WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/648 
24 March 2006 
 (06-1342) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures  
  
 
UPDATE ON THE OPERATION OF THE STANDARDS AND  
TRADE DEVELOPMENT FACILITY 
 
Note by the Secretariat
1 
 Overview 
 
1. The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) is both a financing and a coordination 
mechanism.  Its aim is to assist developing count ries enhance their capacity to meet international 
sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards, im proving the human health, animal health and 
phytosanitary situation, and thus gaining and maintaining market access.  Grant financing is available 
for private and public organizations in developing  countries seeking to comply with international 
SPS standards and hence gain or maintain market ac cess.  The STDF provides funds for two types of 
grants:  project preparation grants (PPGs) and project grants.
2 
2. Applications for STDF funding may be made at any point in the year.  The STDF Working 
Group meets three times per year to consider funding requests.  The deadline for funding 
submissions to be considered at the next STDF Working Group meeting is 25 April 2006 .  
Applications received after that date will be considered at the next STDF Working Group after 
8-9 June.  Further information on the STDF, in cluding the Business Plan, application forms and 
information on projects approved can be found at the STDF website www.standardsfacility.org.  The 
website also contains training materials collected from partner agencies and a link to the database on 
SPS technical activities. 
3. Since October 2005, new donor funding has been received from Sweden (in the form of a 
multi-annual contribution totalling 12 million Swedis h kronor) and the United States ($100,000).3  
Denmark has contributed further funds to th e STDF in 2006 with a donation of Danish Kronor 
2.5 million.  Arrangements are also being finalised  on a further contribution from the United Kingdom 
of £100,000.  To date in 2005, CHF 1.9 million has b een allocated to projects of the approximately 
CHF 2.7 million which has been committed thus fa r in 2006 by donors.  Two further rounds of 
funding are planned in June and October 2006.  New donor contributions are being actively sought 
from existing and new donors. 
Evaluation of the STDF 
 4. The STDF was established with three years of seed funding from the World Bank 
Development Grant Facility (DGF).  One requireme nt attached to the DGF funding was that an 
independent evaluation of the operation of th e Facility should be carried out before 
31 December 2005.  A consultant contracted for this task reported in De cember 2005 and this report 
                                                     
 
1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights or obligations under the WTO. 
2 Further information on eligibility criteria, the application process and governance arrangements for 
the STDF can be found in document G/SPS/GEN/523. 
3  The last update to the SPS Committee was issued  in document G/SPS/GEN/595 on 7 October 2005. G/SPS/GEN/648 
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  was considered at the STDF Working Group meeting on 3 February 2006.  A copy of the evaluation 
report can be accessed though the STDF website (www.st andardsfacility.org) or on request from the 
WTO Secretariat.  The evaluation examined (i) the ST DF's ability to attract resources;  (ii) its capacity 
to utilise those resources;  (iii) its contribution to capacity building; and (iv) the management of the 
STDF. 
5. The evaluation concluded that the STDF had proven itself able to attract resources, but faced 
challenges in securing sustained donor financing.  The Facility had built on the foundation established 
by the World Bank seed funding.  The STDF Business Plan, finalised in September 2004 
(G/SPS/GEN/523), had proved a turnin g point in the STDF's evolution.  Following adoption of this 
document, the Facility had grown from a cumulative  total of $US1.4mn (constituted principally by 
World Bank and WTO Doha Development Agenda Gl obal Trust Fund contributions) to $US5.3mn by 
September 2005.  In total, nine WTO Members have made contributions to the STDF.  Of these nine 
donors, two have entered into formal multi-annual commitments.  Thus while the STDF has proven 
successful in attracting short term financing, the evaluation concluded that the challenge of raising 
funds for the Facility remains in the longer term. 
6. The STDF has proven itself able to commit res ources to projects.  By September 2005, the 
STDF had approved 19 PPGs and 15 projects.  The STDF has also succeeded in attracting an increasing number of project applications for funding.  The number of applications increased fourfold 
in 2005 compared to 2003 and the ratio of the number of project applications to projects approved for 
funding increased to 3:1 in 2005.  The Facility is thus  able to be more selective in the applications it 
approves for funding. 
