The Integrated Framework Steering Committee (IFSC) oversees and governs the IF process. The IFSC, whose chair is currently vacant, is a tripartite arrangement with representation from Agencies, Donors and LDCs. All WTO members and observers can participate in the IFSC. Also, all LDCs, irrespective of their link with WTO, can participate in the IFSC.

Management of the IF was undertaken by the Integrated Framework Working Group from October 2002 to May 2007. Since then, the day-to-day management falls to the IF interim Board, which will become the EIF Board once all outstanding issues regarding the participation and working modalities of the EIF Board have been resolved. The IF interim Board is chaired by the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Lesotho, Dr. Mothae Anthony Maruping, and consists of three representatives each from the LDCs and donor countries and one representative of each IF agency.

The WTO houses the Executive Secretariat for the Integrated Framework, headed by the Executive Director, Ms. Dorothy Tembo, who was appointed to this position in October 2008. The Executive Secretariat services both the IFSC and IF interim Board meetings.

The UNDP, on behalf of the six agencies and donors, has been managing the IF Trust Fund, which was established in March 2001 by voluntary contributions from bilateral and multilateral Donors. The IFTF was closed for new commitments effective 31 May 2008, but UNDP continues to manage projects that were started under the IF Trust Fund. 

In April 2008, UNOPS was selected as the Trust Fund Manager of the new multilateral Enhanced Integrated Framework Trust Fund, which was set up in late 2008 to provide beneficiary countries with funds to support their trade-related capacity-building through two channels (Tier I and Tier II).

Page last updated on 4 November 2009