E/2010/43 E/C.19/2010/15 (a) The impact of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the divisions’ activities and overall direction, including technical cooperation; (b) The divisions’ contribution towards the empowerment of indigenous peoples’ organizations and networks, including indigenous women’s organizations and networks; (c) The contributions of major groups to discussions and decision-making on issues related to forest policy and sustainable forest management; (d) Improving and increasing major group and stakeholder participation, including of indigenous peoples, during the future work of the divisions; (e) Measures adopted to improve the identification of indigenous peoples in the upcoming 2010 round of censuses, including the full participation of indigenous peoples in that process; (f) The mainstreaming of statistical issues pertaining to indigenous peoples when developing handbooks and guidelines; (g) Assessing the impact of indigenous women as the target group in technical cooperation projects; (h) Incorporating the perspectives of indigenous young people. Observations on the dialogue 68. The Permanent Forum notes that the divisions of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs facilitate participation of indigenous peoples in multi-stakeholder dialogues held in the context of intergovernmental processes. In particular, the Division for Sustainable Development and the secretariat of the United Nations Forum on Forests work closely with indigenous peoples’ organizations to facilitate their active participation in the multi-stakeholder dialogues convened at each session of the Commission on Sustainable Development and the Forum on Forests. The Permanent Forum also notes that the multi-year work programme of the Forum on Forests includes activities relating to indigenous peoples in 2011. The Division for the Advancement of Women facilitates the participation of indigenous women in high-level round tables and expert panels of the Commission on the Status of Women, which continues to address the situation of indigenous women in relation to the themes and issues considered at its sessions. 69. The Permanent Forum notes that the divisions strive to include indigenous peoples in policy development and decision-making. During the 10-year review of the Beijing Platform for Action, the Commission on the Status of Women, responding to the calls of indigenous peoples, adopted a resolution calling for measures to address the concerns of indigenous women throughout the implementation and monitoring of the Beijing Platform and for the full participation of indigenous women in all aspects of society. The secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, which is hosted by the Division for Social Policy and Development, is a vehicle by means of which indigenous peoples are able to participate in policy development. Furthermore, the World Public Sector Report 2008, produced by the Division for Public Administration and Development Management, highlighted innovative local government practices, featuring the 42 10-36959