diff --git a/webapp/api/api/migrations/0080_alter_metatask_options_alter_metataskvalue_options_and_more.py b/webapp/api/api/migrations/0080_alter_metatask_options_alter_metataskvalue_options_and_more.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a92a99d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/api/api/migrations/0080_alter_metatask_options_alter_metataskvalue_options_and_more.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.0.6 on 2024-07-10 16:09
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('api', '0079_merge_20240701_2259'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterModelOptions(
+            name='metatask',
+            options={'ordering': ['ordering', 'name']},
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterModelOptions(
+            name='metataskvalue',
+            options={'ordering': ['ordering', 'name']},
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='metatask',
+            name='ordering',
+            field=models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(default=0, help_text='the order in which the meta task will appear in the Trainer Annotation project screen'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='metataskvalue',
+            name='ordering',
+            field=models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(default=0, help_text='the order in which the meta task value will appear in the Trainer Annotation project screen'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/webapp/api/api/models.py b/webapp/api/api/models.py
index f505efa..db74082 100644
--- a/webapp/api/api/models.py
+++ b/webapp/api/api/models.py
@@ -336,6 +336,11 @@ def __str__(self):
 
 class MetaTaskValue(models.Model):
     name = models.CharField(max_length=150)
+    ordering = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(help_text="the order in which the meta task value will appear in "
+                                                          "the Trainer Annotation project screen", default=0)
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ['ordering', 'name']
 
     def __str__(self):
         return str(self.name)
@@ -346,6 +351,11 @@ class MetaTask(models.Model):
     values = models.ManyToManyField(MetaTaskValue, related_name='values')
     default = models.ForeignKey('MetaTaskValue', null=True, blank=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL)
     description = models.TextField(default="", blank=True)
+    ordering = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(help_text="the order in which the meta task will appear in "
+                                                          "the Trainer Annotation project screen", default=0)
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ['ordering', 'name']
 
     def __str__(self):
         return str(self.name)