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
    2210212041 Using biosphere reserves and ecohydrology for environmental sustainability in the Sahel region 62,000 10,672 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Burkina Faso 6,200 1,067
    Cabo Verde 6,200 1,067
    Gambia 15,500 2,668
    Guinea-Bissau 15,500 2,668
    Mali 6,200 1,067
    Niger 6,200 1,067
    Senegal 6,200 1,067
    2210212051 Strengthening capacity of Nigerian stakeholders, Indigenous peoples and local communities for national uptake of IPBES Assessments and methods Nigeria 10,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210212061 Promoting best practices for biodiversity and ecosystem management in Eastern Africa 62,700 19,988 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Djibouti 6,270 1,999
    Kenya 12,540 3,998
    Comoros 6,270 1,999
    Rwanda 12,540 3,998
    United Republic of Tanzania 6,270 1,999
    Uganda 6,270 1,999
    South Sudan 12,540 3,998
    2210212071 Biosphere Reserve in Sierra Leone and Supporting Application for UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGp) in West Africa 62,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Benin 6,200 -
    Côte d'Ivoire 6,200 -
    Ghana 6,200 -
    Guinea 6,200 -
    Liberia 6,200 -
    Nigeria 6,200 -
    Sierra Leone 18,600 -
    Togo 6,200 -
    2210212081 UNESCO sites in Southern Africa as model sites for landscape conservation and restoration Africa 52,000 10,148 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210212091 Promote and support UNESCO designated science sites in Namibia Namibia 10,000 566 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210212121 Enabling youth engagement and gender transformative policies in disaster risk reduction 35,300 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Africa 12,355 -
    Djibouti 1,765 -
    Eritrea 1,765 -
    Ethiopia 1,765 -
    Kenya 1,765 -
    Comoros 1,765 -
    Madagascar 1,765 -
    Mauritius 1,765 -
    Rwanda 1,765 -
    Seychelles 1,765 -
    Somalia 1,765 -
    United Republic of Tanzania 1,765 -
    Uganda 1,765 -
    South Sudan 1,765 -
    2210212131 Promouvoir les connaissances autochtones sur l'adaptation au changement climatique et sur la conservation de la biodiversité en Afrique centrale 25,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,500 -
    Central African Republic 2,500 -
    Cameroon 5,000 -
    Gabon 2,500 -
    Chad 12,500 -
    2210212151 Indigenous and local knowledge implications for climate and disaster resilience 20,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Kenya 5,000 -
    Madagascar 5,000 -
    United Republic of Tanzania 5,000 -
    Uganda 5,000 -
    2210212161 Indigenous and Local Knowledge for Resilience in Southern Africa 15,000 815 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Botswana 6,000 326
    Lesotho 6,000 326
    Malawi 3,000 163
    2210213021 U&I Build Socio-Ecological Systems Resilience in the Arab Region 20,000 8,240 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    United Arab Emirates 1,000 412
    Bahrain 1,000 412
    Algeria 1,200 494
    Egypt 1,000 412
    Iraq 1,000 412
    Jordan 1,400 577
    Kuwait 1,000 412
    Lebanon 1,400 577
    Libya 1,000 412
    Morocco 1,000 412
    Mauritania 1,000 412
    Oman 1,000 412
    Palestine 1,000 412
    Qatar 1,000 412
    Saudi Arabia 1,000 412
    Sudan 1,000 412
    Syrian Arab Republic 1,000 412
    Tunisia 1,000 412
    Yemen 1,000 412
    2210213031 Mobilizing societies, sciences and national stakeholders towards biodiversity conservation and climate action 5,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Qatar 1,000 -
    Yemen 4,000 -
    2210213041 Strengthened Protected Areas System and Integrated Ecosystem Management in Sudan Sudan 2,500 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210213051 Supporting the ArabMAB network Arab States 26,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210214011 Capacity building of Biosphere Reserves and Ecotourism sites in Pacific SIDS 30,000 2 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Fiji 3,000 -
    Micronesia (Federated States of) 3,000 -
    Kiribati 3,000 -
    Palau 6,000 -
    Solomon Islands 3,000 -
    Tonga 3,000 -
    Tuvalu 3,000 -
    Vanuatu 3,000 -
    Samoa 3,000 -