UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: federal grants and contributions

Updated 12 October 2026 · Paris , France · grants and contributions register

UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: federal grants and contributions: 7 agreements; $54.9M value; 1 departments; 3 programs.

Assay record ASY-CA-11FPSLW18O · Cite as: Assay Systems, “UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/unesco-united-nations-educational-scientific-and-cultural-organization/

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7agreements
$54.9Mvalue
1departments
3programs

Largest agreements

Agreement$13.2Mvalue2016start–end
Canada’s assessed contribution to the UNESCO$12.3Mvalue2017start–end
Canada’s assessed contribution to the UNESCO$11.7Mvalue2022start2023end

Canada's assessed contributions to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Agreement$11.6Mvalue2014start–end
Support to the Global Media Defence Fund$4.0Mvalue2019start2026end

The Global Media Defence Fund will upscale international efforts to protect, train and support journalists under threat of attack. It will focus on: supporting journalists’ access to legal services and prosecution of those who target journalists for their work, judicial follow up, reinforcing legal advice provided to media workers, strategic litigation of cases and supporting relevant investigative journalism. It will also support governments and other institutions to develop national frameworks, action plans and legislation relevant to the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity.

Support to the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report$1.2Mvalue2019start2023end

The project aims to contribute to inclusive and equitable quality education and to promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, as outlined in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4). The Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM Report) is an editorially independent report, established in 2002, to monitor progress towards the international education agenda targets. The GEM Report provides analysis on different regions focusing on specific issues such as gender, education in conflict situations, migration and skill for youth, which permits a comparison between education sys

Agreement$900Kvalue2015start–end

Departments

Global Affairs Canada7agreements$54.9Mvalue3programs
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  • Peace&Stab Ops prog (Election Activit)-G
  • International Development Assistance Program

All grants from Global Affairs Canada

Years

20221agreements$11.7Mvalue1programs
  • ## PROGRAM INFO N/A ##
20192agreements$5.2Mvalue2programs
  • Peace&Stab Ops prog (Election Activit)-G
  • International Development Assistance Program
20171agreements$12.3Mvalue0programs
    20161agreements$13.2Mvalue0programs
      20151agreements$900Kvalue0programs
        20141agreements$11.6Mvalue0programs

          Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.