The Asian Soil Partnership (ASP) was established in February 2012 to enhance collaboration between member countries in the region. The partnership aims to facilitate knowledge exchange and overcome differences in information, capacity, investment and environmental challenges faced by countries across Asia. In this framework, national needs and priorities are translated into regional actions through the ASP implementation plan, which is revised at the yearly ASP plenary meetings.

AGENDA

23 April

10:00 – 10:10AM             | Opening remarks, endorsement of the agenda and group picture

                                             Ms Gina Nilo, ASP Chair                              

Ms Lucrezia Caon, ASP coordinator

10:10 – 11:30AM             | Countries progresses and news on sustainable soil management and soil health

                                             Moderator: Ms. Lucrezia Caon, FAORAP

11:30 – 11:50AM             | Report of the Center of Excellence for Soil Research in Asia (CESRA)

Mr Anuwat Pothinam,CESRA Director and Deputy Director-General for Operations, LDD, Thailand

11:50 -  12:00AM             | Status of the world’s soil resources report 2025: updates and way forward

Ms Jeyanny Vijayanathan, Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soil, Malaysia

12:00 – 12:30AM             | Global Soil Partnerships: news and activities of regional interest

                                             Sergejus Ustinov, GSP Secretariat                           

12:30 – 1:00PM               | Reporting mechanisms to the GSP Plenary Assembly

                                             Moderator: Ms. Lucrezia Caon, FAORAP

24 April

10:00 - 10:30AM             | Asian knowledge hub on sustainable soil and land management

·        Opinions on impacts and suggestions for improvement

·        Suggestions of topics to discuss also in preparation to the ISWF2024

Moderator: Ms. Lucrezia Caon, FAORAP

10:30 - 11:00AM             | Initiatives on soil governance

Ms. Lucrezia Caon, FAORAP and Mr Cong Nguyen Dinh, FAO Vietnam

11:00 – 11:45AM             | Asian watch on the impacts of sustainable soil management

                                             Moderator: Ms. Lucrezia Caon, FAORAP

11:45 – 12:30PM             | Increasing GSP partners participation to the formulation and implementation of national and regional activities

·        Global Soil Doctors Programme

·        Others 

                                             Moderator: Ms. Lucrezia Caon, FAORAP

12:30 – 1:00PM                | Open discussion on other burning issues

1:00PM                               | Closure of the meeting