Codex Trust Fund

The Codex Trust Fund supports countries to build strong, solid and sustainable national capacity to participate effectively in Codex standard setting.

Between 2004 and 2015, the FAO/WHO Project and Fund for Enhanced Participation in Codex (Codex Trust Fund, CTF) supported countries to boost their participation in the Codex Alimentarius Commission.

Building on the success of the first Codex Trust Fund, FAO and WHO then launched a successor initiative to the Codex Trust Fund (CTF2) in January 2016, which aimed at improved effectiveness of participation in Codex standard setting.

CTF2 has initiated 42 projects involving 50 countries since 2016, which has seen improved in-country capacities and policy-level awareness of Codex and Codex processes. This awareness has translated into greater participation by low- and middle-income countries in the work of Codex committees, including in the development of work proposals, in developing and presenting national positions on standards development, and in submitting the data that is crucial to the development of standards that will work for all.

This is benefitting the wider Codex community, global trade and food safety standards for businesses and consumers around the world.

The Codex Trust Fund is fully reliant on donor funding.

The Codex Trust Fund repository

The CTF repository provides access to relevant resource material and products that have been officially shared by CTF2 beneficiary countries to serve as examples and inspiration to countries aiming to develop similar products to strengthen components of their national Codex system.

Documents included in the repository have been officially cleared by the respective governments to be shared on the Codex Trust Fund website. The repository organizes available products according to their relevance to the three core elements of national Codex systems.