7. The STDF has actively exploited synergies with  other programmes (notably the Integrated 
Framework).  Four projects and 13 of the 19 PPG s approved support project  development in Least 
Developed Countries (LDCs) that are part of the Inte grated Framework.  In total, over two-thirds of 
the projects approved to date had been in LDCs or Other Low-Income Countries - exceeding the 40% 
target established in the Business Plan. 
8. The evaluation points to the very wide range of roles which the STDF secretariat at WTO 
undertakes, including: public relations, project scr eening, project management, and responsibility for 
the financial management of the STDF.  As the F acility has grown, the Secretariat's staff resources 
have been spread more thinly.  The evaluation id entified an urgent need to strengthen the staff 
resources at the Secretariat and to consider the establishment of a project management unit either at WTO or one of the other partner agencies. 
9. The evaluation concluded that it was too early to  judge the effectiveness of the results of the 
STDF as none of the projects approved had reached th eir conclusion.  The first projects have reached 
their conclusion only in early 2006.  A further evaluation of the STDF is scheduled to take place before December 2007. 
10. The Working Group was able to undertake a prel iminary review of the evaluation at its 
3 February 2006 meeting.  It instructed the secret ariat to prepare a list of recommendations arising 
from the report to the next STDF Policy Committee scheduled for 8-9 June 2006.  To respond to the evaluation's identification of resource weaknesses in the Secretariat, an additional staff member has 
been recruited on a temporary basis to assist in project management functions. 
New projects approved 
 11. A total of seven project grant applications and four PPGs were considered by the STDF 
Working Group at its meeting on 3 February 2006.  A further seven projects were resubmitted from 
previous meetings.  The total value of project grant and PPG applicati ons submitted amounted to  G/SPS/GEN/648 
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  US$ 9,310,085.  Of these funding requests, a to tal of 4 projects and 4 PPGs were approved for 
funding.  This bring the total number of projects f unded to 19 and the number of PPGs funded to 20. 
Table 1:  New STDF projects approved  
 
Project title Description Project 
budget 
STDF 48:  Improving shea and 
cashew nut production in Benin The project aims to redu ce problems of mycotoxin 
contamination of shea and cashew nut production through 
the application of good agricultural practice and training for 
actors in the supply chain.  The project will be implemented by a project team led by the International Institute for 
Tropical Agriculture. $261,000 
STDF 120:  Risk assessment for 
Indian officials The project will provide in-depth training on risk assessment 
techniques to be used in food safety, animal and plant health 
for officials in three Indian regions. $153,000 
STDF 69:  SPS assistance to the 
Yemen Seafood Exporters 
Association The project will work with the recently established Yemen 
Seafood Exporters Associati on to develop and apply SPS 
standards on an industry-wide ba sis with a view to securing 
new and existing market access for Yemen's seafood 
exports.  $371,075 
STDF 114:  Effective aflatoxin 
management in Brazil nut production The project aims to reduce and control aflatoxin 
contamination in the Brazil nut production chain with a view to stimulating export and improve sanitary conditions for 
locally-consumed nuts.  Project results will be disseminated 
to producers in Peru and Bolivia. $619,664 
 
 
Table 2:  New STDF project preparation grants approved  
 
Project title Description Project 
budget 
STDF 46: Project preparation grant for the WHO Africa office  The project being developed by WHO will look at 
implementation of specific Codex standards in selected 
African countries
. $20,000 
STDF 113: Project preparation 
grant for survey of food safety 
infrastructure in Burundi On the basis of a request from the Burundi Bureau of 
Standards, a baseline survey of  food safety infrastructure 
will be undertaken with a view to designing a project to 
assist enterprises meet food sa fety standards and gain market 
access.  $20,000 
STDF 116: Project preparation 
grant to assist the design of a 
funding application for the 
establishment of an animal traceability scheme in Costa Rica
 The project preparation activities will centre on a comparative analysis of the system for animal traceability 
being considered in Costa Rica so as to ensure equivalence 
with trading partners operating similar schemes.   $20,000 
STDF 126: Project preparation 
grant for Tanzanian Horticulture 
Association on pesticides in the East African Community.  The project preparation activity will fund a study by the 
Tanzanian Horticulture Association on pesticide registration 
in the East African Community and how the regulations can be harmonised at a regional level. $5,500 G/SPS/GEN/648 
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  On-going projects 
12. One project which has reached completion is the STDF database on SPS-related technical 
assistance and capacity building projects.  The data base covers national as well as regional projects, 
for the period 2001 to 2003.  Data is reported from the five partner institutions, multilateral agencies, 
regional and bilateral donors and has been take n from the existing WTO/OECD Trade-Related 
Technical Assistance and Capacity Building database.  The database can be accessed at 
http://stdfdb.wto.org/   
13. A document evaluating the data reported in th e STDF database for the period 2001-2003, and 
in the WTO/OECD Trade-Related Technical Assi stance and Capacity Building database for 2004 
onwards is in preparation.  The document will provi de an overview of the direction of SPS-related 
technical aid flows, by subject area, donor and benefici ary.  In addition, a sample of projects listed in 
the database will be taken and the contact persons lis ted will be sent a short questionnaire.  On this 
basis, it is hoped that some measure of the success of interventions can be established - as reported by 
donors, and if possible, by  recipients.   
