The purpose of this consultation phase is to identify participants' views on guiding principles understood as rules that define the political, economic, technical or social behavior that conditions the implementation of a forestry strategy.

In order to structure the dialogue, the working group formulated proposals for principles on which the participants could express their opinion through a questionnaire. The proposed principles were presented in a random order without suggesting a ranking of their importance. Also through this questionnaire, the participants were invited to formulate other principles according to their own vision of forest policy development.

At the same time, the participants were invited to express their opinions on the main directions of action in the short and medium term, in accordance with the priorities they consider necessary for Romania's forestry policy.