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
    Participation Programme
    Communication and Public Engagement

    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
    570GLO2029 Guerlain women for bees programme 1,529,198 122,658 2021-10-14 2025-06-06
    Arab States 305,840 24,532
    Africa 305,840 24,532
    Asia and the Pacific 305,840 24,532
    Europe and North America 305,840 24,532
    Latin America and the Caribbean 305,840 24,532
    570GLO3008 Overall coordination and management of the partnership on the Arabic Language Global 1,252,800 926,243 2017-10-09 2023-12-31
    570GLO3012 Strengthening the Arabic Language in UNESCO - year 4 Global 1,144,869 916,446 2020-11-24 2022-12-31
    570GLO3013 Digital Anthropology Global 1,547,220 222,200 2021-06-28 2025-08-30
    570GLO3014 Support for UNESCO's Global Forum against Racism and Discrimination Global 300,000 288,832 2022-09-07 2023-03-01
    570GLO3015 Collaboration with the Kellogg Foundation for the 2nd Global Forum against Racism and Discrimination 2022 Global 163,500 149,379 2022-11-08 2023-03-31
    570GLO3016 Strengthening the Arabic Language in UNESCO - year 5 Global 723,520 - 2022-12-16 2023-12-31
    570GLO4021 "Heritage and the City": Promoting sustainable, safe and resilient cities through the protection and conservation of urban cultural and natural heritage in the city Global 750,000 742,174 2017-05-03 2022-09-15
    570GLO4022 Intangible Heritage and Creativity for Sustainable Cities Global 2,528,643 999,237 2017-07-07 2022-03-30
    570GLO4024 Building climate change resilience for coral reefs in UNESCO World Heritage marine sites Global 668,573 384,655 2018-08-28 2024-03-31
    570GLO4025 UNESCO-Seabourn Partnership for World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Programme Global 500,000 315,807 2020-01-01 2024-12-31
    570GLO4027 Community-based inventorying of living heritage in urban contexts Global 349,980 233,124 2021-07-12 2023-02-28
    570GLO4029 Fostering community-based development through culture-related TVET and employment 1,000,000 - 2022-11-25 2025-12-31
    Global 200,000 -
    Argentina 400,000 -
    United Republic of Tanzania 400,000 -
    570GLO5008 Follow up to the Ljubljana OER Action Plan 2017 Global 620,365 545,869 2017-09-06 2023-04-30
    570GLO5015 Massive Open Online Course: AI and the Judiciary Global 61,105 61,104 2020-10-23 2022-06-30