(ix) Documentation for inter agency meetings Collaborative Partnership on Forests policy document and concept paper (2) information notes on the meetings of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests and Collaborative Partnership on Forests Network to be made available on the Forum website (6)

(b) Providing a coordination mechanism at the international level, including the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, and making more extensive use of the Partnership to carry out joint and collaborative initiatives

Collaborative Partnership on Forests Framework 2005 (E CN.18 2005 INF 1)

Members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests have also found the Partnership to be a functional means of efficient cooperation.

Ministerial dialogue with heads of organizations and members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests

(s) Support the efforts of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests to develop and implement joint initiatives.

(e) Encourage the heads of international organizations to continue supporting the Collaborative Partnership on Forests to help facilitate the implementation of Forum decisions and to make greater use of the Partnership in carrying out joint and collaborative programmes, within their existing mandates

(b) A collaborative framework on forests with a declaration of commitment on sustainable forest management, means of implementation, a strengthened reporting mechanism and a stronger secretariat and the Collaborative Partnership on Forests

Specific criterion (iii) The extent to which the Collaborative Partnership on Forests members have responded to the guidance of the Forum

A number of forest related events and workshops were held in conjunction with the Congress by members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests.

The Collaborative Partnership on Forests Framework 2005 (E CN.18 2005 INF 1) provides detailed information on actions taken by members of the Partnership in support of the implementation of the plan of action.

The need for more streamlining and harmonization of forest related reporting is being addressed by a task force of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests.

It is further expected that other member organizations of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests might be in a position to second staff to the secretariat.

The Forum will have before it for its consideration the note by the Secretariat on this agenda item and the Collaborative Partnership on Forests Framework 2005.

The multi year programme of work includes two high level ministerial segments and policy dialogues with the heads of member organizations of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests.

Collaborative efforts are underway between the African Union and ECA, under the guidelines of the New Partnership for Africa's Development, to provide a framework for such rationalization.

Specific criterion (i) The extent to which countries, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests and other actors have made progress in implementing the relevant IPF IFF proposals for action

There has been a lot of competition in the past, and we need to develop a new model of partnership, truly collaborative, where we are looking for complementing, not substituting.

CPF members note that the Partnership has embarked on a number of joint initiatives and other collaborative activities such activities have also helped to foster synergies and trust among CPF members.

(f) Recognizing the role played by civil society, the private sector, intergovernmental organizations, including members of the collaborative partnership on forests, and major stakeholder groups in promoting sustainable forest management worldwide.

(g) Request the Forum secretariat to continue actively participating in and supporting the Collaborative Partnership on Forests as well as enhancing cooperation with relevant international and regional partnerships, processes and bodies.

This project addresses transit transport collaborative solutions as part of the special needs of landlocked countries, one of the targets of Millennium Development Goal 8 (Develop a global partnership for development).

3. Invites, in particular, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, as the Chair of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, within its mandate, to support the implementation of the Year

For the preparatory work of these topical issues, such as developing guidelines, an ad hoc expert group, a scientific panel or a task force of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests could be established.

Specific criterion (iv) The extent to which Collaborative Partnership on Forests members have worked to strengthen countries' abilities to monitor, assess and report progress in the implementation of IPF IFF proposals for action

The Collaborative Partnership on Forests has been instrumental in providing substantive support to the work of the Forum, and enhancing collaboration, cooperation and coordination this has included joint forest related initiatives among its members.

It is essential to continue enhancing synergies among partners, particularly among the members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, and to improve cooperation and policy and programme coordination in and outside the forest sector.

Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council

Some participants considered that a trust fund could also be considered, but any approach adopted should be independent from UN headquarters in order to be accessible to the members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF).

The initiatives exemplify the collaborative and constructive outlook of member States, and international and regional organizations, including Partnership members, as well as civil society representatives, in achieving sustainable forest management and advancing the work of the Forum.

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The development of the manuals will be led by the World Bank, WHO, the Global Road Safety Partnership and the Féderation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Foundation for the Automobile and Society but will also incorporate expertise from the broad collaborative group.

Consultative and collaborative structures for this partnership already exist in the form of the task team for United Nations wide taxonomy standards, a sub group of the Enterprise Content Management Board, which reports to the Information and Communications Technology Board.

Specific criterion (i) The extent to which countries, regions, organizations and processes respond to the call from Forum and Collaborative Partnership on Forests members for voluntary reports, with a focus on the implementation of the IPF IFF proposals for action

But shared potential does not translate into collaborative action.

It was also considered that this improved national coordination would lead to greater coherence within governing bodies of the members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, leading to improved international coordination and more efficient use of means and resources at all levels.

International organizations, including several members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, as well as non governmental organizations, have provided support to the development of these processes and have assisted countries in testing and implementing criteria and indicators at the national and subnational levels.

Lastly, UNCTAD should continue its collaborative work with the WTO.

The establishment of an international arrangement on forests, which includes the United Nations Forum on Forests, and the support of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests to the work of the Forum, represents a landmark in the development of an institutional framework for sustainable forest management.

The high level segment includes a one day policy dialogue with the heads of organizations participating in the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, which ensures the opportunity to receive and consider inputs from representatives of major groups, in particular, through the organization of multi stakeholder dialogues.

At its first session, the Forum, in addition to adopting resolution 1 1 on its multi year programme of work for 2001 2005, also adopted resolution 1 3 on the initiation of the work of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests in support of the Forum.

Taking into careful consideration the views of the Bureau of the Forum at its fifth session and member organizations of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, it is proposed that the two day high level ministerial segment consist of plenary sessions and round table discussions.

It has been drafted through an unprecedented collaborative effort involving citizens.