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.

Explore our Work
Every year UNESCO supports an extensive range of projects worldwide.
The size of the bubbles displayed in the "Beneficiary" view corresponds to planned expenditures by country. Planned expenditures related to a regional or global scope are not represented on this map. The "Contributor" view displays cash received for voluntary contributions and invoiced assessed contributions, by country.

1872

Projects

1769

Ongoing

103

Completed

Regional scope

Includes programmes, projects and activities designed to benefit one or more regions as a whole.

Spending Plan

USD 408,129K

Incurred Expenditures

USD 198,664K

Country-specific

Includes programmes, projects and activities designed to benefit one or more countries.

Spending Plan

USD 1,151,300K

Incurred Expenditures

USD 519,410K

Global scope

Includes programmes, projects and activities with a global impact.

Spending Plan

USD 243,069K

Incurred Expenditures

USD 116,516K

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.
    Sources of funding
    Objectives
    Results
    Geographical Scope
    Implementation
    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
    513GLO2052 Ocean Decade Capacity Development Facility Global 1,089,109 - 2023-04-03 2025-04-02
    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 399,999 399,735 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 641,296 544,881 2017-11-16 2023-12-31
    Latin America and the Caribbean 320,648 272,440
    Africa 320,648 272,440
    513INT4001 Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in basic education in Namibia and Zimbabwe 355,860 126,363 2022-06-08 2024-06-08
    Zimbabwe 213,516 75,818
    Namibia 142,344 50,545
    513RAF2022 BE-RESILIENT: Biosphere Reserves as Observatories for Climate Change Adaptation in Southern Africa Africa 590,000 357,607 2020-03-13 2023-12-31
    513RAF4012 Improving the representation of African sites on the World Heritage List: upstream support for natural heritage 250,000 208,678 2018-11-06 2022-11-30
    Botswana 50,000 41,736
    Angola 37,500 31,302
    Ethiopia 50,000 41,736
    Mozambique 37,500 31,302
    Namibia 37,500 31,302
    South Africa 25,000 20,868
    Zambia 12,500 10,434
    513RAF4015 Establishment of a Center of Excellence in Underwater Cultural Heritage Protection and Research for Africa Africa 396,040 22,003 2022-06-08 2025-06-08
    513RER4003 World Heritage online map platform Europe and North America 296,306 203,216 2021-10-01 2023-10-31
    513RLA2025 EBM MPR - Ecosystem-based solutions for coastal and marine sustainability in the Southeast Pacific 50,000 47,927 2020-05-12 2022-09-30
    Chile 16,500 15,816
    Ecuador 17,000 16,295
    Peru 16,500 15,816
    513RLA2026 Nature-based solutions for marine and coastal biosphere reserves 50,000 49,909 2020-05-12 2022-05-30
    Chile 16,500 16,470
    Ecuador 17,000 16,969
    Peru 16,500 16,470
    513RLA2027 Mangrove Restoration as a Nature-Based Solution in Latin American Biosphere Reserves 1,108,530 112,710 2022-06-08 2025-06-08
    Colombia 221,706 22,542
    Cuba 177,365 18,034
    Ecuador 177,365 18,034
    Mexico 177,365 18,034
    Panama 177,365 18,034
    Peru 177,365 18,034
    513SAF2003 Addressing Climate Risk and Building Adaptive Capacity in South Africa's Biosphere Reserves: Towards Sustainable Water and Ecosystem Management South Africa 1,743,133 885,943 2021-01-01 2023-12-31
    514CUB4002 Old Square Project: Promoting culture and sustainable development within the framework of the celebration of the 500th Anniversary of the Historic Centre of Old Havana and its Fortification System Cuba 250,000 17,493 2021-02-01 2023-10-31