Working to fulfil its mandate and help countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, FAO is funded in part by its regular budget and increasingly through voluntary contributions. Those extra-budgetary contributions come from FAO Member Countries, multilateral organizations, international financing institutions, the private sector, and other sources.
Total resources mobilized by FAO for Europe and Central Asia in 2023 (up to November) was USD 51.6 million. Although this amount is lower compared to 2022, due to the emergency response in Ukraine it is still above the average annual resources mobilized in the region in previous years. In 2023, 67 percent of the amount was allocated for emergency activities, with 33 percent for development projects.
In 2023, the five major resource partners of FAO in Europe and Central Asia were Japan, with USD 11.6 million for emergency support in Ukraine, followed by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) with USD 8.9 million, the European Union with USD 4.9 million, Norway with 4.5 million, and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) with USD 3.9 million.
Major resource partners in 2023
| Japan | 22% |
| UNOCHA | 17% |
| European Union | 9% |
| Norway | 8% |
| Global Environment Facility | 7% |
| Others | 37% |
These new projects were provided mainly to Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.