It was noted that the Government of Germany had already provided valuable support for the Partnership. To strengthen the engagement of major groups in the work of the Forum, a number of participants said that it would be useful if in future the major groups were invited to make comments on each agenda item, or at the end of each day. Other suggestions were that more countries should invite representatives of major groups to join their national delegations, that major groups should participate as observers during meetings of the Bureau, that major groups should second staff to the Forum secretariat, and that regional meetings should be used to offer further opportunities for engaging major groups.