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
    261RAF5000 Promoting inclusive education through accessible digital textbooks 345,985 317,517 2019-05-29 2022-04-30
    Africa 200,671 184,160
    Kenya 34,599 31,752
    Rwanda 72,657 66,679
    Uganda 38,058 34,927
    261SUD1001 Making Schools Inclusive Sudan 130,000 126,477 2020-04-19 2022-03-18
    261SWZ3000 Strengthening the Inclusion and Coordination of Disability Issues in Eswatini Eswatini 72,941 - 2021-02-25 2024-02-24
    261ZIM3001 Advancing Disability Rights in Zimbabwe - Phase 2 Zimbabwe 370,000 80,746 2021-02-01 2023-09-30
    263BRA3000 Scaling up the Happy Child Programme Brazil 321,799 310,605 2020-01-06 2022-03-31
    263COS1000 Strengthening Costa Rica's SDG Financing Architecture Through Resource Alignment with National Goals and Improved Education Sector Public Spending Costa Rica 282,245 156,834 2020-10-10 2022-09-30
    263GAB4000 Une approche systémique pour faire progresser les ODD en soutenant la citoyenneté et la protection sociale des populations difficiles à atteindre au Gabon Gabon 214,000 188,192 2020-01-02 2022-06-30
    263GRN1000 Social Protection Programme towards Youth Empowerment and Employment Grenada 214,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    263RAS1000 Social Protection Programme 675,373 337,152 2020-01-01 2022-09-01
    Cook Islands 101,306 50,573
    Niue 33,769 16,858
    Tokelau 33,769 16,858
    Samoa 506,530 252,864
    263SAM2000 UNJP on Ecosystem Services Samoa 366,096 2,236 2022-01-05 2023-12-31
    268NIR1000 Nigeria UN-EU Spotlight Initiative Nigeria 2,608,098 1,712,698 2019-01-25 2022-12-31
    268SAM4000 UN Joint Programme: Samoa Spotlight Initiative to End Domestic violence and Intimate Partner Violence Samoa 749,999 413,604 2020-01-01 2022-12-31
    268ZIM1000 Spotlight Initiative to Eliminate Violence against women and girls in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 1,147,266 786,193 2019-01-25 2022-12-31
    269BIH1000 Re-imagining Education for marginalized girls and boys during and post Covid-19 in Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 273,680 273,509 2020-11-01 2022-05-01
    269CMR5000 SUPPORT TO JOBS, THE RESILIENCE OF THE SMALL ENTERPRISES AND INFORMAL WORKERS DURING AND BEYOND THE COVID19 IN CAMEROON Cameroon 265,474 206,208 2021-01-12 2022-04-01