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
    538GLO5000 Global Media Defence Fund Global 5,936,033 2,486,400 2019-09-25 2024-09-25
    538JOR1000 System Strengthening Partnership with Jordan's Ministry of Education Jordan 4,000,000 1,812,662 2019-06-02 2023-06-30
    538MYA1000 Strengthening pre-Service Teacher Education in Myanmar (STEM) Phase III Myanmar 5,518,751 2,313,926 2020-05-20 2023-12-31
    542SYR1001 Learning Initiative for Vulnerable Youth in Syria Syrian Arab Republic 1,449,001 1,124,982 2020-03-16 2022-06-30
    542SYR1002 Data Collection Survey on Enhancing Teaching & Learning Environment and Opportunities for Youth Syrian Arab Republic 1,040,962 32,857 2021-03-16 2023-10-31
    543GLO1010 World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education (WCECCE) Global 551,488 22,033 2022-03-09 2023-03-09
    546GLO2007 Secondment from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan/Development and enhancement of International Platform for Reducing Earthquake Disasters (IPRED) Global 1,159,823 551,694 2019-08-06 2023-06-30
    546GLO2008 Secondment JAMSTEC Global 319,167 265,794 2020-01-01 2022-12-31
    547RAF1000 "Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future" - Irish Aid contribution Africa 2,141,078 1,748,911 2020-10-23 2022-12-31
    549GLO1003 Global Education Monitoring Report Action (EU) Global 2,083,934 513,379 2021-01-01 2023-12-31
    549GLO2012 RURITAGE 706,814 547,071 2018-06-01 2022-08-31
    Global 353,407 273,536
    Europe and North America 353,407 273,536
    549GLO2013 OPERANDUM 776,375 571,573 2018-05-25 2022-12-31
    Global 388,188 285,787
    Europe and North America 388,188 285,787
    549GLO2015 EU4Ocean 1,141,553 - 2022-02-01 2025-01-31
    Global 285,388 -
    Europe and North America 856,164 -
    549GLO4001 EU/UNESCO Expert Facility on the Governance of Culture in Developing Countries: Creating a new regulatory environment for the cultural and creative industries and South-South cooperation 2,015,182 1,545,237 2018-09-01 2022-08-31
    Global 806,073 618,095
    Costa Rica 100,759 77,262
    Ethiopia 100,759 77,262
    Gabon 100,759 77,262
    Georgia 100,759 77,262
    Jamaica 100,759 77,262
    Mexico 100,759 77,262
    Namibia 100,759 77,262
    Panama 100,759 77,262
    Palestine 100,759 77,262
    Uganda 100,759 77,262
    Zimbabwe 100,759 77,262
    South Sudan 100,759 77,262
    549INT2005 AtlantECO 178,728 81,511 2020-09-01 2024-08-31
    Africa 71,491 32,605
    Europe and North America 53,618 24,453
    Latin America and the Caribbean 53,618 24,453