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
    549RAB4001 Support to livelihoods through cultural heritage development Arab States 12,269,391 5,482,150 2019-10-01 2023-09-30
    549RAF1000 Améliorer l'enseignement dans la région du Sahel 11,960,416 3,590,756 2020-12-15 2024-09-14
    Burkina Faso 2,272,479 682,244
    Mali 1,196,042 359,076
    Mauritania 3,109,708 933,596
    Niger 3,109,708 933,596
    Chad 2,272,479 682,244
    549RAS4000 Silk Roads Heritage Corridors in Afghanistan, Central Asia and Iran - International Dimension of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 4,971,628 2,279,660 2018-10-01 2024-08-27
    Afghanistan 745,744 341,949
    Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,690,353 775,084
    Kyrgyzstan 745,744 341,949
    Kazakhstan 248,581 113,983
    Tajikistan 745,744 341,949
    Turkmenistan 298,298 136,780
    Uzbekistan 497,163 227,966
    549RER1001 Addressing antisemitism through education in Europe Europe and North America 1,002,004 - 2023-01-01 2024-12-31
    549RER2008 Inventing a Shared Science Diplomacy for Europe (InsSciDE) Europe and North America 277,867 270,165 2017-12-01 2022-06-30
    549RER2009 Most Easy, Efficient and Low Cost Geothermal Systems for Retrofitting Civil and Historical Europe and North America 399,054 324,939 2018-04-01 2023-11-30
    549RER2011 Sustainable Historic Environments hoListic reconstruction through Technological Enhancement Europe and North America 425,583 327,847 2019-06-01 2023-05-31
    549RER2012 EuroSea 477,182 206,153 2019-10-31 2023-12-29
    Global 143,155 61,846
    Europe and North America 334,028 144,307
    549RER2014 MARCO-BOLO: MARine COastal BiOdiversity Long-term Observations Europe and North America 718,269 - 2022-12-01 2026-11-30
    549RER3001 GRRIP Europe and North America 137,293 126,883 2019-01-01 2022-12-31
    549RER3002 Open Universal Science ( OPUS) Europe and North America 168,786 - 2022-09-01 2025-08-31
    549RER4006 Inter-regional and cross-cutting action aiming to strengthen the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural property: an EU-UNESCO joint initiative Europe and North America 854,146 634,442 2019-01-01 2022-12-31
    549RER4007 SmartCulTour (Smart Cultural Tourism as a Driver of Sustainable Development of European Regions) 359,123 274,815 2020-01-01 2023-06-30
    Europe and North America 143,649 109,926
    Belgium 35,912 27,481
    Spain 35,912 27,481
    Finland 35,912 27,481
    Croatia 35,912 27,481
    Italy 35,912 27,481
    Netherlands 35,912 27,481
    549RER4008 Fighting illicit trafficking of cultural property in the Western Balkans Europe and North America 2,800,000 66,861 2020-06-01 2023-05-31
    549RER5003 REBUILD - ICT-enabled integration facilitator and life rebuilding guidance Europe and North America 470,061 192,126 2019-01-01 2022-03-31