STDF’s Project Grants Program to improve Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health capacity
Deadline: 23-Jul-21
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The Standards and Trade Development Facility is seeking applications for its Project Grants Program that improve food safety, animal and plant health capacity to comply with international sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) requirements.
These grants are expected to help address particular SPS challenges or issues that affect trade to international markets.
Funding Information
STDF projects should have a maximum duration of three years, or less. Funding is not available for follow-on phases of STDF projects. Project grants should be contracted within twelve months of approval.
Project grant financing up to a maximum of US$1,000,000 is available from the STDF. The STDF encourages applications for projects where the applicant has already secured some funding from other sources.
What assistance can be requested under STDF projects?
The STDF offers grants for projects that promote compliance with international SPS requirements. It should be clear how the requested project will help to address particular SPS challenges or issues that affect trade to regional and/or international markets.
The following types of projects are given favourable consideration:
Projects relevant to the identification, development and dissemination of good practice in SPS-related technical cooperation, including projects that develop and apply innovative and replicable approaches;
Projects linked to STDF work (e.g. Climate Change, Electronic SPS Certification, Good Regulatory Practice, Public-Private Partnerships, Trade Facilitation);
Projects that address SPS constraints through regional approaches; and
Collaborative and inter-disciplinary projects focused on the interface / linkages between human, animal and plant health and trade, and benefiting from the involvement of two or more partners or other relevant organizations.
Eligibility Criteria
The following organizations are eligible to apply for STDF funding:
Public sector entities (including regional or international bodies) with responsibility for SPS measures or policy, either in their own right or in cooperation with the private sector. The STDF encourages implementation of projects and activities through public private partnerships;
Private sector entities, either in their own right or in cooperation with the public sector. Examples of private sector entities include legally registered farmers’ organizations, trade and industry associations, etc.;
Non-profit non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with expertise in the SPS area and with an organization in the relevant beneficiary country or countries, in co-operation with the public and/or private sector; and
STDF partners.
For more information, visit https://www.standardsfacility.org/funding
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