The Common Fund for Commodities ((www.common-fund.org) is the financing institution. It 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 places a high premium on development of commodities-based economies through different projects upon which the producers and exporters depend for their livelihoods, contributing thus to the development of the whole society.

The Fund currently has a membership of 106 countries. Institutional members include the European Community (EC), the African Union (AU), the Economic community of Africa (OUA/CEA) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). The Headquarter is based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.