This is the third Open-Ended Working Group meeting on Monitoring in 2017. The meeting will discuss (i) the draft proposal for monitoring the implementation of CFS main policy products and other CFS policy recommendations (ii) preparation of the next Global Thematic Event (GTE) at CFS 45 in October 2018 (iii) the way forward for the OEWG on Monitoring and (iv) the draft decisions for CFS 44 Plenary. All interested stakeholders are invited to attend.