Projects

The STDF provides funding for the development and implementation of collaborative and innovative SPS projects.

PPG
Project Preparation Grants

Funds up to US$ 50,000 are available for PPGs to prepare technically sound and sustainable projects.

Grants can involve the application of SPS-related capacity evaluation tools, preparation of feasibility studies and/or formulation of project proposals to address specific SPS capacity building needs linked to trade.

Resulting projects may receive funding from the STDF, or from other funding sources.

Applicants are encouraged to consult other potential donors when developing and implementing PPG applications.

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PPG - Project Preparation Grants

Checklist of items before proceeding with an online submission:

Download and fill out the STDF Project Preparation Grant Application Form

Verify that the beneficiary country or territory appears on the OECD DAC List

Obtain letters of support from all relevant government ministries, industry associations, private enterprises, etc.

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PG - Project Grants

Checklist of items before proceeding with an online submission:

Download and fill out the STDF Project Preparation Grant Application Form

Verify that the beneficiary country or territory appears on the OECD DAC List

Obtain letters of support from all relevant government ministries, industry associations, private enterprises, etc.

PG
Project Grants

Funds up to US$ 1,000,000 are available for PGs that improve food safety, animal and plant health capacity to comply with international sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) requirements.

Grants are expected to help address particular SPS challenges or issues that affect trade to international markets.

Beneficiaries must contribute to the project from their own resources, either in the form of financing or in-kind contributions such as staff time, use of premises, vehicles or other existing assets.

The beneficiaries’ own contribution to the project depends on criteria indicated in the application form.

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PPG - Project Preparation Grants

Checklist of items before proceeding with an online submission:

Download and fill out the STDF Project Preparation Grant Application Form

Verify that the beneficiary country or territory appears on the OECD DAC List

Obtain letters of support from all relevant government ministries, industry associations, private enterprises, etc.

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PG - Project Grants

Checklist of items before proceeding with an online submission:

Download and fill out the STDF Project Preparation Grant Application Form

Verify that the beneficiary country or territory appears on the OECD DAC List

Obtain letters of support from all relevant government ministries, industry associations, private enterprises, etc.

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The STDF can only provide funding to developing countries that appear on the OECD Development Assistance Committee's list of Official Development Assistance recipients. Send a brief concept note of your potential grant for comments to: STDFSecretariat@wto.org.

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Next deadline for submission of proposals: 1 March 2026. Proposals will be considered by the STDF in June 2026.

Applications for STDF grants should be submitted using the online form below.

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Approche régionale de la lutte contre la maladie du bunchy top du bananier en Afrique

La banane, y compris le plantain, est une culture cruciale pour la sécurité alimentaire, le commerce et les moyens de subsistance en Afrique, qui représente près de la moitié de la superficie mondiale consacrée à la production de bananes. Le fruit, la plante et les produits transformés sont largement commercialisés et constituent une source vitale de revenus pour de nombreux petits exploitants de la région. Étant donné que les exportations des pays africains peuvent atteindre jusqu'à 700 000 tonnes par an et que la demande mondiale devrait croître de manière soutenue, la filière africaine de la banane pourrait atteindre 36 millions de tonnes de production et une valeur marchande de 32,4 milliards de dollars EU d'ici à 2035.

Toutefois, la propagation rapide du virus du bunchy top du bananier (BBTV), inscrit sur la liste A1 des organismes de quarantaine et classé parmi les 100 espèces les plus invasives du monde, constitue une grave menace pour la production bananière en Afrique. Au cours des 15 dernières années, le BBTV s'est répandu de manière agressive dans 18 des 42 pays africains producteurs de banane, touchant 80% des superficies de production. Ses effets entraînent de graves pertes de production et sont exacerbées par une sensibilisation limitée, une surveillance déficiente, des capacités de diagnostic insuffisantes et le commerce informel de plants de bananiers, ce qui a provoqué des pertes économiques estimées entre 200 et 600 millions de dollars EU en Afrique subsaharienne.

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