The intersessional meeting of the Intergovernmental Group (IGG) on Hard Fibres and the IGG on Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres will meet in Rome, Italy on 13 – 14 November 2018. The meeting will offer an opportunity to review the progress achieved to date by the various Working Groups following the Joint Meeting (JM) of the Thirty-ninth Session of the IGG on Hard Fibres and the Forty-first Session of the IGG on Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres held on 15-17 November 2017 in Tanga, United Republic of Tanzania.