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The STDF acts as a reference point for good practice in the provision of SPS-related technical cooperation and aims to develop into a centre of excellence. It is designed to strengthen current and future co-operation efforts. The STDF provides information on good practice that can be drawn upon by potential donors and recipients and disseminates implementation lessons from recent technical co-operation efforts so furthering co-operation and collaboration among donors. The partners in the STDF are singularly qualified to assist developing countries in dealing with relevant international standards, guidelines and recommendations for food safety, animal and plant health. The STDF does not replace or compete with either the standard setting work of the OIE, the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and the Codex Alimentarius Commission, or the regular technical cooperation activities of STDF partners, observers and participating donors. The STDF reinforces and complements these activities by bringing the collective expertise of the five partners, observers, donors and recipients together in one Facility. The STDF aims to devote at least 40 per cent of Facility project resources to Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Other Low Income Countries (OLICs). To achieve this target, the STDF Secretariat builds synergies with other technical co-operation trust funds managed by the WTO which aim to mainstream trade into development policy. It liaises closely with colleagues in the Executive Secretariat of the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) to assist in the identification of SPS needs during the elaboration and review of national Diagnostic Trade Integration Studies (DTIS). The STDF builds synergies with other technical co-operation programmes either of a general nature, such as the Aid for Trade initiative, or of a more specific SPS nature, such as interventions to tackle plant pests, animal diseases or other major zoonotic diseases. Increasingly, the advice of STDF is sought as a technical and strategic partner in the implementation of various bilateral donor programmes.
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