The "Workshop for Dialogue between Economic Operators in the Forestry Sector", organised on May 22 2008 in Libreville (Gabon) by the IFIA (under the auspice of the Commission for Central African Forests COMIFAC and with the support of the German Facilitation to the Congo Basin Forest Partnership) has known great success.

Participants dearly appreciated the initiative and welcomed the strong feedback from private companies, national and international NGOs and development partners operating in the sub-region. All these actors' presence was generally considered as a strong indicator proving that the meeting responded to a real need for dialogue sensed by all of the partners.