Welcome
The Common Fund for Commodities is an inter-governmental financial institution established within the framework of the United Nations. The Fund’s specific mandate is to support developing countries that are commodity dependent to improve and diversify commodities production and trade.
The Fund’s projects typically have a market development and poverty alleviation orientation; and through a variety of project-based initiatives, the Fund places a high premium on development of commodities-based economies upon which the producers and exporters depend for their livelihoods.
The Fund currently has a membership of 106 countries. Institutional members include the European Community (EC), the African Union (AU), East African Community and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). The latest institutional members are: Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Andean Community and Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). The Secretariat is based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Common Fund Joins UN Secretary-General's Call for Global Action on Commodities and Development
The international community must agree on a practical action-oriented global plan on commodities, if the world is to avert the food crisis that is currently gripping many countries, especially those that are dependent on commodity production and trade
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Projects to launch new 5-year Action Plan (2008-2012) approved by the Executive Board
To set in motion project activities, commitment of financial resources, and the formal inauguration of the 3rd Five-Year Action Plan (2008-2012), the Executive Board of the Common Fund for Commodities approved a range of project proposals at the last meeting held in April. Nearly USD 20 million will be available to finance commodity measures in 2008. Read on
Events Calendar
2008
2008
| 21-26 January 2008 | 41st Meeting of the Consultative Committee | Amsterdam |
| March 13 | 15th Annual Meeting-International Commodity Bodies | Madrid |
| April/May (dates to be confirmed) | REGIONAL ROUNDTABLE MEETING- - Middle East and the Arab Region | Dubai, UAE |
| 5-6 April | INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP- - Jute Geotextiles - -Background Paper | Kolkata, India |
| 8-9 April | 45th Meeting of the Executive Board | Amsterdam |
| 14-19 July | 42nd Meeting of the Consultative Committee | Amsterdam |
| 7-8 October | 46th Meeting of the Executive Board | Amsterdam |
| 25-26 November | 20th Meeting of the Governing Council | Zanzibar, Tanzania |
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