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
    495GLO3002 Output 2 Public policy-making strengthened in Member States based on scientific evidence, humanities-based knowledge, ethics, and human rights frameworks Global 120,423 60,687 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    495GLO4241 Special account for the support of the Culture Programme activities Global 246,099 191,172 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    495GLO4341 Special account for the support of the Culture Programme activities (495GLO4002) Global 14,854 14,006 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    495GLO4541 Special account for the support of the Culture Programme activities Global 19,865 12,032 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    495GLO4641 Special account for the support of the Culture Programme activities Global 29,414 22,831 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    496GLO4000 International Jazz Day and related activities project. Global 492,038 467,271 2012-01-31 2023-12-31
    498GLO4000 The Silk Roads Programme Global 2,822,269 2,622,274 2012-07-10 2024-03-31
    499GLO1000.7 Promoting gender equality and girls' education in the ethnic minorities areas of Viet Nam Viet Nam 467,290 463,399 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    500AFG4000 Afghanistan's National Program for Culture and Creative Economy Afghanistan 3,149,533 3,011,829 2017-04-25 2026-12-31
    501GLO4002 Renforcer le Secrétariat pour assister les états membre d'améliorer la mise en œuvre du Deuxième Protocole (1999) de Convention de la Haye de 1954 Global 105,562 101,629 2018-12-13 2022-07-10
    501RAF1002 Promoting Health and Well Being in Higher and Tertiary Education in SADC region Africa 7,613,771 1,079,760 2021-10-08 2025-09-14
    502INT2000 TWAS - DST India: Programme of cooperation in the field of science and technology 740,000 8,725 2018-11-24 2022-12-31
    Arab States 74,000 873
    Africa 222,000 2,618
    Asia and the Pacific 444,000 5,235
    503AFG1003 Better Education Systems for Afghanistan's Future Afghanistan 20,672,250 11,987,995 2018-07-01 2023-12-31
    503CMB5001 Strengthening Media Development and Freedom of Expression in Cambodia Cambodia 2,352,806 813,671 2021-04-09 2024-03-31
    503GLO2011 Supporting sustainable ocean management through the Ocean Decade Global 378,045 289,786 2022-07-01 2022-12-31