On the first day, six lectures will be held on the key subjects of the researches conducted during the previous months. Information and results will be collected and reorganized. Then, six related thematic workshops will be delivered. Each workshop will have a rapporteur to record interventions and conclusions.

The meeting would aim to:

i. Trace the path to overcome legal, imaginary, cultural practices and institutional weaknesses which currently limit and/or hinder the implementation of public policy on sustainable land management, and hence the application of legal instruments and/or social control to reverse the trend of soil loss in Colombia;

ii. Sign an agreement with national, regional and local institutions to create the Soil Observatory in Colombia;

iii. Distribute a report of the meeting;

iv. Define subsequent phases of the initiative.