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
    2210516071 Strengthen regional capacities in Latin America and the Caribbean in the field of tangible cultural and natural heritage 50,000 9,947 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Latin America and the Caribbean 49,000 9,748
    Senegal 1,000 199
    2210516081 Capacity building and planning of cultural tourism in World Heritage sites Mexico 30,000 314 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210516083 Capacity building and planning of cultural tourism in World Heritage sites Mexico 32,000 935 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210516112 Supporting Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay in the conservation, safeguard and preservation of heritage 40,000 7,340 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Argentina 13,200 2,422
    Paraguay 13,600 2,495
    Uruguay 13,200 2,422
    2210516113 Supporting Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay in the conservation, safeguard and preservation of heritage 3,696 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Argentina 1,220 -
    Paraguay 1,257 -
    Uruguay 1,220 -
    2210516121 Strengthen national capacities in Haiti in the field of tangible cultural and natural heritage 40,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Haiti 38,800 -
    Senegal 1,200 -
    2210521011 Underwater cultural heritage identified, protected and sustainably managed by Member States, in particular through the wide ratification and effective implementation of the 2001 Convention Global 330,000 19,364 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210521012 Underwater cultural heritage identified, protected and sustainably managed by Member States, in particular through the wide ratification and effective implementation of the 2001 Convention Global 31,295 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210521021 Implementation of the 1970 Convention and the 2015 Recommendation reinforced, measures enabling the fight against the illicit import, export and transfer of ownership of cultural property strengthened Global 800,000 237,000 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210521022 Implementation of the 1970 Convention and the 2015 Recommendation reinforced, measures enabling the fight against the illicit import, export and transfer of ownership of cultural property strengthened Global 135,037 2,705 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210521023 Implementation of the 1970 Convention and the 2015 Recommendation reinforced, measures enabling the fight against the illicit import, export and transfer of ownership of cultural property strengthened Global 229,092 51,729 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210522021 41C/5- OUTPUT 5.CLT2 East African Member States capacities strengthened to fight illicit trafficking of cultural property, protect underwater cultural heritage and promote museums Africa 25,000 4,281 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210522041 Renforcer la lutte contre le trafic illicite des biens culturels, promouvoir leur retour et restitution et renforcer les capacités pour la protection du patrimoine culturel subaquatique en Afrique centrale Africa 40,000 638 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210522051 Strengthening the capacities of Southern African Member States to fight the illicit trafficking of cultural property and promote its return and restitution, to protect underwater cultural heritage and to promote the role of museums for societies 20,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Botswana 2,200 -
    Lesotho 2,200 -
    Malawi 2,200 -
    Mozambique 2,200 -
    Namibia 2,200 -
    Eswatini 2,200 -
    South Africa 2,200 -
    Zambia 2,200 -
    Zimbabwe 2,400 -
    2210523011 Strengthening national capacities in Palestine to fight illicit trafficking of cultural properties and support newly established Palestinian museums Palestine 10,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31