14. A number of other STDF projects are nearing co mpletion, as indicated in Table 3 below.  
STDF 37 concerned the financing of  developing country participants to attend a workshop on the 
practical application of ISPM No. 15 (Guidelin es for regulating wood packaging material in 
international trade), which was held in Vancouve r, Canada, 28 February - 4 March 2005.  Project 
STDF 89 also assisted developing country participan ts to attend a workshop on International Plant 
Health Risk Analysis, held on 24-  28 October 2005 in Niagara Falls , Canada.  Workshop materials for 
both activities can be found on the IPPC website (w ww.ippc.int) and will soon be added to the STDF 
website training materials.   
15. Project STDF 14 is also nearing completion.  This project concerned the development of a 
veterinary capacity evaluation tool by the OIE in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for 
Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA).  The tool built on IICA work in the SPS area to design a capacity 
evaluation specific to the animal health area.  The pr oject has been field tested in ten Latin American 
countries and its application in Africa was considered  at an OIE Seminar on Animal Health Policies, 
in N’Djamena, Chad, on 13-15 February 2006.  The capacity evaluation tool will now be considered 
at the OIE General Session on 21-26 May 2006.  
16. A further five projects are scheduled to fini sh in 2006.  A progress report and preliminary 
conclusions from project STDF 19 "Model Arrangeme nts for STDF Stakeholders at the National 
Level" will be given during the wo rkshop on the implementation of the SPS Agreement to be held on 
31 March 2006 and in an accompanying SPS Committee document
.  The WTO is also planning to 
hold an information session on the margins of the October 2006 meeting of the SPS Committee to 
report on the results of STDF projects.  Summaries on the on-going status of STDF projects and accompanying reports will also soon be added to the STDF website.   
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Project 
Number Title Description Implementing 
Agency Beneficiary Budget 
in US$ Approval 
date Start 
Date End Date Status 
STDF 48 Quality control for 
shea and cashew 
nut products in 
Benin  The aim of the project is to train 
farmers in good agricultural 
practice and to sensitize actors in 
the supply chain so as to overcome problems of mycotoxin 
contamination for shea and 
cashew nut production.  The project will be implemented by a 
consortium including the 
International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) WTO Benin 261,000 Feb-06 To be 
agreed  Discussions on 
contracting and 
final budget 
underway. 
STDF 120 Risk assessment 
training in India The project will provide training 
on risk assessment procedures in 
three different regions of India.   The project will focus on training 
officials at State level in risk 
assessment practice. WTO India 153,600 Feb-06 To be 
agreed  On-going 
discussions to 
identify training topics, consultants 
and dates for 
implementation. 
STDF 69 SPS capacity-
building for the 
Yemen Seafood 
Exporters Association  The aim of the project is to assist 
the Yemen Seafood Exporters 
Association to introduce an 
industry-wide food safety and quality scheme and so become 
more responsive to the 
requirements of export markets World Bank Yemen 371,075 Feb-06 To be 
agreed  Discussions on-
going with World 
Bank about 
contracting.  
