arab States 187,287 43,054 2021-12-22 2023-12-31
    570RAB1014 SDG4: Financial Efficiency for Resilient Education Systems in the Arab Region Arab States 75,000 - 2022-06-08 2023-02-28
    570RAF0002 Projet Imaginer les futurs de l'Afrique (IFA) Africa 2,190,289 1,390,713 2017-10-03 2022-12-31
    570RAF1009 Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA) and the Sustainable Development Goal for Education (SDG4) baseline Continental Report in 2021 Africa 156,786 17,146 2021-11-18 2022-08-31
    570RAF5000 UNESCO global initiative for excellence in journalism education Africa 250,000 - 2021-11-01 2023-04-30
    570RAS1005 Empowering ECCE Teachers with a Transformative Vision of Education Asia and the Pacific 186,020 105,852 2020-01-20 2022-12-31
    570RAS1006 Enhancing LGBTIQ+ inclusive learning spaces in Asia through youth-led transformative actions and partnerships in the education sector 360,000 17,985 2021-10-05 2026-10-05
    Asia and the Pacific 144,000 7,194
    Japan 54,000 2,698
    Republic of Korea 54,000 2,698
    Philippines 54,000 2,698
    Thailand 54,000 2,698
    570RAS4004 Sustainable Tourism Pledge - Promoting sustainable tourism with Expedia Group Asia and the Pacific 300,000 281,226 2019-10-21 2022-06-30
    570RAS4005 Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in formal education in Asia and the Pacific 125,000 125,000 2020-09-01 2022-03-02
    Asia and the Pacific 75,000 75,000
    Cambodia 50,000 50,000
    570RAS4006 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation Asia and the Pacific 784,707 42,228 2021-07-28 2025-12-31
    570RAS5000 Creation of an Open Digital Library on Traditional Games Innovative use of ICTs to Safeguard and Promote Indigenous and Local Knowledge for Learning, Development, and the Rapprochement of Cultures Global 601,140 571,149 2015-03-30 2022-12-31
    570RER2001 Promoting sustainable development through UNESCO's programmes and sites Europe and North America 844,595 27,050 2022-02-15 2025-02-14