Item 1: Adoption of the Agenda

1.1 Rehabilitation of degraded soils in São Tomé and Príncipe

Valere Nzeyimana

Item 2: Work of the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS) for information and decision

2.1       Report by the chairperson on main activities and outcomes of the work programme 2017-2018

Luca Montanarella

2.3.1    Report on the Global Symposium on Soil Pollution

Natalia E. Rodriguez

2.3.2    Implementation of the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon (GSOC17) Outcome Document

Rosa C. Corona

Item 3: Progress under the GSP Pillars including the development/execution of implementation plans: for information and decision

• Pillar 1: Presentation of the Implementation Plan (Liesl Wiese)
  • Survey on the implementation of the revised WSC - Lucrezia Caon
  • CoCoFe Use and Management of Fertilizers - Debra Turner
  • The International Network of Black Soils: towards the Symposium - Yuxin Thong
• Pillar 2: Execution of the Implementation Plan (Lucrezia Caon)
• Pillar 3: Presentation of the Implementation Plan (Liesl Wiese)
• Pillar 4: Execution of the Implementation Plan
  • Report on the establishment of the Global Soil Information System/INSII chair - Neil McKenzie
  • Report on the SDF - Rik van den Bosch
  • Report on the preparation of the Global Soil Organic Carbon Map (GSOCMap) - Yusuf Yigini
• Pillar 5: Execution of the Implementation Plan
  •  Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN) - Nopmanee Suvannang
  •  Harmonization of methods, measurements & indicators - Rainer Baritz

Item 4: Report on Regional Soil Partnership: for information and decision

• Status of the African Soil Partnership - Victor O. Chude
• Status of the Asian Soil Partnership - Rapibhat Chandarasrivongs
• Status of the Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean - Olegario Muñiz Ugarte
• Status of the Latin America Soil Partnership - Carla Pascale Medina
• Status of the European Soil Partnership - Helena Havlicek
• Status of the North Africa and Near East Soil Partnership - Iman Sahib Salman
• Status of the North America Soil Partnership - Davide Lee
• Status of the Pacific Soil Partnership - Mike Grundy

Item 5: Report on the financial status of GSP, including the Healthy Soils Facility and report by countries  and other partners: for information and decision          

Vanja Maslovarick

Item 6: Report on the Glinka World Soil Prize: for information and decision

Giulia Stanco

Item 7: Implementation of the World Soil Day and its celebration in 2018: for information and decision

• The World Soil Day Award

Isabelle Verbeke