The report of the STDF Working Group meeting is now available

The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) is a global partnership to facilitate safe trade, contributing to sustainable economic growth, poverty reduction and food security. It promotes improved food safety, animal and plant health capacity in developing countries.

The report from the recent STDF Working Group meeting, held on 13-15 October 2020, is now available on the STDF website. The IPPC Secretariat is a member of the working group. The STDF Working Group meeting had three sessions on:

• Operation of the facility
• Knowledge work
• Project Preparation Grants (PPGs) and Projects

In addition, the STDF Secretariat will have the following webinars to learn how the STDF can help meet developing countries’ safe trade needs, which will be informal 1 hour sessions with a short presentation followed by Q&A:

1. Information session on the STDF for English-speaking Africa – Wednesday, 9 December 9:00-10:00am CET (Geneva)

2. Information session on the STDF for French-speaking Africa – Friday, 11 December 10:00-11:00am CET (Geneva)

Information on the webinars and registration are available on the STDF website: https://standardsfacility.org/information-sessions