The Partnership agreed that there were important areas where such cooperation would be beneficial, for example, in relation to developing a science-policy interface on forestry and through joint activities. The President of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, Mike Wingfield, highlighted the fact that the Union’s membership included a large number of universities and was therefore closely linked with the children and youth major group, as well as the scientific and technological community major group, in this regard, he highlighted the importance of investment in forestry education and the proposed joint project of the Union and the International Forestry Students’ Association on forest education. Following an introduction by the Chair, who explained that the theme of the ministerial high-level segment would be “The future international arrangement on forests we want”, the President of the Economic and Social Council, Martin Sajdik (Austria), addressed the Forum.