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
    549RER5004 "Building Trust in media in South East Europe and Turkey - Phase 2" Europe and North America 2,172,091 1,782,185 2019-11-06 2023-02-05
    549RLA4000 Transcultura 15,621,429 5,863,306 2020-01-01 2023-11-30
    Antigua and Barbuda 468,643 175,899
    Barbados 937,286 351,798
    Bahamas 468,643 175,899
    Belize 468,643 175,899
    Cuba 6,248,572 2,345,322
    Dominica 468,643 175,899
    Dominican Republic 468,643 175,899
    Grenada 468,643 175,899
    Guyana 468,643 175,899
    Haiti 468,643 175,899
    Jamaica 1,249,714 469,064
    Saint Kitts and Nevis 468,643 175,899
    Saint Lucia 468,643 175,899
    Montserrat 468,643 175,899
    Suriname 468,643 175,899
    Trinidad and Tobago 1,093,500 410,431
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 468,643 175,899
    549RLA4001 Creative Caribbean: An Ecosystem of 'Play' for Growth and Development 3,584,230 590,129 2021-01-01 2024-04-30
    Antigua and Barbuda 250,896 41,309
    Barbados 250,896 41,309
    Bahamas 250,896 41,309
    Belize 250,896 41,309
    Dominica 250,896 41,309
    Grenada 250,896 41,309
    Guyana 250,896 41,309
    Haiti 250,896 41,309
    Jamaica 286,738 47,210
    Saint Kitts and Nevis 250,896 41,309
    Saint Lucia 250,896 41,309
    Suriname 250,896 41,309
    Trinidad and Tobago 286,738 47,210
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 250,896 41,309
    549TAJ1000 STEM/ICT ED project in Tajikistan Tajikistan 8,115,095 221,254 2022-01-02 2025-12-31
    549UZB1000 Skills Development for Employability in Rural Areas of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 10,338,959 1,690,266 2020-09-01 2024-08-31
    549YEM4000 Cash for Work: Promoting Livelihood Opportunities for Urban Youth in Yemen Yemen 11,002,300 10,069,268 2018-09-01 2022-08-31
    549YEM4001 Youth Employment through Culture and Heritage in Yemen - YECHY Yemen 22,552,000 742,862 2022-06-01 2026-05-31
    550GLO3001 Phase II of the UNESCO e-Platform on intercultural dialogue: Strengthening the e-Platform as a digital catalyst to drive impact on the ground Global 173,100 113,915 2020-04-16 2022-12-31
    550GLO3002 Secondment of Associate Project Officer (project and community manager) to support the implementation of Phase II of the UNESCO e-Platform on intercultural dialogue Global 153,072 147,321 2020-04-24 2022-12-31
    553INT4007 Capacity building for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage in emergencies in Small Island Developing States in the Pacific and the Caribbean 500,000 10,872 2021-12-23 2024-12-22
    Bahamas 100,000 2,174
    Belize 100,000 2,174
    Fiji 100,000 2,174
    Tonga 100,000 2,174
    Vanuatu 100,000 2,174
    553LEB4000 Strengthening capacities for the effective implementation of the 2003 Convention of the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Lebanon Lebanon 260,000 258,232 2018-07-25 2022-09-24
    555GLO2002 The Ocean Decade: Maintaining the momentum of the preparatory phase and exploring innovative methods for future engagement 210,000 175,348 2021-08-26 2023-08-25
    Global 189,000 157,813
    Asia and the Pacific 21,000 17,535
    555GLO3000 Ethical Reflection on Disruptive Technologies and Society: Roundtables on "Ethics of Artificial Intelligence" and "Ethics of Genome Editing" Global 171,316 166,393 2019-06-27 2022-07-26
    555RAS2022 Fostering and Enhancing Synergies among Science Networks in Asia and the Pacific Region Asia and the Pacific 340,000 278,471 2019-06-04 2022-12-03
    555RAS2023 Good Governance for the Sustainable Development Goals: mobilizing UNESCO's water and environmental science networks for the 2030 Agenda Asia and the Pacific 430,000 379,030 2019-06-04 2022-12-03