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 2021 was USD 45.4 million, more than double the USD 20.6 million mobilized during 2020. In 2021, 97 percent of the amount was allocated for development projects, with 3 percent for emergency activities.

In 2021, the six major resource partners of FAO in Europe and Central Asia were the European Union, with USD 18.2 million for approved new projects, followed by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), with USD 10.7 million, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), with USD 2.7 million.

These new projects were provided mainly to Ukraine, Serbia, Georgia, and Albania.