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About Us

About Us

Who we are

The Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) is an autonomous intergovernmental financial institution established within the framework of the United Nations. The Agreement Establishing the Common Fund for Commodities was negotiated in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) from 1976 to 1980 and became effective in 1989. The first commodity development project was approved in 1991.

Governing Bodies

Governing Council

Governing Council

The Governing Council consists of the representatives of CFC’s Member States. It meets annually, and is attended by Member States and Institutional Members, together with observers representing intergovernmental organizations.

Executive Board

Executive Board

The Executive Board ensures the overall management of CFC. It prepares the work of the Governing Council and sees that its decisions are properly carried out. The Executive Board meets twice a year.

Consultative Committee

Consultative Committee

The Consultative Committee, composed of 9 independent experts, on technical and economic aspects of projects submitted to the Fund, is an advisory body for the Executive Board. The Consultative Committee meets twice a year.

Member States

CFC has 101 Member States and 9 Institutional Members

Membership of the Fund is open to all States Members of the United Nations or any of its specialised agencies, or of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and intergovernmental organisations of regional economic integration which exercise competence in the fields of activity of the Fund.

Special Mentions

The Common Fund’s partnership with the OPEC Fund for International Development is historic and dates back to the very inception of the Fund. The OPEC Fund not only facilitated and paid capital subscription for as many as 37 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) but continues to make contributions under “Framework of Financial Support” towards CFC’s commodity development projects for the least developed countries and poorer strata in other developing countries.

The Kingdom of Norway and the European Commission have been supportive of the Fund and have sponsored capital contribution of 9 and 3 countries respectively.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands: A Trust Fund arrangement set up by the Netherlands Ministry for Development Cooperation to support CFC projects with co-financing contributions for the Five Year Action Plan.

2022 has been the year with the highest number of projects seeking CFC financial support ever, with well over 500 applications received. Although a record 13 new investments were approved by the CFC's Executive Board, this is still only a fraction of what our valued applicants wish us to invest in.

Another highlight in 2022 was to initiate the process of launching our Agricultural Commodities Transformation (ACT) Fund, formerly referred to as Commodity Impact Investment Facility (CIIF), a new fund aimed at boosting our drive for a technology enabled transformation in the agri-commodity sector globally.

Please take time to peruse of our feature article as we work to commemorate 2023 as the International Year of Millets (IYM 2023)

 

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Contact us

Address

Rietlandpark 301

1019 DW Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Phone

+31 20 5754949

Email

managing.director@common-fund.org