The International Seminar on Strengthening the Science-Policy Interface was held on 26 April 2006 in Wroclaw, Poland, as part of the work programme of the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (MCPFE).

The seminar aimed to provide a platform for a dialogue between the policy makers and science community on how to strengthen the knowledge base in support of Pan-European forest policy deliberations, formulation, implementation and monitoring processes. Participants concluded that a more structured approach to the science-policy interface in the MCPFE should be developed, and decided to prepare an “options paper” outlining different options on how to structure this interface, which will be presented to the MCPFE Expert Level Meeting in October 2006.
The seminar was organized jointly by the European Forest Institute (EFI), International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and United Nations University with the support of the MCPFE Liaison Unit Warsaw.

Links to further information
IUFRO press release (19 June 2006)
The report of the seminar