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 initiated a total of 43 projects involving 62 countries, which saw improved in-country capacities and policy-level awareness of Codex and Codex processes. This awareness 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 also benefitted the wider Codex community, global trade and food safety standards for businesses and consumers around the world.
The Codex Trust Fund was 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.
Codex Trust Fund
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Stories
Codex Trust Fund, country story: Maldives
Codex Trust Fund, country story: Burkina Faso
Codex Trust Fund country story: Bhutan, India & Nepal
Codex Trust Fund, country story: Ghana
Codex Trust Fund, country story: Senegal
Publications
FAO/WHO Diagnostic tool for assessing status of national Codex programmes
Codex Trust Fund year in review – 2018
Codex and the Sustainable Development Goals
News about the Codex Trust Fund
CTF / New success story from the Maldives shows a strengthened national food safety system
A new Success Story published by WHO and FAO demonstrates how support from the Codex Trust Fund (CTF) has helped the Maldives strengthen its national food safety system and improve its effective participation...
CTF / Strengthening food safety through global collaboration
A workshop and training event is being carried out in the Republic of Korea this week, hosted by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in collaboration with the Codex Trust Fund (CTF), with the participation...
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CTF / Seminar on harmonizing Uzbekistan’s food safety legislation with international standards
On 18–19 September 2025, a seminar was held in Tashkent on the topic: “The importance of harmonizing the Republic of Uzbekistan’s food safety legislation with international standards for protecting human...
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CTF / Two South Sudanese workshops address food safety challenges and national Codex structures
In an effort to create awareness among the high-level decision and policy makers in the country, the Republic of South Sudan organized a National Workshop on Advocacy and dissemination of food safety policy...
CTF / Burkina Faso country story reveals significant impact from Trust Fund project
A new country story has been published showcasing the benefits of the Codex Trust Fund (CTF). In it, the former Codex Contact Point for Burkina Faso, Sansan Cyrille Régis Kambire, tells how, having succeeded...
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CTF / Continental webinar showcases best practices in Africa and impact of Codex Trust Fund support
By Lusubilo Mwamakamba (WHO AFRO), Hakim Mufumbiro (CCAFRICA), Sansan Kambire (FAO RAF) On 10 September 2025, the regional offices for Africa of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
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CTF / Tanzania holds workshop on advocacy and dissemination of food safety policy briefs to high-level policymakers
The National Workshop on Advocacy and Dissemination of Food Safety Policy Briefs to high level policy and decision makers was held on 14 August 2025 in Dodoma, Tanzania, with support from the FAO/WHO Codex...
CTF / Cabo Verde to raise awareness by distributing tailor-made video on Codex
With the support of the Independent Regulatory Authority for Health (ERIS), Cabo Verde has been strengthening its national capacities in Codex Alimentarius matters through the FAO/WHO Codex Trust Fund...
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CTF/ Zambian national stakeholders trained in Codex electronic working tools
Zambia, with support from the Codex Trust Fund and African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), held a hands-on training 29-31 July 2025, in Livingstone, Zambia, to equip national...
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CTF / Regional training of trainers on Codex, data generation and submission for standards setting
A regional East African Community (EAC) Training of Trainers (ToT) session on data generation to support Codex standards setting activities was held in Zanzibar, Tanzania, 23–25 July 2025. The event was...
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CTF/ Nationwide seminars in Kazakhstan spread awareness on a range of issues
As part of the FAO/WHO Codex Trust Fund project, the Kazakhstan Codex Alimentarius Group conducted field workshops under the theme of “Priority food safety issues” in eight regions of the country. In general,...
CTF/ National Codex Committee of Uzbekistan visits CCEURO Coordinator Germany
Anne Beutling and Vanessa Beier, Germany, Coordinator for Europe From 4–6 March 2024, the current CCEURO Coordinator, Germany, hosted a study visit for a four-member delegation consisting of representatives...
El Salvador / CTF workshop on application of Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene
A workshop on application of the Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene was held in El Salvador from 27 to 29 September 2022, as part of the Codex Trust Fund Group Project for El Salvador and Guatemala. The...