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
    198LIS4241 Upstream support (2022-2023) Global 100,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    198MTG4141 World Heritage Committee: participation of experts from developing countries (2022-2023) Global 98,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    198MTG4241 Coordination meetings to ensure efficient implementation of the World Heritage Convention Global 8,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    198PAC4241 Awareness & Publications on World Heritage (& Basic Texts) (2022-2023) Global 48,042 7,354 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    199CLS4141 Advisory Services 41 C/5 (199CLS4141) 117,606 68 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Global 82,324 47
    Africa 35,282 20
    199GLO4041 Learning with intangible cultural heritage for a sustainable future in Latin America and the Caribbean Latin America and the Caribbean 38,526 59 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    199GLO4141 Strengthening capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in disasters Global 7,350 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    199GLO4241 Practical handbook on periodic reporting with a self-learning tool on the Overall results framework for the implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Global 90,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    199GLO4341 Strengthening capacities at the national and local levels for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in Dominica Dominica 65,000 7,490 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    199GLO4441 Sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel à travers le renforcement des capacités nationales au Maroc, en Mauritanie et en Tunisie Arab States 37,608 22,732 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    199GLO4541 Living Heritage and The Sustainable Development Goals: Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage through formal and non-formal education in Asia and the Pacific and in Africa 101,702 20,347 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Benin 40,681 8,139
    Nepal 30,511 6,104
    Thailand 30,511 6,104
    199GLO4641 Strengthening capacities for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in situations of conflict and forced displacement Global 100,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    199GLO4741 Global reflection on the listing mechanisms of the 2003 Convention 114,894 40,300 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Global 80,426 28,210
    Africa 34,468 12,090
    199GLO4841 Renforcement des capacités pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine culturel immatériel et le développement durable en Gambie et au Ghana 275,938 29,763 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Global 11,038 1,191
    Ghana 129,691 13,989
    Gambia 135,210 14,584
    199IAS4141 International assistance (41 C/5) 199IAS4141 Global 1,018,465 140,749 2022-01-01 2023-12-31