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
    511IES2823 The contribution of universities to the SDGs Global 5,000 - 2022-01-01 2023-12-31
    513CUB4000 Jardines de la Reina National Park: Technical support to strengthen management & possible future World Heritage nomination file preparation 49,720 48,827 2019-01-01 2022-04-30
    Cuba 49,223 48,338
    Senegal 497 488
    513GLO2044 PacMAN 856,620 465,682 2020-03-13 2023-12-31
    Global 428,310 232,841
    Fiji 428,310 232,841
    513GLO2045 Ocean InfoHub (OIH) Global 1,191,915 653,564 2020-03-13 2024-06-30
    513GLO2046 OTGA 2.0 Global 986,853 372,268 2020-03-13 2024-06-30
    513GLO2047 Climate-resilient water management approaches: Application towards Climate Action and 2030 Development Agenda Global 50,000 43,219 2020-03-13 2022-12-31
    513GLO2048 UNESCO eDNA expeditions Global 890,649 161,026 2021-12-08 2023-12-07
    513GLO2049 OceanTeacher Global Academy Alumni System Global 43,600 30,302 2022-02-03 2023-12-31
    513GLO2050 Addressing Hydro-Climatic Vulnerability through Citizen and Open Science Global 751,010 3,364 2022-02-14 2024-12-31
    513GLO2051 A Science Contribution to the UN 2023 Water Conference Global 35,000 4,170 2022-11-29 2023-11-28
    513GLO4016 Protecting UNESCO Marine World Heritage in a changing climate (2019-2020) Global 149,330 149,316 2019-04-23 2022-01-31
    513GLO4017 Strengthening Capacity and Resilience of natural World Heritage sites in a changing climate Global 399,999 389,230 2020-04-01 2022-12-31
    513GLO4018 Strengthening private sector engagement in the protection of Natural World Heritage sites Global 99,951 95,029 2020-04-15 2022-10-31
    513INT2008 Enhancing Climate Services for Improved Water Resources Management in Vulnerable Regions to Climate Change: Case studies from Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean 641,296 438,127 2017-11-16 2023-06-30
    Africa 320,648 219,063
    Latin America and the Caribbean 320,648 219,063
    513INT4001 Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in basic education in Namibia and Zimbabwe 355,860 41 2022-06-08 2024-06-08
    Namibia 142,344 17
    Zimbabwe 213,516 25