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
    Communication and Public Engagement
    Participation Programme

    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
    469GLO3003 UNESCO Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Scie Global 272,578 216,230 2009-04-22 2023-12-31
    469GLO3004 UNESCO/Juan Bosch Prize for the Promotion of Social Science Research in Latin America and the Caribbean Latin America and the Caribbean 264,332 115,374 2009-06-01 2023-12-31
    469GLO3006 UNESCO-UNAM Jaime Torres Bodet prize in social sciences, humanities and arts Global 381,000 210,356 2015-10-12 2023-12-31
    469GLO4000 UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab culture 2,954,312 2,841,799 2008-07-09 2025-12-31
    Global 1,477,156 1,420,899
    Arab States 1,477,156 1,420,899
    469GLO4001 UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes Global 288,621 220,594 2010-04-01 2023-12-31
    469GLO4002 UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize for the Creative Economy Global 300,000 242,830 2021-02-03 2023-12-31
    469GLO5000 UNESCO/ Jikji Memory of the World Prize (Jikji) Global 279,976 257,430 2009-04-01 2022-12-31
    469GLO5003 THE UNESCO/EMIR JABER AL-AHMAD AL-JABER AL-SABAH PRIZE Global 377,924 296,603 2016-03-04 2022-12-31
    473HAI1005 Appui psychosocial d'urgence aux victimes du tremblement de terre et des inondations de juin 2023 en Haiti Haiti 50,000 10,852 2023-06-09 2023-12-31
    473LEB4000 Supporting the protection of the urban fabric of the devastated areas following the Beirut Blast Lebanon 90,000 65,756 2021-06-25 2022-12-31
    473SYR4000 Syria emergency response in the domains of Culture and Education Syrian Arab Republic 50,000 8,331 2023-04-18 2023-12-31
    473UKR0001 PCPD Special Account Ukraine Ukraine 50,000 - 2022-08-03 2022-12-31
    473UKR1000 Ukraine - Strengthening Mental Health and Psychosocial Support System within Ukrainian National Education in Times of Conflict Ukraine 272,448 222,675 2022-07-13 2023-12-31
    473UKR1001 Supporting Connectivity for Education in Ukraine Ukraine 50,000 50,000 2022-09-01 2022-12-31
    473UKR4000 Monitoring of sites, including through satellite imagery Ukraine 500,000 349,501 2022-04-12 2024-04-11