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Project 
Number Title Description Implementing 
Agency Beneficiary Budget 
in US$ Approval 
date Start 
Date End Date Status 
STDF 114 Effective aflatoxin 
management 
system in Brazil nut production  The project grant will look into 
factors affecting aflatoxin 
contamination in Brazil nut production and work with 
stakeholders throughout the 
production and distribution chain to minimize the problem and meet 
international standards.  Project 
results will be shared with 
producers in Peru and Bolivia.   WTO Brazil  619,664 Feb-06   Contract drafted 
and awaiting 
signature by beneficiaries 
STDF 62  Strengthening food 
safety structures in Cameroon  The aim of the project is to 
reactivate a national committee on food safety and provide training 
for key stakeholders in the public 
and private sector in Cameroon with a view to designing a 
national strategy on food safety. FAO Cameroon 295,710 Sep-05 To be 
agreed  Delay has been 
encountered in implementation.  
Awaiting further 
information from FAO on 
arrangements to 
implement the project. 
STDF 64 Facilitating 
livestock trade in 
Djibouti The aim of the project is to 
strengthen veterinary services in 
Djibouti with a view to assisting the livestock trade, in particular 
with Gulf countries. The project 
will be focused around training for both the public and private 
sector on SPS issues in trade.  FAO Djibouti 560,000 Sep-05 To be 
agreed  Delay has been 
encountered in 
implementation.  Awaiting further 
information from 
FAO on arrangements to 
implement the 
project.  
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Number Title Description Implementing 
Agency Beneficiary Budget 
in US$ Approval 
date Start 
Date End Date Status 
STDF 65 Support compliance 
with official and 
commercial standards in the 
fruit and vegetable 
sector in Guinea The project is focused on 
assisting the public and private 
sector in Guinea through training to meet official and commercial 
standards for fruit and vegetable 
exports.  UNCTAD Guinea 600,000 Sep-05  Dec-05 Dec-07 Project 
contracted.  
Implementation on-going.  
STDF 79 Quality information 
on SPS issues - a 
pre requisite for 
capacity building  The project is an activity to 
improve the sharing of 
information on official standards 
(including the supporting 
scientific evaluations) developed 
by OIE, Codex and IPPC through the International Portal on Food 
Safety, Animal and Plant Health.  
The project will improve the sustainability of core resources 
for the Portal.  FAO Users of the 
international 
portal 
(www.ipfsa
ph.org) 470,000 Sep-05   Awaiting contract 
information from 
FAO 
STDF 89 International Plant 
Health Risk Analysis Workshop The main aim of the project was 
to provide funding for 29 developing and least-developed 
country officials to attend a 
workshop on pest risk analysis to be held in Canada on 24-28 
October 2005.  The workshop  
strengthened expertise in and capacity to apply IPPC’s 
standards for PRA (ISPMs No. 2, 
11 and 21, in particular) with a view to harmonizing methods for 
their implementation 
internationally.   IPPC/FAO 29 
developing country 
national 
plant protection 
officers 147,000 Sep-05 Oct-05 Sep-06 IPPC is collecting 
information materials from the 
conference with a 
view to designing national 
implementation 
packs.    
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Project 
Number Title Description Implementing 
Agency Beneficiary Budget 
in US$ Approval 
date Start 
Date End Date Status 
STDF 56 Capacity building 
for implementation 
of the Codex Alimentarius Code 
of Practice for 
animal feeding Training on implementation of the 
Codex Code of Good Practice on 
Animal feeding through a series of regional workshops in Africa, 
Latin America and Asia International 
Feed Industry 
Federation Feed 
industries in 
Africa, Latin America and 
Asia 150,000 Mar-05 Sep-05 Sep-06 Two of the three 
workshops have 
been organized.  Implementation of 
the third expected 
in early 2006. 
STDF 37 Assistance to 
Developing 
Countries in the 
Implementation of 
ISPM 15  A workshop on implementation of 
ISPM 15 was held in Vancouver, 
Canada on 28 February – 4 March 
2005. STDF funded participants 
from developing countries to 
attend. Training materials related to the workshop can be found on 
the IPPC website at www.ippc.int  IPPC/ FAO Developing 
country 
participants 
at ISPM 15 
workshop 332,000 Sep-04 Nov-04 Mar-06 IPPC collecting 
information on 
the impact of the 
training activity 
as highlighted 
through participant 
response sheets 
and notificatiosn issued to the SPS 
Committee. 
