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
    2210214111 Promoting LINKS for Asia and the Pacific Asia and the Pacific 39,900 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210215011 Inclusive Geological and Geoscience knowledge of LAC Member States strengthened, including for UNESCO Global Geoparks 580 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Latin America and the Caribbean 551 -
    Cabo Verde 29 -
    2210215012 Inclusive Geological and Geoscience knowledge of LAC Member States strengthened, including for UNESCO Global Geoparks 28,000 11,526 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Latin America and the Caribbean 26,600 10,950
    Cabo Verde 1,400 576
    2210215021 Climate, economic and social resilience improved for UNESCO-designated sites in LAC Latin America and the Caribbean 77,000 7,180 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210215031 UNESCO sites in Central America; socio-ecological territories resilient for biodiversity and well-being 36,000 1,338 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Latin America and the Caribbean 3,600 134
    Costa Rica 5,400 201
    Guatemala 5,400 201
    Honduras 5,400 201
    Nicaragua 5,400 201
    Panama 5,400 201
    El Salvador 5,400 201
    2210215041 DRR LAC Regional Coordination Latin America and the Caribbean 5,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210215061 LAC Local and Indigenous Knowledge holders supported to participate in environmental and climate change processes and activities, including in UNESCO Sites Latin America and the Caribbean 30,000 4,720 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210215071 Towards environmental resilience in Caribbean SIDS Latin America and the Caribbean 31,000 9,469 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210215081 Strengthening capacities for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use research and monitoring in Andean countries 28,000 82 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 8,400 25
    Colombia 4,200 12
    Ecuador 11,200 33
    Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,200 12
    2210215091 Disaster risk resilience in the Caribbean SIDS Latin America and the Caribbean 25,000 7,224 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210215101 Geotourism for sustainable development in Mexico Mexico 3,217 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210215111 LINKS in Guyana and Suriname 10,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Guyana 7,000 -
    Suriname 3,000 -
    2210215121 MAB Secretariat support to strategic initiatives for sustainable development and conservation in the LAC region in cooperation with the IberoMAB Network and thematic networks. 26,000 9,785 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Latin America and the Caribbean 23,400 8,806
    Spain 1,040 391
    Portugal 1,560 587
    2210215122 MAB Secretariat support to strategic initiatives for sustainable development and conservation in the LAC region in cooperation with the IberoMAB Network and thematic networks. 9,791 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Latin America and the Caribbean 8,812 -
    Spain 392 -
    Portugal 587 -
    2210216011 Biosphere reserves and geoparks as model sites for sustainable development in South Eastern Europe Europe and North America 60,000 2,040 2022-01-01 2023-12-31