European Soil Partnership
The European Soil Partnership (ESP) was established in October 2013 during the second Global Soil Week to bring all networks and soil related activities under a common framework. Its Secretariat is hosted at the Thuenen Institute, Germany. The Partnership is open to institutions and stakeholders willing to actively contribute to sustainable soil management in Europe. Regional needs and priorities are translated into regional actions through the ESP implementation plan. The ESP operates according to its own Terms of Reference (2016). The ESP comprises four Subregional Soil Partnerships that address the particularities, needs and priorities of these areas: Alpine Soil Partnership, Eurasian Soil Partnership, Pyrenean Soil Partnership and Western Balkan Soil Partnership.
List of partners
The following countries/members are part of the European Soil Partnership: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, , Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan and European Union. Not all countries/members are represented by a focal point. The list of the ESP focal points is available here and other partners of the ESP can be found here.
If your organization would like to become an ESP partner, please liaise first with the GSP Secretariat ([email protected]) to become a GSP Partner by filling this form. Once cleared by the GSP, you will become automatically a member of the ESP.
If you would like to be informed about the ESP activities, please contact the ESP Secretariat ([email protected]) which will add you to the ESP mailing list.
Governance
Chair: Mr Rainer Baritz (European Environment Agency (EEA)
Secretary: Ms Nicole Wellbrock (Thuenen Institute)
Regional facilitator: Ms Natalia Rodriguez Eugenio (GSP Secretariat)
The following ESP Steering Committee members took over the leadership for the pillars of action:
Pillar 1 Chair: Ms Helena Havlicek (Switzerland)
Pillar 2 Chair: Mr Arwyn Jones (European Commission)
Pillar 3 Chair: Mr Coen Ritsema (The Netherlands) and Mr. Gergely Tóth (Hungary)
Pillar 4 Chair: Ms Maria Fantappiè (Italy)
Pillar 5 Chair: Mr Hakki Erdogan (Turkey)
Steering Committee
To achieve the goals of the ESP a Steering Committee was established with the following members:
- Chair: Mr Rainer Baritz (European Environment Agency (EEA)
- Representative of the ESP-secretariat: Ms Nicole Wellbrock (Thuenen Institute)
- Representative of the GSP-secretariat: Mr Ronald Vargas (GSP Secretariat)
- Chairs of the ESP Pillar working groups: see above
- Representative of the Eurasian Sub-regional Partnership (EASP): Ms Gulchekhra Khasankhanova (Uzbekistan)
- Representative of the ITPS (European members): Mr Peter de Ruiter (The Netherlands)
- Representative of the Alpine Soil Partnership: Mr Borut Vrščaj (Slovenia)
ESP events
Annual meetings | Details |
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2023 Online meeting | Tenth Plenary Meeting of the European Soil Partnership, 3-4 May 2023 |
2022 Online meeting | Ninth Plenary Meeting of the European Soil Partnership, 5 May 2022 |
2021 Online meeting | Eighth Plenary Meeting of the European Soil Partnership, 24 June 2021 Details of the event | Agenda | Presentations | Report |
2020 Online meeting | Seventh Plenary Meeting of the European Soil Partnership, 10 September 2020 |
2019 Rome | Sixth Plenary Meeting of the European Soil Partnership, Mar 2019 Details of the event | Agenda | Report | Presentations Photogallery |
2018 Rome | Fifth Plenary Meeting of the European Soil Partnership, Mar 2018 Details of the event | Agenda | Report | Presentations | Photo gallery |
2017 Rome | Fourth Plenary Meeting of the European Soil Partnership, May 2017 Details of the event | Agenda | Report | Implementation plan | Presentations | Photo gallery |
2016 Rome | Third Plenary Meeting of the European Soil Partnership, Mar 2016 Details of the event | Agenda | Terms of Reference of the ESP | Report | Draft Implementation plan | Photo gallery |
2015 Rome | Second Plenary Meeting of the European Soil Partnership, Mar 2015 Details of the event | Agenda | Report | Presentations | Photogallery |
2014 Ispra | First Plenary Meeting of the European Soil Partnership, May 2014 |
2013 Berlin | Launch of the European Soil Partnership, Oct 2013 |
Others | Details |
2022 online | EUROSOLAN: Regional Soil Laboratory Network for Europe and Eurasia: Fourth meeting, 5-6 October 2022 |