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
    520IRQ5000 Voices of Peace: Promoting live-together in the liberated territories of Iraq through community media Iraq 177,725 66,537 2017-11-03 2023-03-31
    520RAF1012 RESSOURCES EDUCATIVES Africa 3,821,452 2,644,019 2020-07-01 2023-05-31
    520RAF1014 PEV-ED Sahel Phase II 359,459 163,736 2021-10-29 2022-07-15
    Burkina Faso 118,621 54,033
    Mali 118,621 54,033
    Niger 122,216 55,670
    520RAF1015 RESSOURCES EDUCATIVES PHASE 2 Africa 6,920,047 - 2022-12-05 2027-06-30
    525GLO2000 Support for the governance and central coordination of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development Global 740,800 416,717 2020-08-15 2024-03-31
    525GLO2001 Science Outreach and Engagement for Sustainable Development in the framework of the Ocean Decade Global 240,705 41,146 2022-07-01 2024-03-31
    525IRQ1000 Gendered approach to Preventing Violent Extremism in Iraq through Education Iraq 3,479,518 2,985,163 2020-03-25 2023-03-31
    525UZB1000 Scaling the TPD@SCALE Approach in Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 431,372 407,005 2020-05-01 2022-09-30
    526AFG1001 Establishing a National Centre of Excellence for TVET in Afghanistan Afghanistan 6,633,663 427,329 2020-06-29 2024-12-31
    526AFG4002 Bamiyan Cultural Centre (Phase III) Afghanistan 3,519,602 3,503,238 2019-12-16 2022-12-31
    526DRK4002 Preservation of Koguryo Tombs and Mural Paintings in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Phase IV) Democratic People's Republic of Korea 820,736 191,276 2018-11-30 2023-12-31
    526GAM1000 Youth Empowerment through TVET Gambia 2,200,000 1,393,275 2018-12-21 2023-12-31
    526GLO2005 Biosphere Reserves as tools to reach the Sustainable Development Goals in island and coastal areas Global 532,728 411,815 2017-11-23 2023-02-22
    526GLO2006 Senior Programme Specialist (P5) Secondment to Hydrology Division (Theme 4: Water for Human Settlements) Global 982,880 929,377 2017-12-04 2022-01-28
    526GLO2011 Senior Programme Specialist (P5) Secondment to Hydrology Division (Theme 4: Water for Human Settlements) Global 606,463 271,304 2021-11-15 2023-11-14