Topics under discussion:

• GSP ongoing products, requests by the GSP Secretariat, ITPS, sub-regional soil partnerships of the ESP
• Soil Governance: FAO: Committee of Agriculture, FAO Council, (open-ended) Working Groups, FAO Europe Region Group (ERG), EU-Council (AGRIFISH): Coordinating Working Party
• GSP: Chair and Co-chair, Secretariat, Pillars and working groups, action areas, ITPS, other working groups or writing teams (specific topics cross-Pillar, or related to global symposia), new: GSP-Steering Committee
• Other: EU Expert Group on Soil Protection and EIONET National Reference Centres Soil, as well as various working groups with soil expertise related to reporting under various policies (national, EU, global)
• Implications of the global agenda with relevance to soils, for Europe: ITPS, global symposia, GSP products, relevant global policies and synergies, implications of the EU policy agenda
• Agenda of the GSP Plenary, its implications, (national) position finding
• Make ESP operational: GSP Secretariat and web platform; National Focal Point representative in the ESP-SC 

Input documents:

• INPUT-1: Report of the last meeting of the ESP Steering Committee – November 2020
• INPUT-2: Draft agenda of the 9th GSP Plenary Assembly 08-10 Sept 2021
• INPUT-3: Call for the new ESP Secretariat
• INPUT-4: PPT of the ESP actions presented during the meeting of the chairs of the GSP Regional Soil Partnerships

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