STDF 13 Regional animal 
health strategies for Selected African 
Regions  Project aims to build on the 
veterinary capacity evaluation tool to design regional animal 
health strategies for selected Sub-
Saharan Africa regions. OIE  305,000 Sep-04 Not yet 
started May-08 In abeyance. 
Awaiting implementation 
by OIE and FAO 
STDF 14 OIE veterinary 
capacity evaluation project  The veterinary capacity 
evaluation tool (developed in collaboration with the Inter-
American Institute for Co-
operation on Agriculture) has been field-tested in 10 Latin 
American countrie s and discussed 
in Sub-Saharan Africa.  Tool will be presented to the  OIE General 
Session in May 2006. OIE IICA 
countries and Chad 37,000 Nov-03  May-06 Project 
approaching completion.  
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Number Title Description Implementing 
Agency Beneficiary Budget 
in US$ Approval 
date Start 
Date End Date Status 
STDF 20 Country-based 
plans for SPS-
related development The aim of the project is to 
undertake baseline studies of SPS 
capacity and to apply cost-benefit analysis to examine potential  
returns on investment in terms of 
foreign trade and an improved SPS situation.  Fieldwork in 
Uganda and Peru.   WTO Peru and 
Uganda 170,862 Sep-03 Nov-04 Sep-06 General 
methodology for 
cost benefit analysis has been 
developed.  
Fieldwork is on-going in Peru.  
Fieldwork in 
Uganda planned 
for 2006 and 
should build on work by World 
Bank to prepare 
the Diagnostic Trade Integration 
Study under the 
Integrated Framework. 
STDF 19 Model 
arrangements for 
SPS stakeholder involvement at the 
national level The aim of the project is to look 
at national arrangements for the 
circulation of SPS information at national level among relevant 
stakeholders and to make 
recommendations of general applicability on how this co-
ordination may be improved.  
Fieldwork in  Paraguay and Sri Lanka.  WTO Sri Lanka 
and 
Paraguay 291,218 Sep-04 Dec-04 Sep-06 Fieldwork on-
going in both 
countries.  Preliminary 
results will be 
presented at the SPS Committee 
workshop on 
31 March 2006.   
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Project 
Number Title Description Implementing 
Agency Beneficiary Budget 
in US$ Approval 
date Start 
Date End Date Status 
STDF 9 Model Programme 
for Developing 
Food Standards within a Risk 
Analysis 
Framework  Food safety risk analysis training 
for policy makers in the Asia 
Oceania region FAO Asia Pacific 
countries 70,848 Nov-03 Mar-05 Sep-06 Implementation 
was delayed while 
initial contracting issues were 
resolved.  
Implementation now on-going. 
STDF 10 International Portal 
on Food Safety, 
Animal and Plant 
Health project Establishment of national 
windows to the International 
Portal on Food Safety, Animal 
and Plant Health.  Fieldwork 
undertaken in Turkey and  Uganda.   FAO Turkey and 
Uganda 59,400 Sep-03 Mar-05 Sep-06 Fieldwork in 
Uganda and 
Turkey has been 
completed.  
Project being finalized. 
STDF 15 Expanding SPS 
Capacities at 
National and 
Regional Levels Additional training for veterinary 
officials back-to-back with WTO 
technical assistance activities on 
the basis of a training syllabus 
developed by an OIE 
collaborating centre in Lyon, France.   OIE Veterinary 
officials 
from  50 + 
countries 130,614 Sep-04  Nov-06 2 regional 
workshops for 
ASEAN and 
Francophone 
African countries 
took place in 2005.  A further 
three regional 
workshops are planned in 2006. 
STDF 5 STDF Database Database on SPS technical 
assistance has been established at 
http://stdfdb.wto.org.  Data covers years 2001-2003. WTO Database 73,474 Jun-03 Jul-03 Dec-05 Project 
completed.  An 
analysis of SPS technical 
assistance flows 
on the basis of the information in the 
database is being  
prepared for the  
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Number Title Description Implementing 
Agency Beneficiary Budget 
in US$ Approval 
date Start 
Date End Date Status 
SPS Committee. 
