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
    2210635033 Supporting the development of a pluralistic, diverse, independent, gender-sensitive and professionally ethical national media ecosystem Mexico 37,198 172 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210641011 Reinforcing the identification, preservation and accessibility of documentary heritage globally Global 200,000 25,673 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210641021 Information for All Programme (IFAP) for inclusive and sustainable knowledge societies. Global 56,600 19 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210641031 Enhancing the creation, use and adaptation of inclusive and quality Open Educational Resources - UNESCO OER Recommendation 2019 60,000 12,800 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Africa 12,000 2,560
    None 48,000 10,240
    2210642011 Supporting the preservation and knowledge of documentary heritage in the Sahel 20,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Cabo Verde 4,000 -
    Guinea-Bissau 4,000 -
    Mali 6,000 -
    Niger 4,000 -
    Senegal 2,000 -
    2210642021 Supporting the implementation of OER Recommendation in Sahel 10,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Burkina Faso 2,500 -
    Mali 2,500 -
    Niger 2,500 -
    Senegal 2,500 -
    2210642041 Strengthening regional cooperation and technical capacity for universal access to information and the preservation of documentary heritage 40,000 6,142 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Botswana 4,000 614
    Lesotho 4,000 614
    Malawi 4,000 614
    Mozambique 4,000 614
    Namibia 4,000 614
    Eswatini 4,000 614
    South Africa 4,000 614
    Zambia 4,000 614
    Zimbabwe 8,000 1,228
    2210642051 Oatrimoine documentaire et innovations Democratic Republic of the Congo 40,000 6,807 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210642061 Safeguarding documentary heritage in Africa through Memory of the World Africa 45,000 257 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210642071 Institutional support and multi-stakeholder capacity building to strengthen normative, strategic and operational frameworks for universal access to information in Central African countries 20,000 34 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Burundi 3,000 5
    Central African Republic 3,000 5
    Congo 4,000 7
    Cameroon 4,000 7
    Gabon 3,000 5
    Chad 3,000 5
    2210642091 Appui aux radios communautaires et à l'accès à l'information Côte d'Ivoire 10,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210643051 Small project program to support documentary heritage at risk Arab States 107,786 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210644011 Fostering preservation and access to information and documentary heritage through open solutions and MoW Asia and the Pacific 80,000 902 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    2210644021 Fostering Universal Access to Information through OER development as well as through preserving and accessing documentary heritage including in digital form in South Asia 45,000 10,041 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    Bhutan 11,250 2,510
    India 11,250 2,510
    Sri Lanka 11,250 2,510
    Maldives 11,250 2,510
    2210644031 Fostering universal access to information and knowledge including identification of documentary heritage for Memory of the World Asia and the Pacific 20,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31