The Global Organic Market Access (GOMA) project continued a partnership of FAO, IFOAM and UNCTAD, which began in 2002 when the three organizations convened the International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture (ITF). The objective of this partnership has been to facilitate trade in organic products in the context of the proliferation of organic standards and technical regulations worldwide. The ITF recognized harmonization and equivalence of organic regulatory systems as key means to increase access to organic markets and facilitate international organic trade. To foster equivalence among organic regulatory systems, the ITF developed two practical Tools for supporting equivalence assessments. The International Requirements for Organic Certification Bodies (IROCB) aims to support equivalence assessment of organic certification systems, and the Guide for Assessing Equivalence of Organic Standards and Technical Regulations (EquiTool) aims to support equivalence assessment of the requirements for organic production and processing.