Total Approved Projects by value   5,103,965     
  
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Table 3:  Status of Approved Project Preparation Grants 
 
 
Project 
Number Title Description Implementing 
Agency Beneficiary Budget 
in US$ Approval 
date Start 
Date End Date Status 
STDF 46 Project preparation 
grant on 
implementation of 
Codex standards (WHO Africa) A project preparation grant to 
assist WHO's Africa office to 
develop a project proposal 
assisting selected African countries to implement Codex 
standards. WHO/WTO/
World Bank Selected 
African 
countries 20,000 Feb-06 To be 
agreed   Discussion on-
going between 
WTO, World 
Bank and WTO on necessary 
arrangements and 
Terms of Reference. 
STDF 113 Project preparation 
grant to survey food 
safety needs in Burundi  A project preparation grant will 
be used to apply the joint 
WHO/FAO evaluation tool of official food control services to 
survey the food safety situation 
and recommend a trade-related project in Burundi WTO/ 
Burundi 
Standards Bureau Burundi 20,000 Feb-06 To be 
agreed   Awaiting 
confirmation from 
Burundi Bureau of Standards 
STDF 116 Project preparation 
grant for the 
establishment of an 
animal 
identification system in the 
livestock sector in 
Costa Rica The project preparation grant 
aims to assist in the development 
of the animal health directorate's  
National Epidemiological 
Surveillance Programme by introducing a animal 
identification system for livestock 
farms.  The PPG activities will examine issues of equivalence 
with comparable systems 
operating in trading partners.  WTO Costa Rica 20,000 Feb-06 To be 
agreed   Contracting 
discussion on-
going  
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Number Title Description Implementing 
Agency Beneficiary Budget 
in US$ Approval 
date Start 
Date End Date Status 
STDF 126 Study on pesticide 
policy in Tanzania 
and the East African Community The project preparation grant will 
be used to undertake a study on 
pesticide registration in the East African Community for the 
Tanzanian Horticulture 
Association (TAHA)  WTO/ TAHA Tanzania 5,500 Feb-06 To be 
agreed    
STDF 88 Nepal SPS training 
project preparation 
grant Preparation activities will focus 
on evaluating the training needs 
of Nepal's SPS control authorities 
and designing a training 
programme which responds to 
those needs. WTO Nepal 20,000 Sep-05 To be 
agreed   WTO to follow up 
with Nepalese 
authorities. 
STDF 100 Project preparation 
grant for Cape 
Verde  Fieldwork to be focused on 
applying the FAO/WHO 
developed "Guidelines to Assess 
Capacity Building Needs in Official Food Control Systems" 
and designing a project on the 
basis of findings.   WTO Cape Verde 20,000 Sep-05 To be 
agreed   In abeyance.  
Awaiting decision 
on list of 
consultants provided by 
WTO. 
STDF 101 Eritrea project 
preparation grant Fieldwork is focused on applying 
the FAO/WHO developed 
"Guidelines to Assess Capacity 
Building Needs in Official Food Control Systems" and designing a 
project on the basis of findings. WTO Eritrea 20,000 Sep-05 Jan-06 Apr-06 Consultant 
contracted and 
fieldwork 
completed.  Project being 
evaluated by 
WTO and FAO before submission 
to STDF Working 
Group in June 
2006  
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Project 
Number Title Description Implementing 
Agency Beneficiary Budget 
in US$ Approval 
date Start 
Date End Date Status 
STDF 102 Project preparation 
grant for Mali  Preparation activities are focused 
on project design in the fruit and 
vegetable sector which will support current initiatives to 
address SPS constraints. WTO Mali 20,000 Sep-05 Mar-06 May-06 Consultant 
recruited and 
fieldwork underway.   
STDF 103 Project preparation 
grant for Rwanda Preparation activities are focused 
on project design in the fruit and vegetable sector. WTO Rwanda 20,000 Sep-05 Feb-06 Apr-06 Consultant 
recruited and fieldwork 
underway.   
