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
    2210232031 SIDS Sao Tome and Principe: Capacity building in the application of the ecohydrology approach and in the prevention of climate extremes Sao Tome and Principe 15,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210233011 Advance Scientific Understanding and apply with Traditional Knowledge for mitigating the effects of Climate Change 60,000 18 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Asia and the Pacific 24,000 7
    Kiribati 12,000 4
    Solomon Islands 12,000 4
    Tuvalu 12,000 4
    2210233021 Resilience-based water and ecosystem governance and management in Timor-Leste Timor-Leste 20,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210233031 SIDS Maldives: coastal ecosystems and climate resilience. Maldives 20,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210234011 Reinforcing Caribbean SIDS Sustainable Development Capacities Latin America and the Caribbean 85,000 6,508 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210234021 Mobilizing Environmental and STEM Education in Haiti, Dominican Republic and Cuba 15,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Cuba 4,500 -
    Dominican Republic 4,500 -
    Haiti 5,100 -
    Senegal 900 -
    2210241011 Supporting the implementation of the 2021 UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science 89,375 1,124 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Global 67,925 855
    Africa 21,450 270
    2210241012 Supporting the implementation of the 2021 UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science 2,096 1,132 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Global 1,593 861
    Africa 503 272
    2210241013 Supporting the implementation of the 2021 UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science 27,734 2,100 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Global 21,078 1,596
    Africa 6,656 504
    2210241021 Supporting Member States in building robust and transformative STI ecosystems to accelerate the achievement of SDGs 100,100 8,211 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Global 81,081 6,651
    Africa 19,019 1,560
    2210242011 Strengthening STI Policy Systems and Governance and Enhancing access to scientific and technological advancements and knowledge sharing, including through Open Science for Sustainable Socio-economic Transformation in SADC 21,725 10,991 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Botswana 2,390 1,209
    Lesotho 2,390 1,209
    Malawi 2,390 1,209
    Mozambique 2,390 1,209
    Namibia 2,390 1,209
    Eswatini 2,390 1,209
    South Africa 2,390 1,209
    Zambia 2,390 1,209
    Zimbabwe 2,607 1,319
    2210242021 Capacity Strengthening on development of Inclusive and Gender Transformative STI Policies in West Africa 9,800 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Benin 2,450 -
    Guinea 2,450 -
    Liberia 2,450 -
    Togo 2,450 -
    2210242031 La coopération scientifique et les STI au service du développement durable en Afrique 20,600 918 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Angola 2,060 92
    Burundi 2,060 92
    Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,060 92
    Central African Republic 2,060 92
    Congo 2,060 92
    Cameroon 2,060 92
    Gabon 2,060 92
    Equatorial Guinea 2,060 92
    Sao Tome and Principe 2,060 92
    Chad 2,060 92
    2210242041 Capacity Strengthening on Implementation of 2021 UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science in West Africa 10,800 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Benin 1,404 -
    Côte d'Ivoire 1,296 -
    Ghana 1,296 -
    Guinea 1,404 -
    Liberia 1,404 -
    Nigeria 1,296 -
    Sierra Leone 1,296 -
    Togo 1,404 -
    2210242051 Promoting evidence-based policy development on science, technology and innovation in Eastern Africa 9,800 2,009 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Kenya 1,960 402
    Rwanda 1,960 402
    United Republic of Tanzania 1,960 402
    Uganda 1,960 402
    South Sudan 1,960 402