36. 标准和指标对可持续森林管理的贡献国际会议：前进之路（CICI2003）是 2003年 2 月 3 日至 7 日在危地马拉城举行，这次会议获得粮农组织、国际热带木材组织、美国政府和芬兰政府的共同赞助，代表 73 个政府、国际组织、标准和指标进程以及非政府小组的 109 个专家出席，审议加强标准和指标的研拟和执行的方法，促进在政治上承诺使用它们，加强体制能力和利益有关者的伙伴关系，以及协助论坛的工作。会议结果与论坛对其监测、评估和汇报职能的讨论很有关系，特别是与朝可持续森林管理方面的进展有关。
36. The International Conference on the Contribution of Criteria and Indicators to Sustainable Forest Management: The Way Forward (CICI 2003) was convened in Guatemala City from 3 to 7 February 2003. The Conference was co-sponsored by FAO, the International Tropical Timber Organization and the Governments of the United States and Finland and brought together 109 experts representing 73 Governments, international organizations, criteria and indicator processes and non-governmental groups to consider ways to strengthen elaboration and implementation of criteria and indicators, promote political commitment for their use, strengthen institutional capacity and stakeholder partnerships, and contribute to the work of the Forum. The results are highly relevant to the Forum’s discussions on its monitoring, assessment and reporting function, in particular as related to progress towards sustainable forest management.