STDF 105 Project preparation 
grant on 
compartmentalizati
on A concept project to design  a 
demonstration project on how to 
apply the concept of 
compartmentalization.   Terms of reference to be elaborated by 
WTO and OIE in 2006. WTO/OIE Compartmen
talization 20,000 Sep-05 To be 
agreed   In abeyance.  
Awaiting further 
clarification of 
concept at OIE General Session 
in May 2006. 
STDF 38 Agricultural Health 
and Food Safety Laboratory Needs 
Assessment for 
CARICOM Countries A survey of laboratory capacity in 
CARICOM with a view to developing a project to assist 
development of a regional 
strategy on laboratory infrastructure.  CARICOM CARICOM 
members 20,000 Sep-04 Feb-06 May-06 Under 
implementation 
STDF 62 Project preparation 
grant in Cameroon  Fieldwork undertaken in 
Cameroon concentrated on 
application of FAO/WHO developed "Guidelines to Assess 
Capacity Building Needs in 
Official Food Control Systems".   WTO Cameroon 20,000 Sep-04 Nov-04 Jun-05 Grant application 
presented in 
September 2005 and accepted for 
funding.  
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Number Title Description Implementing 
Agency Beneficiary Budget 
in US$ Approval 
date Start 
Date End Date Status 
STDF 52 Project preparation 
grant on aflatoxin 
in Malawi and Zambia Terms of Reference developed 
with FAO to design project to 
address post-harvest aflatoxin contamination problems in the 
paprika and groundnut sectors in 
Malawi and Zambia.  Project preparation grant builds on needs 
expressed in the Integrated 
Framework Diagnostic 
Integration Study. WTO Malawi and 
Zambia 30,000 Mar-05 To be 
agreed   In abeyance 
pending 
examination of IITA project in 
Malawi and 
Zambia looking at similar issues 
STDF 68 Project preparation 
grant on South Asian Association 
for Regional Co-
operation (SAARC) SPS co-operation Support for efforts at regional co-
operation on SPS among SAARC countries.    WTO SAARC 20,000 Mar-05 To be 
agreed   In abeyance while 
further details on a similar EU 
funded project are 
considered. 
STDF 63 Project preparation 
grant in Benin  Fieldwork concentrated on 
application of FAO/WHO 
developed "Guidelines to Assess Capacity Building Needs in 
Official Food Control Systems".   WTO Benin 20,000 Mar-05 Apr-05 Aug-05 Grant applications 
presented in 
August 2005 and one project 
accepted in 
February 2006. 
STDF 61 Project preparation 
grant in Cambodia  Fieldwork undertaken in 
Cambodia.   WTO Cambodia 20,000 Mar-05 Apr-05 Jul-05 Grant application 
presented in 
July 2005, but not 
accepted for funding. 
STDF 64 Project preparation 
grant in Djibouti  Field research and design of 
project in the livestock sector in 
Djibouti.  WTO Djibouti 20,000 Mar-05 Ap r-05 Jul-05 Project accepted 
for funding in 
September 2005.  
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Project 
Number Title Description Implementing 
Agency Beneficiary Budget 
in US$ Approval 
date Start 
Date End Date Status 
STDF 65 Project preparation 
grant in Guinea  Consultant contracted to build on 
UNCTAD evaluation of costs of 
compliance in the tropical fruit sector and design project 
application.  UNCTAD Guinea 20,000 Mar-05 Apr-05 Aug-05  Grant application 
presented and 
accepted in September 2005. 
STDF 66 Project preparation 
grant in Mozambique  Consultant contracted to build on 
UNCTAD evaluation of costs of compliance in the tropical fruit 
sector and design project 
application.  UNCTAD Mozambique 20,000 Mar-05 Apr-05 Aug-05  Grant application 
presented and accepted in 
August 2005. 
STDF 69 Project preparation 
grant in Yemen  Survey of SPS issues in the 
fisheries sector and project 
designn.  Project accepted for funding in Feb 2006.  WTO Yemen 20,000 Mar-05 Sep-05 Dec-05  Grant application 
presented and 
accepted for funding in 
February 2006. 
Total Project Preparation Grants by value   395,500        
 
 
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