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About STDF

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

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Annual Report 2024

20 years of STDF results

STDF Strategy 2025-2030

Annual Report 2024

The STDF has published its 2024 Annual Report, Driving Change: Pathways to Trading Safely. The report marks a milestone year, celebrating STDF’s 20th anniversary and highlighting progress in strengthening SPS capacity while advancing gender and environmental goals.

Annual Report 2024

About STDF

Annual Report 2024

20 years of STDF results

STDF Strategy 2025-2030

20 years of STDF results

STDF launches a publication to celebrate its 20^th Anniversary highlighting the results achieved across the project portfolio, knowledge work and global platform.

20th Anniversary publication

About STDF

Annual Report 2024

20 years of STDF results

STDF Strategy 2025-2030

The STDF Strategy for 2025-2030: Facilitating Safe Trade to Meet the Global Goals is building on 20 years of safe trade results. The STDF continues its focus on support to developing and least developed countries to meet international standards and facilitate safe and inclusive trade.

Strategy 2025-2030

About STDF

Annual Report 2024

20 years of STDF results

STDF Strategy 2025-2030

Events

Levelling the playing field: Driving stronger, more inclusive safe trade results

30 Mar 2026

Zoom

Improving Food Safety and Facilitating Trade through Responsible Pesticide Management

12 Mar 2026

WTO, Room B (light lunch 13:15 to 13:45)

Beyond Tariffs: How Standards and Regulations Shape Agribusiness Competitiveness

10 Dec 2025

Harnessing AI for Safe Trade in Latin America and the Caribbean: Innovations for SPS Transformation

24 Nov 2025

Online and IICA Headquarters, Costa Rica

News

March 2026: Highlights and upcoming webinar on inclusive safe trade

24 Mar 2026

News from the STDF - February 2026

25 Feb 2026

STDF’s 2025 Year in Review: Facilitating Safer Trade Together

17 Dec 2025

More than 50 experts from 24 countries in the Americas explored AI’s potential to transform agricultural health systems and streamline trade

09 Dec 2025

Project Funding

Applications are accepted in any of the three working languages of the STDF (English, French and Spanish) and should be submitted using the official application forms.

Next deadline for submission of funding proposals: 1 August 2026. Proposals will be considered by the STDF in November 2026.

Explore Projects Apply

Stories

Regionalizing Innovation: Scaling Biopesticide Approaches to Facilitate Safe Trade

15 Dec 2025

Shared Science, Shared Solutions: Regional Collaboration in Latin America & the Caribbean Helps Tackle Cadmium in Cocoa and Chocolate

21 Nov 2025

Turning Global Commitments into Safe Trade Opportunities: STDF at the WTO Thematic Session on Special & Differential Treatment (S&DT)

14 Oct 2025

Unlocking Financing for SPS Innovations that Catalyses Safe Trade for the Global Goals

21 Jul 2025

Good Practice

Prioritizing SPS Investments for Market Access (P-IMA)

Good regulatory practice

Electronic SPS certification

Gender Mainstreaming

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