In 2023, financial requirements for programmed activities amounted to $10.463 billion, which was $188 million or almost 2% higher than the $10.275 billion required in 2022.
Programmed activities are: country and regional programmes; global programmes, which are technical activities undertaken by Headquarters but which are of direct benefit to field operations; and the work of Headquarters to provide leadership, management, policy guidance, administrative support, and managerial and programmatic assistance.
By Impact Area
Globally, the budget for Impact Area 2 (Realizing basic rights in safe environments, or "Respond") was the largest at $5.236 billion, representing 50% of programmed activities. The largest requirements for this Impact Area were for operations in Ukraine, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic and Jordan.
The budget for Impact Area 1 (Attaining favourable protection environments, or "Protect") was the second largest at $2.702 billion or 25.8 % of programmed activities. The largest budgets for this Impact Area were for Sudan, Ethiopia, Türkiye and the Republic of Moldova.
Impact Area 3 (Empowering communities and achieving gender equality, or "Empower") had the third largest budget at $1.385 billion or 13.2 % of programmed activities. The largest budgets were for Pakistan, South Sudan, Türkiye and the Syrian Arab Republic.
The budget for Impact Area 4 (Securing solutions, or "Solve") was the smallest at $1.140 billion or 10.9% of programmed activities. The largest budgets were for Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Mexico.
By region
The largest needs were in the Middle East and North Africa at $2.442 billion, or 23.3 % of the total requirements for programmed activities, and East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes at $2.161 billion or 20.7 % of the total.
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